Rockies' De La Rosa tops players for Thursday, June 9; White Sox' Gonzalez tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 10, 2016

Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 9:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
9	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0

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De La Rosa pitched four scoreless innings of middle relief, allowing no hits and striking out five, in the 11-5 win over the Pirates.

American League Player of the Day—White Sox pitcher Miguel Gonzalez allowed one run over six innings, striking out five, in the 3-1 win over the Nationals.

National League Batter of the Day—Marcell Ozuna of the Marlins doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 10-3 win over the Twins.

American League Batter of the Day—Mitch Moreland of the Rangers doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring once and driving in one run, in the 5-3 win over the Astros.

Notable—Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright now has 105.3 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Wainwright (6IP 2H 2R 9K ND in the 3-2 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point and maintains his rank of 60th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 59th-ranked player Aramis Ramirez (105.8).

Wainwright has 3.5 Box-Toppers points for the season, 33rd among NL pitchers.

Debut—Orioles pitcher Dylan Bundy made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Bundy (2.1IP H 0R 3K W in the 6-5 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut Sept. 23, 2012, and was playing in his 19th career game. He is the 3,655th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—De La Rosa earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Gonzalez earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Ozuna and Moreland each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) 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

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/8
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    COL 11/PIT 5
    Jorge De La Rosa (W,2-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    8.0
    `STL 3/CIN 2
    Adam Wainwright
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    2
    2
    1
    9
  

    AL
    6.0
    CHW 3/DC 1
    Miguel Gonzalez (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    5
  

    
    3.1
    BAL 6/TOR 5
    Dylan Bundy (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.1
    1
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    BAT
    3.0
    MIA 10/MIN 3
    Marcell Ozuna, CF
    5
    1
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    NYM 5/MIL 2
    Jeurys Familia (S,20)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    NYY 6/LAA 3
    Aroldis Chapman (S,11)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    1.1
    CLE 5/SEA 3
    Cody Allen (S,13)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    2
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    0.0
    TEX 5/HOU 3
    Mitch Moreland, 1B
    4
    1
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	3.5	6.5	54.6	105.3	0.5
Allen, Cody 3265	pi mr cp	cle al	3.0	7.0	12.0	12.0	-1.0
Ozuna, Marcell 3190	cf	fla nl	3.0	6.0	16.5	16.5	0.0
Moreland, Mitch 2799	1b	tex al	2.5	8.7	16.7	17.7	-3.7
Chapman, Aroldis 2826	pi cp	nyy al	2.0	10.0	40.0	41.0	-6.0
Familia, Jeurys 3446	pi cp	nym nl	2.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	-6.0
De La Rosa, Jorge 1970	pi sp mr	col nl	2.0	8.0	21.8	48.6	-4.0
Gonzalez, Miguel 3062	pi sp	chi al	1.7	8.4	30.5	30.5	-5.0
Bundy, Dylan 3655	pi mr	bal al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Mariners' Walker tops players for Wednesday, June 8; Lackey, Scherzer rise into Box-Toppers top 10

Shawn Plank June 9, 2016

Mariners pitcher Taijuan Walker is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 8:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
9	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0

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Also Wednesday, Cubs pitcher John Lackey and Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer both rose into Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner became the 71st player since 1995 with 100 or more career Box-Toppers points.

Player of the Day—Walker pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out 11 and allowing three hits, in the 5-0 win over the Indians.

National League Player of the Day—Cubs pitcher John Lackey pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing three hits, in the 8-1 win over the Phillies.

Lackey earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 8.4 for the season and rising to eighth in season player rankings. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Lackey also rises to 43rd place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. Lackey now has 116.2 career Box-Toppers points and passes three players on the “all-time” list—Josh Beckett (114.9), Angels pitcher Tim Lincecum (115.0) and Torii Hunter (115.9). Lackey now trails 42nd-ranked player Todd Helton (116.4).

American League Batter of the Day—Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays homered, tripled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 7-2 win over the Tigers.

National League Batter of the Day—Brandon Moss of the Cardinals hit two homers and went 2-for-5, driving in three runs, in the 12-7 win over the Reds.

Rankings—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Scherzer (7IP 5H 0R 6K W in the 11-4 win over the White Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks seventh among NL pitchers.

Scherzer also rises to 47th place in career Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Wednesday, Scherzer has 114.0 for his career and passes three players on the “all-time” list—Sammy Sosa (113.2), Dan Haren (113.2) and Chris Carpenter (113.3). Scherzer now trails 46th-ranked player Josh Beckett (114.9).

Notable—Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner becomes the 71st player with 100 or more career Box-Toppers points (since 1995 when Box-Toppers tracking began) after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Bumgarner (6IP 4H R 5K ND in the 2-1 win over the Red Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 100.7 for his career. He rises to 68th place among all players since 1995, passing three players on the “all-time” list—Larry Walker (100.1), Jeff Bagwell (100.4) and Paul Konerko (100.7). Bumgarner now trails 67th-ranked player Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (100.9).

Bumgarner also has 8.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 12th among all players and ninth among NL pitchers.

Scoring—Walker earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Lackey earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Donaldson and Moss each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/8
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    16.0
    SEA 5/CLE 0
    Taijuan Walker (W,3-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    11
  

    NL
    12.0
    CHC 8/PHI 1
    John Lackey (W,7-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    8
  

    
    8.2
    MIL 4/OAK 0
    Chase Anderson (W,4-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    8.1
    BAL 4/KC 0
    Chris Tillman (W,8-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    8
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    
    7.0
    DC 11/CHW 4
    Max Scherzer (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    6.0
    ATL 4/SD 2
    Julio Teheran (W,2-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TOR 7/DET 2
    Josh Donaldson, 3B
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    COL 1/LAD 0
    Chris Rusin (W,2-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 12/LAA 6
    Chris Parmelee, 1B
    5
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    `SF 2/BOS 1
    Madison Bumgarner
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    
    3.0
    TB 6/ARI 3
    Corey Dickerson, LF
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIN 7/MIA 5
    Trevor Plouffe, 3B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    2.0
    STL 12/CIN 7
    Brandon Moss, LF-1B
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYM 6/PIT 5
    Michael Conforto, LF
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    HOU 3/TEX 1
    Jose Altuve, 2B
    3
    0
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4	18.1	37.8	116.2	-1.3
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0	29.0	93.6	114.0	-13.0
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	8.0	25.0	95.0	100.7	-9.0
Altuve, Jose 3007	2b	hou al	6.0	13.0	22.5	22.5	-1.0
Donaldson, Josh 3144	3b	tor al	5.5	15.4	35.4	35.4	-4.4
Tillman, Chris 2754	pi sp	bal al	5.0	9.7	38.8	40.8	0.3
Anderson, Chase 3328	pi sp	mil nl	5.0	9.0	14.0	14.0	1.0
Conforto, Michael 3622	lf	nym nl	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Walker, Taijuan 3453	pi sp	sea al	4.7	18.4	18.4	18.4	-9.0
Teheran, Julio 3176	pi sp	atl nl	3.0	10.7	38.8	38.8	-4.7
Rusin, Chris 3236	pi sp	col nl	2.7	3.7	5.7	5.7	1.7
Plouffe, Trevor 2869	3b	min al	2.5	5.5	21.5	21.5	-0.5
Moss, Brandon 2520	rf lf	stl nl	1.5	6.5	22.5	24.5	-3.5
Dickerson, Corey 3222	lf	tb al	1.0	4.0	13.0	13.0	-2.0
Parmelee, Chris 2996	1b	nyy al	1.0	3.0	6.5	6.5	-1.0

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Phillies' Eickhoff tops players for Tuesday, June 7; Dbacks' Greinke rises to 9th in Box-Toppers '16 rankings

Shawn Plank June 8, 2016

Phillies pitcher Jerad Eickhoff is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 7:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	8.0
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0

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Also Tuesday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Eickhoff struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run and two hits, in the 3-2 win over the Cubs.

