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Reds’ McLain, Red Sox’ Oviedo top players in spring games of Monday, March 2

Shawn Plank March 2, 2026

Matt McLain of the Reds is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.

Other standout winners include Red Sox pitcher Johan Oviedo, Wyatt Langford of the Rangers and Yordany De Los Santos of the Pirates.

Red Sox’ Crawford tops players for Monday, July 4; Brewers’ Lauer tops NL players

Shawn Plank July 5, 2022

Red Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Crawford struck out eight over 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Rays.

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September 15, 2026

Dodgers’ Skubal tops players for Monday, Sept. 14; Padres’ Miller rises to 8th place

September 15, 2026

Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, Padres closing pitcher Mason Miller rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors and has the fourth-highest single-season total for a closer since 1998.

September 15, 2026

September 14, 2026

Yankees’ Schlittler tops players for Sunday, Sept. 13, passing Cease for AL pitching lead

September 14, 2026

Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, passing Dylan Cease of the Blue Jays for the lead among American League pitchers—even though Cease also won Player of the Game honors in his Sunday start.

Schlittler rises to third place overall while Cease drops from third to fourth, despite earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Red Sox pitcher Payton Tolle, Lawrence Butler of the Athletics and J.T. Realmuto of the Phillies.

September 14, 2026

September 13, 2026

Nationals’ Alvarez tops players for Saturday, Sept. 12; Mariners’ Woo maintains 6th place

September 13, 2026

Nationals pitcher Andrew Alvarez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo maintains sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

September 13, 2026

September 12, 2026

Brewers’ May tops players for Friday, Sept. 11; Tigers’ Greene rises to lead AL batters

September 12, 2026

Brewers pitcher Dustin May is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Riley Greene of the Tigers rises to first place among American League batters in 2026 Box-Toppers points, passing Pete Alonso of the Orioles.

September 12, 2026

September 11, 2026

Misiorowski leads player rankings for 9th week, just 0.1 point ahead of Luzardo

September 11, 2026

Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski leads Box-Toppers overall player rankings for a ninth consecutive week with his lead narrowed to just 0.1 point.

Misiorowski also briefly lost the top overall spot for one day this week before regaining it.

September 11, 2026

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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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