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 |
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.
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
| 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
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 | +/- |
| 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 |