American League Player of the Day—Mark Trumbo of the Orioles homered, doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 9-1 win over the Royals.

National League Batter of the Day—Chris Carter of the Brewers hit two homers and went 2-for-4, driving in five runs, in the 5-4 win over the Athletics.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Mark Trumbo.

Rankings—Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Grienke rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Greinke (CG 3H 0R 2K in the 5-0 win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Greinke also now has 154.4 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of 16th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. (See list of Box-Toppers’ updated top 20 players since 1995.) Greinke trails 15th-ranked player, Mike Mussina (155.6).

Debut—Three players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:

Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias (4IP 3H R 7K ND in the 5-3 win over the Rockies) made his Major League debut May 27 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,652nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Twins pitcher Fernando Abad (1IP H 0R 3K ND in the 6-4 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut July 28, 2010, and was playing in his 284th career game. He is the 3,653rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Reds pitcher John Lamb (7.1IP 4H 3R 5K ND in the 7-6 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut Aug. 14, 2015, and was playing in his 17th career game. He is the 3,654th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Eickhoff earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Trumbo earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Carter earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/7
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    PHI 3/CHC 2
    Jerad Eickhoff (W,3-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    6.0
    ARI 5/TB 0
    Zack Greinke (W,8-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    2
  

    BAT
    5.0
    MIL 5/OAK 4
    Chris Carter, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    PIT 3/NYM 1
    Juan Nicasio (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    7
  

    
    5.0
    `LAD 5/COL 3
    Julio Urias
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    AL
    4.0
    BAL 9/KC 1
    Mark Trumbo, RF
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    SEA 7/CLE 1
    Nelson Cruz, RF
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    DC 10/CHW 5
    Anthony Rendon, 3B
    5
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PIT 3/NYM 1
    Jonathon Niese (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    2
    2
  

    
    3.0
    `MIN 6/MIA 4
    Fernando Abad
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    2.1
    `CIN 7/STL 6
    John Lamb
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    4
    3
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    2.0
    TEX 4/HOU 3
    Jake Diekman (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    2.0
    DET 3/TOR 2
    Justin Wilson (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 5/SF 3
    Junichi Tazawa (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    NYY 6/LAA 3
    Starlin Castro, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    SD 4/ATL 3
    Matt Thornton (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	8.0	28.7	93.8	154.4	-12.7
Eickhoff, Jerad 3566	pi sp	phi nl	5.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	0.0
Carter, Chris 2828	1b	mil nl	5.0	6.0	23.9	24.9	4.0
Nicasio, Juan 2888	pi sp	pit nl	5.0	6.0	21.4	21.4	4.0
Trumbo, Mark 2851	rf dh	bal al	4.2	6.7	29.9	29.9	1.7
Castro, Starlin 2767	ss 2b	nyy al	3.0	7.5	20.5	21.5	-1.5
Cruz, Nelson 2224	dh rf	sea al	3.0	5.0	30.7	50.2	1.0
Niese, Jonathon 2531	pi sp	pit nl	2.0	8.0	23.7	30.7	-4.0
Rendon, Anthony 3258	3b	dc nl	1.0	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Tazawa, Junichi 3151	pi mr	bos al	1.0	2.0	7.0	7.0	0.0
Wilson, Justin 3140	pi cp	det al	1.0	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.0
Diekman, Jake 3266	pi mr	tex al	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.0
Thornton, Matt 1928	pi cp mr	sd nl	1.0	1.0	4.7	26.4	1.0
Abad, Fernando 3653	pi mr	min al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Lamb, John 3654	pi sp	cin nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Urias, Julio 3652	pi sp	lad nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Cubs' Lester tops players for Monday, June 6; Indians' Bauer tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 7, 2016

Cubs pitcher Jon Lester is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Lester pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out nine and allowing four hits, in the 6-4 win over the Phillies.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 6:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8

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Lester earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 128.1 for his career, rising to 31st among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Monday, he passes four players on Box-Toppers “all-time” list—Mariano Rivera (126.4), Roy Oswalt (127.2), Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander (127.6) and A.J. Burnett (127.8). Lester now trails 30th-ranked player Vladimir Guerrero (128.3).

Lester ranks 12th among all active players in career Box-Toppers points.

Lester has 7.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, ranked 14th among all players and 10th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer struck out 10 over 7 2/3 innings, allowing one run and five hits, in the 3-1 win over the Mariners.

National League Batter of the Day—Matt Kemp of the Padres doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-2 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Nomar Mazara of the Rangers went 4-for-4, scoring twice, in the 6-5 win over the Astros.

Scoring—Lester earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Bauer earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Kemp and Mazara each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/6
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    13.0
    CHC 6/PHI 4
    Jon Lester (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    AL
    9.2
    CLE 3/SEA 1
    Trevor Bauer (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    
    6.0
    COL 6/LAD 1
    Tyler Chatwood (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    1
    1
    1
    4
    5
  

    
    6.0
    DET 11/TOR 0
    Michael Fulmer (W,6-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    5
  

    
    4.0
    TB 6/ARI 4
    Chris Archer (W,4-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    3
    3
    3
    12
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 5/LAA 2
    Andrew Miller (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    3.0
    SD 7/ATL 2
    Matt Kemp, RF
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 4/KC 1
    Mike Wright (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    0
    2
    4
  

    BAT
    2.0
    TEX 6/HOU 5
    Nomar Mazara, RF
    4
    2
    4
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	7.0	19.0	65.2	128.1	-5.0
Fulmer, Michael 3640	pi sp	det al	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Chatwood, Tyler 2856	pi sp	col nl	5.0	5.0	14.7	14.7	5.0
Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	4.0	20.0	44.1	44.1	-12.0
Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	3.7	13.1	21.8	21.8	-5.7
Kemp, Matt 2151	rf	sd nl	3.0	8.5	33.0	54.6	-2.5
Miller, Andrew 2436	pi cp mr	nyy al	3.0	7.0	11.0	18.0	-1.0
Mazara, Nomar 3614	rf	tex al	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Wright, Mike 3471	pi sp	bal al	1.0	2.7	2.7	2.7	-0.7

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Marlins' Fernandez tops players for Sunday, June 5, ranks 2nd in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 6, 2016

Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, maintaining his spot in second place in season player rankings.

