Dodgers' Joe Blanton tops players in Thursday, March 3's spring training games

Dodgers pitcher Joe Blanton is Box-Toppers spring training Player of the Day for Thursday.

Blanton pitched two perfect innings of middle relief, striking out three in the 6-1 win over the White Sox. He earned no decision.

Blanton had 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2015 with the Royals and the Pirates.

American League Player of the Day—Brandon Guyer of the Rays homered and went 3-for-3, driving in three runs, in the 10-3 win over the Orioles. Guyer had 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2015.

National League Batter of the Day—Jorge Alfaro of the Phillies went 2-for-2, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 13-4 split-squad win over the Yankees. Alfaro has no career Box-Toppers points and has yet to make his Major League regular season debut.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day Thursday because the overall AL Player of the Day was a batter, Brandon Guyer.

Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in spring training games, but if it were the regular season, Blanton would earn 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, Guyer would earn 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day and Alfaro would earn 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) would earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

About Box-Toppers—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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

3/3	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	5.0	`Dodgers	Joe Blanton	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.0	0	0	0	0	3
AL	4.0	Rays	Brandon Guyer CF	3	1	3	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Rangers	Brett Nicholas PH-C	3	2	2	3	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Angels	Ji-Man Choi PH-1B	2	1	2	3	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	`Brewers	Josh Hader	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.0	1	0	0	0	3
	3.0	Mariners	Luis Sardiñas 3B	3	0	2	4	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	3.0	Phillies	Jorge Alfaro C	2	1	2	2	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Blue Jays	Andy Burns PR-2B	2	2	2	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Astros	Doug Fister (W, 1-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.0	2	0	0	1	4
	3.0	Red Sox	Marco Hernandez PR-2B-SS	1	1	1	2	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Reds	Anthony DeSclafani (W, 1-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.0	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	Tigers	Víctor Martínez DH	3	1	2	2	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Rockies	Trevor Story SS	3	1	1	3	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Nationals	Anthony Rendón 3B	2	1	1	2	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Cardinals	Dean Kiekhefer (SV, 1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	Brewers	Eric Young Jr. LF	3	2	2	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
		` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Rangers rookie Nomar Mazara tops players in Wednesday, March 2's spring games

Rangers rookie Nomar Mazara is Box-Toppers spring training Player of the Day for Wednesday.

Mazara hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-3, driving in four runs and scoring twice, in the 6-2 win over the Royals.

National League Player of the Day—Braves prospect Ozhaino Albies homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, driving in three and scoring three times, in the 11-4 win over the Orioles.

Neither Mazara nor Albies have any Box-Toppers points and neither has made their regular season Major League debut.

Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in spring training games, but if it were the regular season, Mazara would earn 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Albies would earn 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) would earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Note—Thirteen spring training games were scheduled for Wednesday—nine are listed below. Four games are not included—two because they ended in ties (Phillies vs. Blue Jays and Indians vs. Reds) and two because teams played against non-Major League opponents.

About Box-Toppers—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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

3/2	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	6.0	Rangers	Nomar Mazara, RF	3	2	3	4	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
NL	4.0	Braves	Ozhaino Albies 2B-SS	5	3	3	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Nationals	Scott Sizemore 3B	2	1	2	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Mariners	Chris Iannetta, C	1	1	1	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.1	Giants	Michael Broadway, (W 1-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	Twins	Jorge Polanco 2B	3	1	2	2	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Tigers	Jarrod Saltalamacchia DH	3	1	2	2	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Yankees	Austin Romine PR-C	3	2	2	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	Dbacks	Archie Bradley, (W 1-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.0	0	0	0	1	0

Blue Jays' Darwin Barney tops players in spring's first games between MLB teams

In the first day of spring training games played between Major League teams Tuesday, Darwin Barney of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Barney went 3-for-3 with two doubles in the 5-3 win over the Phillies.

If it were a regular season game, Barney would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Barney had no points in 2015 and last earned Box-Toppers points Sept. 26, 2014, with the Dodgers, his only points of that season. His best year was 2012 with the Cubs, when he had 7.2 Box-Toppers points.

National League Player of the Day—Reds pitcher Drew Hayes struck out three in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in the 6-5 win over the Indians.

Hayes would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day if it were a regular season game. Hayes has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.

National League Batter of the Day—Alex Hanson of the Pirates went 1-for-1, scoring and driving in a run, in the 4-2 win over the Tigers.

Hanson would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day if it were a regular season game. Hanson has no career Box-Toppers points.

Six spring training games were scheduled Tuesday. Two were played against non-Major League teams and one ended in a tie (Orioles-Braves). Those games were not included in Box-Toppers results.

About Box-Toppers—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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

3/1	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	5.0	Blue Jays	Darwin Barney (SS)	3	0	3	5	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
NL	3.0	Reds	Drew Hayes (S, 1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	1	0	0	0	3
BAT	2.0	Pirates	Alen Hanson (2B)	1	1	1	1	1	-		-	-	-	-	-	-