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Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2026 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Saturday, July 4.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristopher Sánchez | pi sp | Phillies | 14.7 |
| 2 | Jacob Misiorowski | pi sp | Brewers | 14.0 |
| 3 | Braxton Ashcraft | pi sp | Pirates | 13.4 |
| 4 | Shohei Ohtani | pi sp dh | Dodgers | 12.7 |
| 5 | Dylan Cease | pi sp | Blue Jays | 12.4 |
| 6 | Cam Schlittler | pi sp | Yankees | 11.7 |
| 7 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 11.4 |
| 8 | Jesús Luzardo | pi sp | Phillies | 11.0 |
| 9 | Logan Gilbert | pi sp | Mariners | 11.0 |
| 10 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Red Sox | 10.0 |
He leads a Saturday slate where three other top-10 players also captured Player of the Game honors: Pirates pitcher Braxton Ashcraft (moves to third), Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo (holds eighth), and Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray (climbs to 10th).
Other top players Saturday include Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros and Eli White of the Braves.
Player of the Day: Logan Gilbert, Mariners
Gilbert struck out seven over 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 11-0 win over the Blue Jays.
Gilbert allowed only one baserunner, Yohendrick Piñango, who hit a fifth-inning single.
Gilbert earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.0 for the season, ninth among all players and fourth among American League pitchers.
He becomes the 10th player this season to reach 10 Box-Toppers points. It is his fifth straight season with 10 or more points. His best season was 2022 with the Mariners with 14.1 points, 12th among AL pitchers. In 2025, he had 13.1 points, 10th among AL pitchers.
NL Player of the Day: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers
Yamamoto struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, in the 3-0 win over the Padres.
Yamamoto earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points as National League Player of the Day, giving him 9.4 for the season, eighth among NL pitchers.
Saturday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Box-Toppers review of the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest B-T game scores:
⬛ Mariners’ Arozarena posts best B‑T game score among day’s non-Player of the Game winners
AL Batter of the Day: Yordan Alvarez, Astros
Alvarez hit two home runs, a sacrifice fly and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in six runs in the 10-8 win over the Rays.
Alvarez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points as AL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.5 for the season, second among AL batters, behind Nick Kurtz of the Athletics (7.0 points).
NL Batter of the Day: Eli White, Braves
White homered and went 2-for-2, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 14-3 win over the Mets.
Rankings: Braxton Ashcraft, Pirates
Ashcraft (5.2IP 6H R 2BB 7K W in the 7-1 win over the Nationals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.4 for the season, rising from fifth to third place overall, behind Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez (14.7 points) and Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski (14.0 points). Ashcraft also ranks third among NL pitchers behind those two.
Rankings: Jesús Luzardo, Phillies
Luzardo (6IP 4H R 0BB 9K W in the 6-1 win over the Royals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.0 for the season, holding steady in eighth place overall. He ranks fifth among NL pitchers.
Rankings: Sonny Gray, Red Sox
Career Box-Toppers points—active players 1—Max Scherzer #BlueJays 257.7 2—Justin Verlander #Tigers 250.0 3—Chris Sale #Braves 190.5 4—Gerrit Cole #Yankees 167.0 5—Jacob deGrom #Rangers 160.9 6—Yu Darvish #Padres 144.4 7—Sonny Gray #RedSox 134.3* 8—Zack Wheeler #Phillies 134.1 *Earns 1.0 B-T pt SA
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) 10:24 AM · Jul 5, 2026
Gray (6IP 4H R 2BB 7K W in the 8-1 win over the Angels) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.0 for the season, climbing to 10th place overall and fifth place among AL pitchers.
Gray becomes the 11th player to reach 10 Box-Toppers points this season. It is his seventh season with 10 or more points and fifth in a row. His best season was 2015 with the Athletics, when he had 17.8 points, sixth among AL pitchers. In 2025, he had 14.0 points with the Cardinals, ninth among NL pitchers.
Gray also now has 134.3 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 37th place among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. With his 1.0 point Saturday, he passes four players on the “all-time” career points list—Jason Giambi (133.4), Stephen Strasburg (133.8), David Price (134.0) and Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (134.1). He now trails 36th-ranked player Andy Pettitte (138.5).
Passing Wheeler, Gray now ranks seventh among active, signed players in career points and fifth among active AL pitchers.
Scoring
Gilbert earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points as Player of the Day.
Yamamoto earns 1.7 points as NL Player of the Day.