Fernandez struck out 14 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits, in the 1-0 win over the Mets.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 5:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8

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Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.7 for the season. He becomes the second player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points and trails only season leader Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (15.0 Box-Toppers points).

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Corey Kluber pitched six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out six, in the 7-0 win over the Royals.

American League Batter of the Day—Evan Longoria of the Rays hit two homers and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 7-5 win over the Twins.

National League Batter of the Day—Corey Seager of the Dodgers hit two home runs and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-6 win over the Braves.

Notable—Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander rose to 32nd place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.

Verlander was Player of the Game Sunday in the 5-2 win over the White Sox (7IP 5H 2R 8K W). He earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 127.6 for his career. With his point Sunday, he passes Roy Oswalt (127.2) on the “all-time” list and now trails 31st-ranked player, A.J. Burnett (127.8).

Debut—Nationals pitcher Sammy Solis made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Solis (3IP H 0R 6K W in the 10-9 win over the Reds) made his Major League debut April 30, 2015, and was playing in his 31st career game. He is the 3,651st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kluber earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Longoria and Seager each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/5
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    17.0
    MIA 1/NYM 0
    Jose Fernandez (W,9-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    14
  

    
    9.0
    COL 10/SD 3	
    Jon Gray (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    12
  

    AL
    8.0
    CLE 7/KC 0
    Corey Kluber (W,5-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    6
  

    
    7.0
    DC 10/CIN 9
    Sammy Solis (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TB 7/MIN 5
    Evan Longoria, 3B
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    DET 5/CHW 2
    Justin Verlander (W,5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    5.0
    PHI 8/MIL 1
    Aaron Nola (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    8
    0
    0
    2
    9
  

    
    4.2
    LAA 5/PIT 4
    Deolis Guerra (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    4.0
    LAD 12/ATL 6
    Corey Seager, SS
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TOR 5/BOS 4
    Marco Estrada (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    2
    2
    3
    5
  

    
    4.0
    TEX 3/SEA 2
    Derek Holland (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    2
    2
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    ARI 3/CHC 2
    Patrick Corbin (W,3-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    5
  

    
    2.0
    BAL 3/NYY 1
    Matt Wieters, C
    1
    0
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    HOU 5/OAK 2
    Will Harris (S, 1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    STL 6/SF 3
    Matt Carpenter, 3B
    4
    1
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7	16.4	42.4	42.4	7.0
Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	6.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	4.7
Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	6.1	19.5	50.3	50.3	-7.3
Estrada, Marco 2847	pi sp	tor al	5.0	13.0	37.1	37.1	-3.0
Carpenter, Matt 2987	3b	stl nl	4.5	10.0	24.5	24.5	-1.0
Wieters, Matt 2643	ca	bal al	4.5	5.5	23.5	29.2	3.5
Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	3.0	9.4	72.6	127.6	-3.4
Holland, Derek 2634	pi sp	tex al	3.0	5.7	37.8	44.8	0.3
Seager, Corey 3587	ss	lad nl	3.0	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.5
Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	2.0	7.4	30.8	30.8	-3.4
Gray, Jon 3634	pi sp	col nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Longoria, Evan 2423	3b	tb al	1.5	4.5	21.0	42.0	-1.5
Harris, Will 3093	pi cp mr	hou al	1.0	4.7	6.7	6.7	-2.7
Guerra, Deolis 3521	pi mr cp	ana al	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0
Solis, Sammy 3651	pi mr	dc nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Cubs' Hammel tops players for Saturday, June 4; Dodgers' Kershaw extends dominant Box-Toppers points lead

Shawn Plank June 5, 2016

Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 4:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8

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Also Saturday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extends his dominant lead in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Hammel struck out six over seven innings, allowing two runs and one hit, in the 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Player of the Day—Elvis Andrus of the Rangers hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4, scoring three times, in the 10-4 win over the Mariners.

National League Batter of the Day—Adam Duvall of the Reds hit a three-run homer in the 6-3 win over the Nationals.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall AL Player of the Day was batter Elvis Andrus.

Rankings—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extended his dominant lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Kershaw (6IP 3H 0R 4K W in the 4-0 win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 15.0 for the season. He leads second-place player Jose Fernandez of the Marlins (9.7) by 5.3 Box-Toppers points, meaning Fernandez would need to earn Player of the Day honors three times to pass Kershaw.

Kershaw also now has 174.3 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of seventh place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails sixth-place player Albert Pujols of the Angels (176.3). (See home page for updated Box-Toppers “All-time” top 20 player rankings.)

Kershaw had a Box-Toppers game score Saturday of +6.0, the same as Player of the Day Jason Hammel. But Hammel won Player of the Day over Kershaw on a tiebreaker—he had more innings pitched (7 vs. 6).

Debut—Matt Reynolds of the Mets made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Reynolds (PH 1-1 BI in the 6-4 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut May 17 and was playing in his ninth career game. He is the 3,650th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Reynolds now ranks second in career Box-Toppers points among all players named Matt Reynolds. The other Matt Reynolds, a middle relief pitcher, has 2.0 Box-Toppers points earned in 2010 and 2011, while playing for the Rockies. Prior to the start of the 2016 season, Reynolds (the middle reliever) was released by the Diamondbacks.

Scoring—Hammel earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Andrus earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Duvall earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/4
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    6.0
    CHC 5/ARI 3
    Jason Hammel (W,7-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    1
    2
    2
    2
    6
  

    
    6.0
    LAD 4/ATL 0
    Clayton Kershaw (W,8-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    AL
    4.0
    TEX 10/SEA 4
    Elvis Andrus, SS
    4
    3
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    DET 7/CHW 4
    J.D. Martinez, RF
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.1
    SD 4/COL 3
    Kevin Quackenbush (H,6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    3.0
    STL 7/SF 4
    Trevor Rosenthal (S,9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    CLE 7/KC 1
    Francisco Lindor, SS
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    TB 7/MIN 4
    Steven Souza Jr., RF
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    2.0
    CIN 6/DC 3
    Adam Duvall, LF
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 6/TOR 4
    Blake Swihart, LF
    1
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    MIL 6/PHI 3
    Jonathan Villar, SS
    5
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    HOU 6/OAK 5
    Carlos Correa, SS
    5
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    NYY 8/BAL 6
    Starlin Castro, 2B
    5
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    PIT 8/LAA 7
    Josh Harrison, 2B
    5
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    NYM 6/MIA 4
    Matt Reynolds, PH
    1
    0
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0	40.7	140.8	174.3	-10.7
Hammel, Jason 2235	pi sp	chi nl	5.0	14.7	38.1	51.2	-4.7
Souza, Steven Jr. 3461	rf	tb al	3.7	9.2	9.2	9.2	-1.8
Correa, Carlos 3506	ss	hou al	3.5	10.7	10.7	10.7	-3.7
Martinez, J.D. 2922	rf	det al	3.5	5.2	15.2	15.2	1.8
Duvall, Adam 3573	lf	cin nl	3.5	5.0	5.0	5.0	2.0
Andrus, Elvis 2582	ss	tex al	2.7	2.7	10.2	13.2	2.7
Lindor, Francisco 3586	ss	cle al	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	1.5
Rosenthal, Trevor 3124	pi cp	stl nl	2.0	8.0	20.0	20.0	-4.0
Castro, Starlin 2767	ss	nyy al	2.0	6.5	19.5	20.5	-2.5
Harrison, Josh 2947	2b 3b	pit nl	2.0	3.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
Villar, Jonathan 3233	ss	mil nl	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.0
Swihart, Blake 3565	lf ca	bos al	1.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	-2.0
Quackenbush, Kevin 3462	pi mr	sd nl	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0
Reynolds, Matt 3650	ph	nym nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Padres' Pomeranz tops players for Friday, June 3; Syndergaard, Salazar rise into Box-Toppers top 10

Shawn Plank June 4, 2016

Padres pitcher Drew Pomeranz is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 3:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8

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Also Friday, two players rose into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list—Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard and Indians pitcher Danny Salazar. Plus, Eugenio Suarez of the Reds earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day to take the season Box-Toppers points lead among National League batters, passing Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets.

