Dbacks' De La Rosa tops players for Thursday, April 28; Orioles' Machado tops AL players

Diamondbacks pitcher Rubby 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 April 28:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 5.0
2 Volquez, Edinson 2220 pi sp kc al 4.4
3 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 4.4
4 Machado, Manny 3087 3b ss bal al 4.2
5 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 4.0
6 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 4.0
7 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 4.0
8 De La Rosa, Rubby 3342 pi sp mr ari nl 4.0
9 Velasquez, Vince 3611 pi sp phi nl 4.0
10 Santiago, Hector 3109 pi sp ana al 3.7
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De La Rosa struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits, in the 3-0 win over the Cardinals.

De La Rosa earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season and rises to eighth in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

American League Player of the Day—Manny Machado of the Orioles hit a grand slam and doubled, going 2-for-4 with three runs and five RBIs, in the 10-2 win over the White Sox.

Machado earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 4.2 for the season and rises to fourth in Box-Toppers season player rankings, first among AL batters.

National League Batter of the Day—Nick Markakis of the Braves doubled and went 4-for-5, driving in three runs, in the 5-3 win over the Red Sox.

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

Debut—Anthony Gose of the Tigers made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Gose (HR 2B 2-4 2R 2BI in the 7-3 win over the Athletics) made his Major League debut July 17, 2012, and was playing in his 360th career game. He is the 3,623rd 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, Machado earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day and Markakis 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.

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

4/28 Score Team Player AB R H BI BB K IP H R ER BB K
MLB 13.0 Dbacks Rubby De La Rosa (W,3-3) - - - - - - 7.0 2 0 0 2 10
11.0 `Phillies Aaron Nola - - - - - - 7.0 2 0 0 1 7
AL 6.0 Orioles Manny Machado, 3B-SS 4 3 2 5 1 1 - - - - - -
BAT 2.0 Braves Nick Markakis, RF 5 0 4 3 0 0 - - - - - -
2.0 Tigers Anthony Gose, CF 4 2 2 2 0 2 - - - - - -
2.0 Cubs Kris Bryant, LF 1 2 1 0 0 0 - - - - - -
2.0 Marlins Jose Fernandez (W,2-2) - - - - - - 6.0 5 2 2 3 8
`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 Pos Team 16 15-16 11-16 Career +/-
Machado, Manny 3087 3b ss bal al 4.2 11.7 15.2 15.2 -3.3
De La Rosa, Rubby 3342 pi sp mr ari nl 4.0 10.0 14.0 14.0 -2.0
Markakis, Nick 2116 rf atl nl 3.0 7.5 18.5 45.1 -1.5
Nola, Aaron 3569 pi sp phi nl 2.7 4.7 4.7 4.7 -7.0
Bryant, Kris 3465 3b lf chi nl 2.0 10.5 10.5 10.5 -6.5
Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 2.0 6.7 32.7 32.7 -2.7
Gose, Anthony 3623 cf det al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
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