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Braves’ Shuster, Angels’ Lamb top players in spring games for Friday, March 17

Shawn Plank March 18, 2023

Braves pitcher Jared Shuster is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.

Shuster struck out seven over four scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 8-0 win over the Red Sox.

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Tags Box-Toppers Daily Scorecard, Spring training, Jared Shuster, Graham Ashcraft, Jake Lamb, Darren Baker, Dusty Baker, Carlos Carrasco

Box-Toppers’ choices for major postseason awards: American League Most Valuable Player—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, National League Most Valuable Player—Pete Alonso of the Mets, AL Cy Young Award—Justin Verlander of the Astros and NL Cy Young Award—Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins.

Box-Toppers votes Ohtani AL MVP over Judge—plus our other postseason award picks

Shawn Plank October 25, 2022

Aaron Judge of the Yankees is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked American League batter in 2022. But Shohei Ohtani of the Angels is Box-Toppers’ choice for AL Most Valuable Player.

Box-Toppers cast votes for postseason honors for Ohtani, Justin Verlander, Sandy Alcantara and Pete Alonso, among others, in the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) balloting, completed at the end of the regular season, prior to the start of postseason play.

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Tags Postseason awards, IBWAA, Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander, Sandy Alcantara, Pete Alonso, Most Valuable Player Award, Cy Young Awards, Rookie of the Year, Julio Rodriguez, Spencer Strider, Manager of the Year, Dusty Baker, Dave Roberts, Reliever of the Year, Scott Barlow, Daniel Bard, Jose Ramirez, Anthony Rizzo, Mookie Betts, Dylan Cease, Carlos Rodon, Brandon Woodruff, Joe Ryan, George Kirby, Steven Kwan, Nolan Gorman, Brendan Donovan, Nick Lodolo, Joey Meneses, Oneil Cruz, Michael Harris, Christopher Morel, Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Kenley Jansen, Emmanuel Clase

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Box-Toppers

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. Players earn Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.

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