Player of the Day—Pomeranz pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits, in the 4-0 win over the Rockies.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Danny Salazar struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run and three hits, in the 6-1 win over the Royals.

Salazar earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 7.8 for the season, rising to 10th place in season player rankings, third among AL pitchers.

National League Batter of the Day—Corey Seager of the Dodgers hit three home runs, going 3-for-4, in the 4-2 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Adrian Beltre of the Rangers hit a three-run homer and doubled, going 2-for-3 and driving in five total runs, in the 7-3 win over the Mariners.

Beltre earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 105.8 for his career, rising to 58th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes Aramis Ramirez (105.8) on the “all-time” list and now trails 57th-ranked player Frank Thomas (106.2). Beltre ranks fifth in career Box-Toppers points among active AL batters.

Rankings—Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Syndergaard (7IP 6H 2R 9K W in the 6-2 win over the Marlins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Suarez—Eugenio Suarez of the Reds earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Friday and takes the Box-Toppers points lead among NL batters, passing Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets.

Suarez (HR 3-4 2R 2BI in the 7-2 win over the Nationals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season, passing previous NL batting leader, Cespedes (6.0). Suarez ranks 14th among all players.

Suarez also earned NL Batter of the Day honors Thursday.

Notable—Cubs pitcher John Lackey now has 114.5 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Lackey (6.2IP 5H 0R 9K W in the 6-0 win over the Diamondbacks) maintains his rank of 46th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 45th-ranked player Josh Beckett (114.9). Lackey has 6.7 Box-Toppers points for the season, 10th-most among NL pitchers.

Debut—James McCann of the Tigers made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

McCann (HR 3B 3-4 2R 2BI in the 10-3 win over the White Sox) made his Major League debut Sept. 1, 2014, and was playing in his 149th career game. He is the 3,649th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Pomeranz earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Salazar earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Seager and Beltre each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/3
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.0
    SD 4/COL 0
    Drew Pomeranz (W,5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    8.2
    CHC 6/ARI 0
    John Lackey (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    0
    0
    2
    9
  

    AL
    7.0
    CLE 6/KC 1
    Danny Salazar (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    1
    1
    5
    9
  

    BAT
    5.0
    LAD 4/ATL 2
    Corey Seager, SS
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TEX 7/SEA 3
    Adrian Beltre, 3B
    3
    1
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    NYM 6/MIA 2
    Noah Syndergaard (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    2
    2
    1
    9
  

    
    4.0
    HOU 12/OAK 2
    Evan Gattis, C
    5
    1
    4
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    DET 10/CHW 3
    James McCann, C
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CIN 7/DC 2
    Eugenio Suarez, 3B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PHI 6/MIL 3
    Cameron Rupp, C
    2
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.2
    TOR 5/BOS 2
    R.A. Dickey (W,3-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    2
    1
    0
    5
    4
  

    
    2.0
    LAA 9/PIT 2
    Kole Calhoun, RF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.1
    BAL 6/NYY 5
    Mychal Givens (W,5-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    1.0
    SF 5/STL 1
    Kelby Tomlinson, PH
    0
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    TB 4/MIN 2
    Erasmo Ramirez (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0	18.4	18.4	18.4	-2.4
Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8	21.2	30.6	30.6	-5.6
Suarez, Eugenio 3355	3b	cin nl	7.0	10.0	12.5	12.5	4.0
Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	6.7	16.4	36.1	114.5	-3.0
Pomeranz, Drew 3061	pi sp mr	sd nl	6.0	9.0	17.0	17.0	3.0
Beltre, Adrian 1141	3b	tex al	4.0	16.5	42.4	105.8	-8.5
Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	tor al	3.0	8.0	52.2	73.9	-2.0
Calhoun, Kole 3279	rf	ana al	3.0	6.2	13.7	13.7	-0.2
Ramirez, Erasmo 1786	pi sp mr	tb al	2.7	9.7	11.7	13.7	-4.3
Tomlinson, Kelby 3619	ph	sf nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Seager, Corey 3587	ss	lad nl	1.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.0
Gattis, Evan 3179	ca dh	hou al	1.0	5.0	7.0	7.0	-3.0
Givens, Mychal 3599	pi mr	bal al	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Rupp, Cameron 3556	ca	phi nl	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
McCann, James 3649	ca	det al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw leads All-Stars in Box-Toppers points over both 2016 and 2015-16

Shawn Plank June 3, 2016

Kershaw passes Jake Arrieta of the Cubs as Box-Toppers points leader over both 2015-2016, 39.7-37.8. Kershaw also leads players for 2016.

Dodgers' Kershaw maintains Box-Toppers player rankings lead for 4th straight week

Shawn Plank June 3, 2016

Kershaw maintains overall Box-Toppers points lead. Sale leads AL pitchers, Machado leads AL batters, Cespedes leads NL batters.

Chicago Cubs, hottest team of week, remain atop Box-Toppers team rankings for 7th week

Shawn Plank June 3, 2016

Cubs continue reign among teams, picking up 7.0 Box-Toppers points in past week. Red Sox remain top AL team for second week.

Diamondbacks' Greinke tops players for Thursday, June 2, rises to 10th in season player rankings, 16th in all-time rankings

Shawn Plank June 3, 2016

Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to 10th place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 2:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc al	7.0
10	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.0

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Greinke also rises two spots to 16th place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.

Greinke pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out 11 and allowing four hits, in the 3-0 win over the Astros.

Greinke earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points, giving him 7.0 for the season, rising to 10th in season player rankings, seventh among National League pitchers.

Greinke also now has 153.4 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 16th in “all-time” rankings, passing two players—Greg Maddux (151.7) and Barry Bonds (153.2). (It should be noted that both Bonds and Maddux began their careers before 1995 when tracking began and so both would likely have many more Box-Toppers points if their entire careers were tracked.) Greinke now trails 15th-ranked player Mike Mussina (155.6).

