Yankees pitcher Lance Lynn is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2018 season through the games of Aug. 6:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	20.1
2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	17.1
3	Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	16.7
4	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	16.1
5	Paxton, James 3280	pi sp	sea al	16.0
6	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	15.4
7	Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	14.4
8	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	14.0
9	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	hou al	13.8
10	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	13.7

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Also Monday, Astros pitcher Charlie Morton rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Lynn struck out nine over 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 7-0 win over the White Sox.

This was Lynn’s first start with the Yankees since being traded from the Twins.

Lynn earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season, 54th among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland struck out five over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and three walks, in the 2-0 win over the Pirates.

National League Batter of the Day—Wilmer Flores of the Mets went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 6-4 win over the Reds.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no AL Batter of the Day for Monday because no AL batter earned Player of the Game honors. In fact, only one batter earned Player of the Game honors in Monday’s 10 games—Wilmer Flores of the Mets. The other nine Player of the Game winners are pitchers.

Rankings—Astros pitcher Charlie Morton rises from 10th to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.

Morton (7IP 3H R 3BB 8K ND in the 3-1 win over the Giants) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.8 for the season. He ranks seventh among AL pitchers.

Notable—Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer now has 13.1 Box-Toppers points on the season after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.

Bauer (6IP 3H 0R 3BB 11K W in the 10-0 win over the Twins) ranks 11th in Box-Toppers season player rankings, ninth among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Lynn earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Freeland earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Flores earns 1.5 points for being NL 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)




  
    8/6
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    +13.1
    NYY 7, CHW 0
    Lance Lynn (W, 8‑8)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.1
    2
    0
    0
    1
    9
  

    
    +11.0
    CLE 10, MIN 0
    Trevor Bauer (W, 11‑6)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    3
    11
  

    NL
    +7.0
    COL 2, PIT 0
    Kyle Freeland (W, 10‑7)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    5
  

    
    +7.0
    `HOU 3, SF 1
    Charlie Morton
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    3
    8
  

    
    +6.2
    MIA 2, STL 1
    Wei‑Yin Chen (W, 4‑8)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.2
    1
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    
    +5.1
    `SEA 4, TEX 3 (F/12)
    Wade LeBlanc
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.1
    2
    1
    1
    1
    4
  

    
    +5.0
    LAA 6, DET 2
    Nick Tropeano (W, 5‑6)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.0
    1
    1
    1
    1
    4
  

    
    +4.1
    `ARI 3, PHI 2 (F/14)
    Zack Godley
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.1
    5
    2
    2
    1
    7
  

    
    +3.0
    CHC 3, KC 1
    Pedro Strop (S, 8)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    +2.0
    NYM 6, CIN 4
    Wilmer Flores 1B
    4
    1
    3
    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	+/‑
Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	hou al	13.8	21.5	38.2	49.2	+6.1
Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	13.1	22.8	50.3	52.3	+3.4
Godley, Zack 3538	pi sp	ari nl	8.7	19.7	24.4	24.4	-2.3
LeBlanc, Wade 2669	pi sp	sea al	7.7	11.7	14.7	21.7	+3.7
Freeland, Kyle 3763	pi sp	col nl	7.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	+1.4
Tropeano, Nick 3451	pi sp	ana al	5.0	5.0	10.7	10.7	+5.0
Strop, Pedro 3005	pi mr cp	chi nl	4.0	4.0	8.0	11.0	+4.0
Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	nyy al	3.0	11.7	49.9	67.6	-5.7
Flores, Wilmer 3345	1b 3b 2b ph	nym nl	2.5	2.5	12.0	12.0	+2.5
Chen, Wei-Yin 3026	pi sp	fla nl	2.0	3.0	21.4	30.1	+1.0