Alvarez and White each earn 1.5 points as their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Saturday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
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Box‑Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box‑Toppers game score (BTG).| 7/4 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +13.1 | SEA 11, TOR 0 | Logan Gilbert (W, 7‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| NL | +12.0 | LAD 3, SD 0 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (W, 9‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| +9.0 | PHI 6, KC 1 | Jesús Luzardo (W, 7‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| +8.0 | `CHW 3, CLE 1 | Sean Burke | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| +7.2 | DET 3, TEX 0 | Jack Flaherty (W, 2‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +7.0 | HOU 10, TB 8 | Yordan Alvarez DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +7.0 | MIA 7, ATH 2 | Sandy Alcantara (W, 10‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| +6.0 | STL 3, CHC 0 | Kyle Leahy (W, 7‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | ATL 14, NYM 3 | Eli White RF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | BOS 8, LAA 1 | Sonny Gray (W, 10‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +3.0 | MIN 11, NYY 4 | Josh Bell DH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.2 | PIT 7, WSH 1 | Braxton Ashcraft (W, 9‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +2.0 | BAL 8, CIN 5 | Pete Alonso 1B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | ARI 4, MIL 3 | Adrian Del Castillo C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | SF 6, COL 4 | Willy Adames SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box‑Toppers points.
NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box‑Toppers points.
BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box‑Toppers points.
All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box‑Toppers point.
` Pitcher had a no‑decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s Player of the Game winners
Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2026 (’26). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’25-26), the period 2021-2026 (’21-26) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2026 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2025 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’26 | ’25‑26 | ’21‑26 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcraft, Braxton 5208 | pi sp | pit nl | 13.4 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | +8.7 |
| Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 11.0 | 28.4 | 59.6 | 64.3 | -6.4 |
| Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 11.0 | 24.1 | 71.6 | 71.6 | -2.1 |
| Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | bos al | 10.0 | 24.0 | 65.3 | 134.3 | -4.0 |
| Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.4 | 27.1 | 33.5 | 33.5 | -8.3 |
| Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 6.7 | 14.7 | 52.5 | 61.9 | -1.3 |
| Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 6.5 | 7.5 | 37.2 | 40.7 | +5.5 |
| Burke, Sean 5124 | pi sp | chi al | 5.7 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 | +2.0 |
| Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | bal al | 4.0 | 11.2 | 46.1 | 54.6 | -3.2 |
| Bell, Josh E. 3682 | dh ph | min al | 3.0 | 10.0 | 26.0 | 43.7 | -4.0 |
| Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | sf nl | 2.0 | 10.5 | 37.1 | 40.1 | -6.5 |
| Flaherty, Jack 3971 | pi sp | det al | 2.0 | 10.4 | 33.4 | 67.7 | -6.4 |
| Leahy, Kyle 5001 | pi sp mr cp | stl nl | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | -1.0 |
| Del Castillo, Adrian 5087 | ca dh | ari nl | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | -1.0 |
| White, Eli 4462 | rf | atl nl | 1.5 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | -1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Sunday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2026 (’26)†, last year (’25), over five years (’21-25), and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’26 | ’25‑26 | ’21‑26 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM | McLean, Nolan 5255 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| ATL | Perez, Martin 3213 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 26.2 | 45.9 |
| PIT | Chandler, Bubba 5269 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| WSH | Cavalli, Cade 5244 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| BAL | Bradish, Kyle 4597 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 31.1 | 31.1 |
| CIN | Lodolo, Nick 4586 | 1.0 | 10.7 | 26.7 | 26.7 |
| MIN | Ryan, Joe 4539 | 6.0 | 17.7 | 53.5 | 53.5 |
| NYY | Weathers, Ryan 4388 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| CHW | Murphy, Chris* | 3.7 | 6.4 | 28.9 | 33.6 |
| CLE | Bibee, Tanner 4792 | 4.7 | 11.7 | 34.4 | 34.4 |
| STL | Liberatore, Matthew 4662 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| CHC | Assad, Javier 4899 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 15.7 | 15.7 |
| PHI | Nola, Aaron 3569 | 4.7 | 10.4 | 62.5 | 125.5 |
| KC | Avila, Luinder 5386 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| DET | Mize, Casey 4377 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 18.7 | 18.7 |
| TEX | Rocker, Kumar 5108 | 3.7 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| TB | Jax, Griffin 4478 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
| HOU | Lambert, Peter 4155 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 |
| SF | Mahle, Tyler 3929 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 30.5 | 42.5 |
| COL | Gordon, Tanner 5230 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| MIL | Sproat, Brandon 5324 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| ARI | Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 32.7 | 76.9 |
| MIA | Perez, Eury 4814 | 4.4 | 11.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| ATH | Jump, Gage 5372 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| TOR | Yesavage, Trey 5287 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| SEA | Hancock, Emerson 4985 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| SD | Sears, JP 4627 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 20.7 | 20.7 |
| LAD | Sheehan, Emmet 4886 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| BOS | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | 6.0 | 21.8 | 49.9 | 50.9 |
| LAA | Johnson, Ryan 5391 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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