All-time leaders

Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
4	Alex Rodriguez	dh	nyy al	187.0
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	181.0
6	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	176.3
7	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	173.3
8	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
9	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
10	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
11	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
12	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	164.7
13	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
14	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
15	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
16	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	153.4
17	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
18	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
19	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0
20	Javier Vazquez	pi sp	retired	148.3

List of top 100 players since 1995 (through the 2015 season)

American League Player of the Day—Dae-Ho Lee of the Mariners homered and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 16-13 win over the Padres.

National League Batter of the Day—Eugenio Suarez of the Reds hit two homers, including a three-run shot, in the 11-4 win over the Rockies. Suarez also doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four total runs.

Suarez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season and now ranks second among NL batters in season Box-Toppers points.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the AL Player of the Day was batter Dae-Ho Lee.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Thursday, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors:

Marlins pitcher Nick Wittgren (3IP 0H 0R 3K W in the 4-3 win over the Pirates) made his Major League debut April 19 and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,647th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Twins pitcher Taylor Rogers (2IP 0H 0R 2K W in the 6-4 win over the Rays) made his Major League debut April 14 and was playing in his ninth career game. He is the 3,648th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Greinke earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Lee earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Suarez earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/2
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    ARI 3/HOU 0
    Zack Greinke (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    11
  

    
    12.2
    SF 6/ATL 0
    Madison Bumgarner (W,7-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    4
    0
    0
    2
    11
  

    
    6.2
    MIL 4/PHI 1
    Chase Anderson (W,3-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    3
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    AL
    6.0
    SEA 16/SD 13
    Dae-Ho Lee, PH-1B
    3
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    CHC 7/LAD 2
    Kyle Hendricks (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

    
    6.0
    MIA 4/PIT 3
    Nick Wittgren (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    5.0
    CIN 11/COL 4
    Eugenio Suarez, 3B
    5
    3
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.2
    `NYY 5/DET 4
    Michael Pineda
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    7
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    
    4.0
    MIN 6/TB 4
    Taylor Rogers (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 12/BOS 7
    Mark Trumbo, RF
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.2
    CLE 5/KC 4
    Tommy Hunter (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.0	27.7	92.8	153.4	-13.7
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	7.0	24.0	94.0	99.7	-10.0
Suarez, Eugenio 3355	3b	cin nl	6.0	9.0	11.5	11.5	3.0
Lee, Dae-Ho 3627	1b ph	sea al	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	4.0	13.7	18.7	18.7	-5.7
Anderson, Chase 3328	pi sp	mil nl	4.0	8.0	13.0	13.0	0.0
Trumbo, Mark 2851	dh rf	bal al	2.5	5.0	28.2	28.2	0.0
Pineda, Michael 2841	pi sp	nyy al	1.0	11.7	29.1	29.1	-9.7
Hunter, Tommy 2623	pi cp	cle al	1.0	2.0	9.0	16.0	0.0
Rogers, Taylor 3648	pi mr	min al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Wittgren, Nick 3647	pi cp	fla nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Brewers' Davies tops players for Wednesday, June 1; Nationals' Scherzer rises to 9th in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank June 2, 2016

Brewers pitcher Zach Davies is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 1:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc al	7.0
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	7.0

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Also Wednesday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Davies pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out nine, in the 3-1 win over the Cardinals.

American League Player of the Day—Tigers pitcher Michael Fulmer pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out eight, in the 3-0 win over the Angels.

National League Batter of the Day—Alexei Ramirez of the Padres hit two homers and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in five runs, in the 14-6 win over the Mariners.

American League Batter of the Day—Lorenzo Cain of the Royals went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in a run, in the 6-3 win over the Rays. Cain earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.5 for the season ranking second among AL batters, behind Manny Machado of the Orioles (8.7).

Rankings—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Scherzer (8IP 5H 2R 11K W in the 7-2 win over the Phillies) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Scherzer also now has 113.0 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 50th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes Kevin Brown (112.8) on the “all-time” list and now trails 49th-ranked player Sammy Sosa (113.2).

Notable—Cubs pitcher Jon Lester now has 126.1 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Lester (CG 4H R 10K W in the 2-1 win over the Dodgers) maintains his rank of 35th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 34th-ranked player Mariano Rivera (126.4). Lester has 5.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.

Also notable—Matt Albers of the White Sox became the fourth pitcher this season to earn Player of the Game honors for batting. He is the first AL pitcher to earn Player of the Game honors for batting in nearly seven years.

Albers (2B 1-1 R in the 2-1, 13-inning win over the Mets) had a Box-Toppers game score of +1.0 for batting and a score of 0.0 for pitching (2IPH 0R 2BB K W).

The last time an AL pitcher won Player of the Game honors for batting was June 12, 2009, by Rick Porcello of the Tigers.

Scoring—Davies earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Fulmer earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Ramirez and Cain each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/1
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    MIL 3/STL 1
    Zach Davies (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    
    13.0
    CHC 2/LAD 1
    Jon Lester (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    1
    1
    0
    10
  

    AL
    11.2
    DET 3/LAA 0
    Michael Fulmer (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    2
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    10.0
    `MIA 3/PIT 2
    Adam Conley
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    9
  

    
    8.0
    DC 7/PHI 2
    Max Scherzer (W,6-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    2
    2
    2
    11
  

    BAT
    6.0
    SD 14/SEA 6
    Alexei Ramirez, SS
    5
    3
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    HOU 5/ARI 4
    Michael Feliz (W,4-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    4.0
    OAK 5/MIN 1
    Sean Manaea (W,2-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    1
    1
    3
    8
  

    
    3.2
    TOR 7/NYY 0
    Aaron Sanchez (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    7
    0
    0
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    ATL 5/SF 4
    Chris Withrow (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    2.0
    KC 6/TB 3
    Lorenzo Cain, CF
    4
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    BAL 13/BOS 9
    Matt Wieters, C
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    `CLE 5/TEX 4
    Dan Otero
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    CIN 7/COL 2
    Billy Hamilton, CF
    5
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    CHW 2/NYM 1
    Matt Albers, P
    1
    1
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	7.0	28.0	92.6	113.0	-14.0
Cain, Lorenzo 3171	cf	kc al	6.5	14.7	20.7	20.7	-1.7
Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	5.0	17.0	63.2	126.1	-7.0
Sanchez, Aaron 3392	pi sp	tor al	4.7	6.7	8.7	8.7	2.7
Fulmer, Michael 3640	pi sp	det al	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Wieters, Matt 2643	ca	bal al	3.5	4.5	22.5	28.2	2.5
Conley, Adam 3594	pi sp	fla nl	3.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	0.0
Davies, Zach 3581	pi sp	mil nl	3.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	0.0
Feliz, Michael 3632	pi cp	hou al	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
Manaea, Sean 3637	pi sp	oak al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Ramirez, Alexei 2537	ss	sd nl	1.5	3.5	22.0	34.0	-0.5
Hamilton, Billy 3287	cf	cin nl	1.0	3.0	7.5	7.5	-1.0
Otero, Dan 3365	pi mr	cle al	1.0	2.7	3.7	3.7	-0.7
Albers, Matt 2274	pi cp	chi al	1.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.0
Withrow, Chris 3273	pi cp	atl nl	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Kazmir tops players for Tuesday, May 31; Marlins' Fernandez rises to 2nd in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank June 1, 2016

Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and becomes the 70th player since 1995 to earn 100 or more career Box-Toppers points.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 31:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	7.0
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	6.4

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Also Tuesday, Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez rose to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Kazmir pitched six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out seven, in the 5-0 win over the Cubs. Kazmir did not earn the win, picking up a no decision because the game was tied when he exited.

