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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels earns Box-Toppers American League Batter of the Day honors for the second straight day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
Read MoreA Box-Toppers look at Sunday’s probable pitching matchups. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Carlos Rodon is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Rodon struck out nine over seven innings, allowing two hits, one run and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Guardians.
Read MoreA Box-Toppers look at Saturday’s probable pitching matchups. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.
Read MorePadres pitcher Joe Musgrove is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Musgrove struck out six over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 12-1 win over the Braves.
Read MoreA Box-Toppers look at Friday’s probable pitching matchups. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Kershaw struck out 13 over seven perfect innings—allowing no hits, runs, walks or baserunners of any kind—in the 7-0 win over the Twins. However, he was pulled after seven innings and 80 pitches in his first start of the season. Reliever Alex Vesia gave up the only hit to the Twins in the eighth inning.
Read MoreA Box-Toppers look at Thursday’s probable pitching matchups. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.
Read MoreMets pitcher Tylor Megill is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.
Megill and Jose Ramirez of the Guardians on Tuesday became the first two players to win Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for a second time this season.
Read MoreA Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’s probable pitching matchups. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Michael Lorenzen is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Lorenzen struck out seven over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 6-2 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreA Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’s probable pitching matchups. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.
Read MoreRockies pitcher Ty Blach is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Nelson Cruz of the Nationals has now has earned Box-Toppers points in 17 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2022. It’s the third-longest active streak.
Read MoreA Box-Toppers look at Monday’s probable pitching matchups. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Kyle Gibson is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gibson struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 4-2 win over the Athletics.
Read More| Game | Starter | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | Jefferies, Daulton* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| PHI | Eflin, Zach 3679 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 23.8 | 27.8 |
| BAL | Wells, Tyler 4428 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| TB | Kluber, Corey 3200 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 48.7 | 114.1 |
| CHW | Kopech, Michael 4385 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| CIN | Greene, Hunter* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ATL | Anderson, Ian 4312 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| NYM | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 53.6 | 100.1 |
| WSH | Fedde, Erick 4065 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| TEX | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TOR | Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 47.5 | 68.6 |
| CLE | Quantrill, Cal 4195 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| KC | Bubic, Kris 4413 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| SEA | Gonzales, Marco 3408 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 30.5 | 33.5 |
| MIN | Ober, Bailey 4441 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| PIT | Wilson, Bryse 4048 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| STL | Matz, Steven 3516 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 23.4 | 39.0 |
| MIL | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 31.4 | 31.4 |
| CHC | Stroman, Marcus 3327 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 25.7 | 48.8 |
| LAD | Urias, Julio 3652 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 27.1 | 32.8 |
| COL | Senzatela, Antonio 3760 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| MIA | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| SF | DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 26.4 | 38.1 |
| HOU | Urquidy, Jose 4194 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
| LAA | Suarez, Jose 4425 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| SD | Snell, Blake 3688 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 57.3 | 61.3 |
| ARI | Smith, Caleb 3952 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| BOS | Houck, Tanner 4342 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| NYY | Montgomery, Jordan 3814 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
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.
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Padres pitcher Sean Manaea is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Manaea struck out seven over seven scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Framber Valdez is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s Opening Day games.
Also Thursday, Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright has now earned Box-Toppers points in 11 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreStarting a new baseball season means putting your best foot forward, which for teams usually means putting your best pitcher on the mound to start the first game of the season.
However, only four of Box-Toppers’ top-ranked pitchers in 2021 are starting their team’s first game of 2022.
Read MoreWelcome to Opening Day of the 2022 Major League Baseball season.
This marks the start of Box-Toppers’ 28th season tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score statistics. Here is an introduction to Box-Toppers.
Read MoreBox-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. Players earn Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.