Mike Yastrzemski of the Braves is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Other standout winners include Jasson Domínguez of the Yankees and newly acquired Mets pitcher Freddy Peralta.
Read MoreMets’ Scherzer tops players for Monday, June 19, nearing 3rd place on career points list
Mets pitcher Max Scherzer is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to within 1.0 Box-Toppers point of third place on the “all-time” career points list.
Scherzer struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 11-1 win over the Astros.
Read MorePlayers named to ‘All-MLB’ teams rarely coincided with 2020 Box-Toppers points leaders
Selections for Major League Baseball’s 2020 “All-MLB” teams announced this past week rarely coincided with the season’s Box-Toppers points leaders.
Only one All-MLB First Team batter was among the Box-Toppers points leaders at his position—Marcell Ozuna of the Braves led all designated hitters with 4.5 Box-Toppers points. However, three of the four All-MLB First Team starting pitchers were also among the top three players in Box-Toppers points for 2020—Shane Bieber of the Indians (11.4), Trevor Bauer of the Reds (10.0) and Yu Darvish of the Cubs (9.7).
Read MoreNationals’ Stephen Strasburg tops players for Sunday, July 28, rises to 5th in player rankings
Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth in season player rankings.
Strasburg struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 11-4 win over the Dodgers.
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