Kazmir earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 101.4 career Box-Toppers points. He becomes the 70th player with 100 or more points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Tuesday, he rises to 64th place on Box-Toppers “all-time” list, passing seven players—Red Sox pitcher David Price (99.5), Larry Walker (100.1), Jeff Bagwell (100.4), Paul Konerko (100.7), Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (100.9), Jason Schmidt (101.2) and Tim Wakefield (101.4). Kazmir trails 63rd-ranked player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2).

Kazmir has 5.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 15th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Mookie Betts of the Red Sox hit three home runs, going 3-for-5 and driving in five runs, in the 6-2 win over the Orioles.

National League Batter of the Day—DJ LeMahieu of the Rockies homered and hit two doubles, going 4-for-4, scoring four times and driving in two runs, in the 17-4 win over the Reds.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the AL Player of the Day is a batter, Mookie Betts.

Rankings—Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez rose to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Fernandez (7IP 3H 0R 6K W in the 3-1 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.7 for the season, rising to second in season player rankings, trailing only Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (14.0).

Notable—Giants pitcher Jake Peavy rises to 24th place among all players in career Box-Toppers points since 1995 after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Peavy (7IP H 0R 3K W in the 4-0 win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 138.8 career points, passing Andy Pettitte (138.5) on the “all-time” list. He now trails 23rd-ranked player David Ortiz of the Red Sox (141.4). Peavy has 2.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time they earned Player of the Game honors:

Tyler Saladino of the White Sox (HR 2-2 2R 2BI in the 6-4 win over the Mets) made his Major League debut July 10, 2015, and was playing in his 93rd career game. He is the 3,645th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Blue Jays pitcher Joe Biagini (1IP H 0R 2K W in the 4-1 win over the Yankees) made his Major League debut April 8 and was playing in his 17th career game. He is the 3,646th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Kazmir earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Betts earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. LeMahieu earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/31
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.0
    `LAD 5/CHC 0
    Scott Kazmir
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    
    10.0
    MIA 3/PIT 1
    Jose Fernandez (W,8-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    9.0
    SF 4/ATL 0
    Jake Peavy (W,2-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    AL
    6.0
    BOS 6/BAL 2
    Mookie Betts, RF
    5
    3
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    6.0
    COL 17/CIN 4
    DJ LeMahieu, 2B
    4
    4
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    STL 10/MIL 3
    Matt Carpenter, 3B
    5
    4
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    SEA 16/SD 4
    Kyle Seager, 3B
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    HOU 8/ARI 5
    George Springer, RF
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    LAA 11/DET 9
    C.J. Cron, DH
    4
    2
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    DC 5/PHI 1
    Joe Ross (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    4.0
    KC 10/TB 5
    Lorenzo Cain, CF
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CHW 6/NYM 4
    Tyler Saladino, SS
    2
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TEX 7/CLE 3
    Colby Lewis (W,5-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    2
  

    
    3.0
    OAK 7/MIN 4
    Danny Valencia, 3B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    TOR 4/NYY 1
    Joe Biagini (W,3-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7	14.4	40.4	40.4	5.0
Lewis, Colby 1567	pi sp	tex al	5.7	13.4	31.6	43.0	-2.0
Kazmir, Scott 1947	pi sp	lad nl	5.0	17.7	45.6	101.4	-7.7
Cain, Lorenzo 3171	cf	kc al	5.0	13.2	19.2	19.2	-3.2
Ross, Joe 3499	pi sp	dc nl	4.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	-0.3
Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	bos al	4.7	7.7	9.7	9.7	1.7
Valencia, Danny 2772	3b	oak al	4.5	8.0	10.0	13.0	1.0
LeMahieu, DJ 3091	2b	col nl	3.5	10.5	16.5	16.5	-3.5
Carpenter, Matt 2987	3b 1b	stl nl	3.5	9.0	23.5	23.5	-2.0
Seager, Kyle 3031	3b	sea al	3.5	8.5	22.5	22.5	-1.5
Springer, George 3337	rf	hou al	3.5	4.5	7.5	7.5	2.5
Peavy, Jake 1635	pi sp	sf nl	2.0	7.0	35.1	138.8	-3.0
Cron, C.J. 3338	dh 1b	ana al	1.0	7.0	8.0	8.0	-5.0
Biagini, Joe 3646	pi mr	tor al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Saladino, Tyler 3645	ss	chi al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Angels' Chacin tops players for Monday, May 30; Cardinals' Martinez tops NL players

Shawn Plank May 31, 2016

Angels pitcher Jhoulys Chacin is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 30:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
5	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
6	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	7.0
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	6.4

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Chacin pitched a complete game, allowing one run, four hits and striking out 10, in the 5-1 win over the Twins.

National League Player of the Day—Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out eight, in the 6-0 win over the Brewers.

National League Batter of the Day—Daniel Murphy of the Nationals homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, driving in three runs, in the 4-3 win over the Phillies.

American League Batter of the Day—Kyle Seager of the Mariners homered and went 1-for-2, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 9-3 win over the Padres.

Notable—Royals pitcher Ian Kennedy holds the highest spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings among Monday’s Players of the Games.

Kennedy (6IP 3H R 6K ND in the 6-2 win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season, ranking 16th among all players in 2016, fifth among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Chacin earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Martinez earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Murphy and Seager each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/29
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    LAA 5/DET 1
    Jhoulys Chacin (W,2-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    NL
    10.0
    STL 6/MIL 0
    Carlos Martinez (W,5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    
    10.0
    NYM 1/CHW 0
    Matt Harvey (W,4-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    8.0
    TOR 4/NYY 2
    Marco Estrada (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    3
    6
  

    
    8.0
    CHC 2/LAD 0
    Travis Wood (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    7.0
    PIT 10/MIA 0
    Jeff Locke (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    5.0
    HOU 8/ARI 3
    Collin McHugh (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    5
    3
    3
    1
    8
  

    BAT
    3.0
    DC 4/PHI 3
    Daniel Murphy, 2B
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    SEA 9/SD 3
    Kyle Seager, 3B
    2
    2
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BOS 7/BAL 2
    Steven Wright (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    2
    2
    5
    7
  

    
    3.0
    `KC 6/TB 2
    Ian Kennedy
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    0
    5
    6
  

