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Athletics pitcher Adam Oller is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.
Oller struck out seven over four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 1-0 win over the Dodgers. Oller did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Read MoreWill baseball’s 2023 rules changes finally place a check on pitchers’ decade-plus dominance over batters?
Or will the changes prove as ineffectual as the 2021 crackdown on pitchers using sticky, foreign substances on baseballs?
Read MoreMichael Massey of the Royals is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Massey hit a grand slam and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 14-5 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Matthew Boyd is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.
Boyd struck out seven over three innings, allowing one run, one hit and no walks, in the 16-3 win over the Cardinals.
Read MoreRoyals pitcher Brady Singer is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Singer struck out five over three scoreless innings, allowing two hits, no walks, and picking up the win, in the 10-1 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.
Crawford struck out three over three scoreless, hitless, middle relief innings, allowing no walks and earning the win, in the 4-1 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreVinny Capra of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Capra hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring three times and driving in seven runs, in the 18-5 win over the Tigers.
Read MoreJ.J. Matijevic of the Astros is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Matijevic doubled and went 2-for-2, scoring once and driving in five runs, in the 11-8 win over the Braves.
Read MoreChristian Arroyo of the Red Sox is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.
Arroyo hit a grand slam and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 15-3 win over the Phillies.
Read MorePadres pitcher Nick Martinez is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Martinez struck out four over four scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 5-1, seven-inning win over the Rangers.
Read MoreEdouard Julien of the Twins is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.
Julien hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 10-7 win over the Braves.
Read MoreWander Franco of the Rays is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s spring training games.
Franco homered, doubled and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 14-2 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.
Schmidt struck out five over two scoreless, hitless innings, allowing no walks and picking up the win, in the 7-0 win over the Braves.
Read MoreHeston Kjerstad of the Orioles is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s spring training games.
Kjerstad hit two home runs and went 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 10-5 win over the Twins.
Read MoreVinnie Pasquantino of the Royals is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s first spring training games of 2023.
Pasquantino homered and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 6-5 win over the Rangers.
Read MoreNo single player leads more than two of Box-Toppers’ main leaderboards at the end of 2022.
Max Scherzer, who led five of the leaderboards at the close of 2021, most of any player, is now one of six players to lead two of the 18 leaderboards after the 2022 season.
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Could 2023 be the season Clayton Kershaw passes Randy Johnson for the “all-time” lead in career Box-Toppers points?
Or could this coming season be the year when Kershaw loses the lead among active players in career Box-Toppers points to either Max Scherzer or Justin Verlander?
Read MoreAngels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over the past two seasons while Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks first in points over the past six seasons.
Ohtani earned 40.8 Box-Toppers points combined in 2021 and 2022 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 104.6 from 2017-2022, most in that span.
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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2022.
Verlander had 26.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season. Verlander came back after sitting out most of the previous two seasons, recovering from Tommy John surgery. He earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2020 and none in 2021. His 26.0 point gain from 0.0 in 2021 to 26.0 in 2022 is the largest single-season point gain for any player since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
Read MoreThird baseman Scott Rolen was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday in his sixth year on the baseball writers’ ballot.
Box-Toppers did not vote Rolen for induction in a separate internet baseball writers ballot, favoring four other candidates who were not elected.
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.