Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Fiers struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 9-0 win over the Rangers.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2018 season through the games of Aug. 20:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	21.1
2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	19.1
3	Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	17.4
4	Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	16.7
5	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	16.1
6	Snell, Blake 3688	pi sp	tb al	16.1
7	Paxton, James 3280	pi sp	sea al	16.0
7	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	16.0
9	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	15.4
10	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	15.0

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Fiers earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.7 for the season, most among the 10 who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. He is 50th in Box-Toppers season player rankings, 23rd among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Brewers pitcher Chase Anderson struck out six over six innings, allowing two runs, two hits and no walks, in the 5-2 win over the Reds.

American League Batter of the Day—Kendrys Morales of the Blue Jays homered twice and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 5-3 win over the Orioles.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Monday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.

Debut—Braves pitcher Bryse Wilson made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Wilson (5IP 3H 0R 3BB 5K W in the 1-0 win over the Pirates) was also making his Major League debut.

Notable—Robinson Cano of the Mariners earned his first Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor since returning from his 80-game suspension for violating baseball’s performance enhancing drug policy.

Cano (HR 2-2B 3-5 2R 3BI in the 7-4 win over the Astros) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 2.0 for the season.

Scoring—Fiers earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Anderson earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Morales earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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.

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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG)




  
    8/20
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    +13.0
    OAK 9, TEX 0
    Mike Fiers (W, 9‑6)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    
    +8.1
    TB 1, KC 0
    Ryan Yarbrough (W, 12‑5)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.1
    2
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    NL
    +6.0
    MIL 5, CIN 2
    Chase Anderson (W, 8‑7)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    2
    2
    2
    0
    6
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    TOR 5, BAL 3
    Kendrys Morales DH
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    ATL 1, PIT 0
    Bryse Wilson (W, 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.0
    3
    0
    0
    3
    5
  

    
    +3.0
    SEA 7, HOU 4
    Robinson Cano 1B
    5
    2
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    `SF 2, NYM 1 (F/13)
    Derek Holland
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    
    +3.0
    STL 5, LAD 3
    Bud Norris (S, 25)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    +2.0
    CHW 8, MIN 5
    Matt Davidson 3B
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +1.0
    CLE 5, BOS 4
    Michael Brantley LF
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  
MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’18). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’17-18), the period 2013-2018 (’13-18) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2018 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2017 total (+/-).

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’18	’17‑18	’13‑18	Career	+/‑
Fiers, Michael 3029	pi sp	oak al	7.7	14.1	32.5	40.2	+1.3
Davidson, Matt 3292	3b dh 1b	chi al	7.7	10.7	12.7	12.7	+4.7
Anderson, Chase 3328	pi sp	mil nl	6.4	16.8	32.8	32.8	-4.0
Yarbrough, Ryan 3962	pi mr	tb al	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	+6.0
Morales, Kendrys 2142	dh	tor al	5.0	11.5	31.2	50.7	-1.5
Holland, Derek 2634	pi sp	sf nl	4.0	9.0	29.4	54.8	-1.0
Norris, Bud 2638	pi cp	stl nl	3.0	9.0	30.4	55.1	-3.0
Cano, Robinson 2092	2b 1b	sea al	2.0	6.0	39.5	81.4	-2.0
Brantley, Michael 2785	lf	cle al	1.0	1.0	16.4	22.4	+1.0
Wilson, Bryse 4048	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	+1.0