    
    3.0
    ATL 5/SF 3
    Mike Foltynewicz (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

    
    3.0
    OAK 3/MIN 2
    Ryan Madson (S,12)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 11/COL 8
    Adam Duvall, LF
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    TEX 9/CLE 2
    Ian Desmond, CF
    5
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kennedy, Ian 2723	pi sp	kc al	6.0	12.7	56.5	62.5	-0.7
Estrada, Marco 2847	pi sp	tor al	4.0	12.0	36.1	36.1	-4.0
Wright, Steven 3224	pi sp	bos al	4.0	7.7	8.7	8.7	0.3
Murphy, Daniel 2589	2b	dc nl	4.0	5.5	27.5	29.0	2.5
Desmond, Ian 2673	cf lf	tex al	4.0	5.0	20.7	27.2	3.0
Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	3.7	17.4	18.4	18.4	-10.0
Locke, Jeff 3133	pi sp	pit nl	2.7	8.7	20.1	20.1	-3.3
Seager, Kyle 3031	3b	sea al	2.5	7.5	21.5	21.5	-2.5
Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	2.0	17.4	35.4	35.4	-13.4
McHugh, Collin 3316	pi sp	hou al	2.0	11.7	23.5	23.5	-7.7
Foltynewicz, Mike 3455	pi sp	atl nl	2.0	4.7	4.7	4.7	-0.7
Duvall, Adam 3573	lf	cin nl	2.0	3.5	3.5	3.5	0.5
Chacin, Jhoulys 2711	pi sp	ana al	2.0	2.0	16.4	24.1	2.0
Madson, Ryan 1841	pi cp	oak al	2.0	2.0	5.0	22.7	2.0
Wood, Travis 2777	pi mr sp	chi nl	1.0	4.0	28.7	31.7	-2.0

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Dodgers' Kershaw tops players for Sunday, May 29, extends lead in season Box-Toppers points

Shawn Plank May 29, 2016

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and extends his lead in season Box-Toppers player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 29:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
5	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
6	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	7.0
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	6.4

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Also Sunday, Athletics pitcher Rich Hill maintained his rank of eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Kershaw struck out 10 over 7 2/3 innings, allowing two runs and four hits, in the 4-2 win over the Mets. Kershaw picked up a no decision and did not earn the win because the Mets tied the game after he exited.

Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 14.0 for the season. He holds a dominating lead in player rankings, 5.0 points ahead of second-place player, Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto (9.0).

Kershaw also has 173.3 career Box-Toppers points, seventh among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails sixth-ranked player, Albert Pujols of the Angels (176.3).

American League Player of the Day—Twins pitcher Ricky Nolasco struck out seven over six innings, allowing two runs and three hits, in the 5-4 win over the Mariners.

National League Batter of the Day—Wilson Ramos of the Nationals homered and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 10-2 win over the Cardinals.

American League Batter of the Day—Carlos Correa of the Astros hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the 13th inning in the 8-6 win over the Angels.

Rankings—Athletics pitcher Rich Hill maintained his rank of eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Hill (6.1IP 5H 2R 9K W in the 4-2 win over the Tigers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.4 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers, behind Chris Sale of the White Sox (8.7).

Streak—Hunter Pence of the Giants has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Pence (3-2B 3-5 2R 3BI in the 8-3 win over the Rockies) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2007 with the Astros and has 49.7 career points, 10th among active NL outfielders. His best season was 2008 with the Astros, when he had 8.2 Box-Toppers points, seventh among NL outfielders. In 2015, Pence had 2.0 Box-Toppers points with the Giants.

Notable—Cubs pitcher John Lackey rises to 46th place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995 after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Lackey (7IP 4H R 6K W in the 7-2 win over the Phillies) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 113.5 for his career. Since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995, Lackey now ranks 46th and with his point Sunday, he passes four players on Box-Toppers’ “all-time” list—Kevin Brown (112.8), Sammy Sosa (113.2), Dan Haren (113.2) and Chris Carpenter (113.3). Lackey now trails 45th-ranked player Josh Beckett (114.9). Lackey has 5.7 Box-Toppers points for the season, 11th among NL pitchers.

Scoring—Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Nolasco earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Ramos and Correa each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/29
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.2
    `LAD 4/NYM 2
    Clayton Kershaw
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    4
    2
    2
    0
    10
  

    BAT
    6.0
    DC 10/STL 2
    Wilson Ramos, C
    3
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.1
    ARI 6/SD 3
    Archie Bradley (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    4
    3
    3
    1
    9
  

    
    5.0
    MIA 7/ATL 3
    Derek Dietrich, 2B
    3
    1
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    AL
    5.0
    MIN 5/SEA 4
    Ricky Nolasco (W,2-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    7
  

    
    4.0
    MIL 5/CIN 4
    Jonathan Villar, SS
    2
    3
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    HOU 8/LAA 6
    Carlos Correa, SS
    1
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.1
    OAK 4/DET 2
    Rich Hill (W,8-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    5
    2
    2
    3
    9
  

    
    3.0
    SF 8/COL 3
    Hunter Pence, RF
    5
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CHC 7/PHI 2
    John Lackey (W,5-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    4
    6
  

    
    3.0
    NYY 2/TB 1
    Nathan Eovaldi (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    6
    1
    1
    2
    7
  

    
    3.0
    BOS 5/TOR 3
    Koji Uehara (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    KC 5/CHW 4
    Lorenzo Cain, CF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    `BAL 6/CLE 4
    Darren O'Day
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    1.0
    TEX 6/PIT 2
    Mitch Moreland, 1B
    4
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0	39.7	139.8	173.3	-11.7
Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4	12.4	12.4	32.1	4.4
Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	5.7	15.4	35.1	113.5	-4.0
Eovaldi, Nathan 2928	pi sp	nyy al	5.7	7.7	24.8	24.8	3.7
Cain, Lorenzo 3171	cf	kc al	4.0	12.2	18.2	18.2	-4.2
Nolasco, Ricky 2125	pi sp	min al	3.7	5.7	26.4	79.5	1.7
Correa, Carlos 3506	ss	hou al	2.5	9.7	9.7	9.7	-4.7
Uehara, Koji 2802	pi mr cp	bos al	2.0	7.0	24.0	28.0	-3.0
O’Day, Darren 2577	pi mr	bal al	2.0	3.7	11.7	12.7	0.3
Ramos, Wilson 2904	ca	dc nl	1.5	2.5	16.0	16.0	0.5
Moreland, Mitch 2799	1b	tex al	1.0	7.2	15.2	16.2	-5.2
Pence, Hunter 2287	rf	sf nl	1.0	3.0	22.0	49.7	-1.0
Dietrich, Derek 3199	2b	fla nl	1.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	0.0
Bradley, Archie 3438	pi sp	ari nl	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Villar, Jonathan 3233	ss	mil nl	1.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Cubs' Hendricks tops players for Saturday, May 28; Rangers' Darvish tops AL players

Shawn Plank May 29, 2016

Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Hendricks pitched a complete game, allowing one run and five hits, striking out seven, in the 4-1 win over the Phillies.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 28:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	12.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
5	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
6	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	7.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	7.0
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	6.4

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American League Player of the Day—Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish struck out seven over five innings, allowing one run and three hits, in the 5-2 win over the Pirates.

National League Batter of the Day—Buster Posey of the Giants hit two three-run homers in the 10-5 win over the Rockies.

American League Batter of the Day—Russell Martin of the Blue Jays homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 10-9 win over the Red Sox.

Scoring—Hendricks earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Darvish earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Posey and Martin each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/28
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    CHC 4/PHI 1
    Kyle Hendricks (W,3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    7
  

    AL
    6.0
    TEX 5/PIT 2
    Yu Darvish (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    5.0
    SF 10/COL 5
    Buster Posey, C
    5
    2
    2
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    HOU 4/LAA 2
    Dallas Keuchel (W,3-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    2
    2
    0
    5
  

    BAT
    4.0
    TOR 10/BOS 9
    Russell Martin, C
    5
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    LAD 9/NYM 1
    Chase Utley, 2B
    5
    2
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TB 9/NYY 5
    Hank Conger, C
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CIN 7/MIL 6
    Adam Duvall, LF
    5
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    ARI 8/SD 7
    Michael Bourn, RF
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    OAK 12/DET 3
    Danny Valencia, 3B
    4
    3
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    ATL 7/MIA 2
    Gordon Beckham, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIN 6/SEA 5
    Eduardo Nunez, 3B
    5
    2
    4
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    STL 9/DC 4
    Greg Garcia, 3B
    4
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    KC 8/CHW 7
    Drew Butera, C
    1
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    CLE 11/BAL 4
    Juan Uribe, 3B
    4
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Valencia, Danny 2772	3b	oak al	3.5	7.0	9.0	12.0	0.0
Nunez, Eduardo 2795	2b ss 3b	min al	3.5	5.5	11.5	13.0	1.5
Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	3.0	12.7	17.7	17.7	-6.7
Martin, Russell 2202	ca	tor al	2.5	7.5	24.0	45.0	-2.5
Posey, Buster 2745	1b ca	sf nl	2.5	6.5	27.5	32.0	-1.5
Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	2.0	23.4	37.8	37.8	-19.4
Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	1.7	1.7	46.9	46.9	1.7
Uribe, Juan 1542	3b	cle al	1.0	4.0	12.0	47.7	-2.0
Bourn, Michael 2505	rf	ari nl	1.0	3.5	5.5	12.0	-1.5
Duvall, Adam 3573	lf	cin nl	1.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	-0.5
Conger, Hank 2843	ca	tb al	1.0	2.0	6.5	6.5	0.0
Garcia, Greg 3331	3b	stl nl	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0
Beckham, Gordon 2620	2b	atl nl	1.0	2.0	7.5	13.5	0.0
Utley, Chase 1861	2b	lad nl	1.0	1.0	13.0	73.1	1.0
Butera, Drew 2883	ca	kc al	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Yankees' Tanaka tops players for Friday, May 27; Orioles' Machado rises to 5th in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank May 28, 2016

Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Manny Machado of the Orioles rose to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 27:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	12.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
5	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
6	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	7.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	7.0
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	6.4

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Player of the Day—Tanaka pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out four, in the 4-1 win over the Rays.

National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Christian Friedrich pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out five, in the 10-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Batter of the Day—Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays hit two homers, doubled and went 4-for-5, driving in five runs, in the 7-5 win over the Red Sox.

National League Batter of the Day—Aaron Hill of the Brewers hit two homers and went 3-for-4, in the 9-5 win over the Reds.

Rankings—Manny Machado of the Orioles rose to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Machado (2B 4-5 2R BI in the 6-4 win over the Indians) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.7 for the season. He extends his lead among AL batters.

Notable—Cubs pitcher Jon Lester now has 125.1 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday. Lester (6.1IP 6H 2R 7K W in the 6-2 win over the Phillies) ranks 35th in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 34th-ranked player Mariano Rivera (126.4).

Debut—Twins pitcher Pat Dean made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Dean (7IP 4H 2R 8K W in the 7-2 win over the Mariners) made his Major League debut May 11 and was playing in his fourth career game. He is the 3,644th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Tanaka earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Friedrich earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Donaldson and Hill each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/27
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    NYY 4/TB 1
    Masahiro Tanaka (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    8.1
    LAA 7/HOU 2
    Matt Shoemaker (W,3-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.1
    7
    2
    2
    0
    11
  

    NL
    8.0
    SD 10/ARI 3
    Christian Friedrich (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    
    7.0
    MIN 7/SEA 2
    Pat Dean (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    0
    8
  

    
    6.2
    DET 4/OAK 1
    Michael Fulmer (W,4-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    3
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    BAT
    6.0
    TOR 7/BOS 5
    Josh Donaldson, 3B
    5
    2
    4
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    `NYM 6/LAD 5
    Jacob deGrom
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    3
    7
  

    
    5.0
    COL 5/SF 2
    Tyler Chatwood (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    KC 7/CHW 5
    Eric Hosmer, 1B
    4
    1
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    MIL 9/CIN 5
    Aaron Hill, 2B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.1
    CHC 6/PHI 2
    Jon Lester (W,5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    6
    2
    1
    2
    7
  

    
    2.0
    BAL 6/CLE 4
    Manny Machado, SS
    5
    2
    4
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    PIT 9/TEX 1
    Starling Marte, LF
    4
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    STL 6/DC 2
    Stephen Piscotty, RF
    4
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    ATL 4/MIA 2
    Arodys Vizcaino (S,6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7	16.2	19.7	19.7	1.2
Hill, Aaron 2056	2b 3b	mil nl	4.5	7.5	21.5	40.5	1.5
Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	4.0	16.0	62.2	125.1	-8.0
Donaldson, Josh 3144	3b	tor al	4.0	13.9	33.9	33.9	-5.9
Tanaka, Masahiro 3305	pi sp	nyy al	4.0	12.0	24.7	24.7	-4.0
Chatwood, Tyler 2856	pi sp	col nl	4.0	4.0	13.7	13.7	4.0
Fulmer, Michael 3640	pi sp	det al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Marte, Starling 3122	lf	pit nl	2.5	7.5	12.0	12.0	-2.5
deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	2.0	24.4	37.4	37.4	-20.4
Hosmer, Eric 2886	1b	kc al	2.0	11.0	24.5	24.5	-7.0
Shoemaker, Matt 3290	pi sp	ana al	2.0	7.7	20.4	20.4	-3.7
Piscotty, Stephen 3570	rf	stl nl	2.0	6.2	6.2	6.2	-2.2
Friedrich, Christian 3024	pi sp	sd nl	1.7	1.7	5.4	5.4	1.7
Vizcaino, Arodys 3533	pi cp	atl nl	1.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	-3.0
Dean, Pat 3644	pi sp	min al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

A look at Box-Toppers All-Star teams: Kershaw, Arrieta among points leaders

Shawn Plank May 27, 2016

Who are the top players by position in Box-Toppers points for 2016 and the combined 2015-16 seasons?

Dodgers' Kershaw keeps lead in Box-Toppers player rankings for 3rd straight week

Shawn Plank May 27, 2016

Kershaw maintains overall Box-Toppers points lead. Sale keeps lead among AL pitchers. Machado and Cespedes maintain leads among their league's batters.

Chicago Cubs stay atop Box-Toppers team rankings for 6th week, Red Sox rise to top AL teams

Shawn Plank May 27, 2016

While Cubs continue to lead all teams, the Red Sox pass the White Sox to take the lead among AL teams.

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