Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias 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 2019 season through the games of April 18.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	5.4
2	Bellinger, Cody 3781	rf	lad nl	5.2
3	Yelich, Christian 3334	rf lf	mil nl	4.5
4	Snell, Blake 3688	pi sp	tb al	4.0
5	Marquez, German 3788	pi sp	col nl	4.0
6	Clevinger, Mike 3707	pi sp	cle al	4.0
7	Hader, Josh 3881	pi cp	mil nl	4.0
8	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	3.7
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	chi nl	3.7
10	Quintana, Jose 3040	pi sp	chi nl	3.7

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Urias struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 3-1 win over the Brewers.

Urias earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first of the season and rises to 54th in season player rankings, 17th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Omar Narvaez of the Mariners hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 11-10 win over the Angels.

Narvaez earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, most among Thursday’s Player of the Game winners. He ranks 27th among all players, second among AL batters, behind Tim Beckham of the Mariners (3.5).

National League Batter of the Day—Ryan McMahon of the Rockies hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, in the 6-2 win over the Phillies. McMahon went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Ryan McMahon.

Debut—Orioles pitcher John Means made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Means (2IP 0H 0R BBB 4K W in the 6-5, 11-inning win over the Rays) made his Major League debut Sept. 26, 2018, and was playing in his seventh career game.

Scoring—Urias earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Narvaez earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. McMahon 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.

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




  
    4/18
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    +12.0
    LAD 3, MIL 1
    Julio Urias (W, 1‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    9
  

    
    +11.2
    WSH 4, SF 2
    Patrick Corbin (W, 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.2
    2
    1
    1
    1
    9
  

    
    +9.0
    ARI 4, ATL 1
    Luke Weaver (W, 1‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    9
  

    BAT
    +6.0
    COL 6, PHI 2
    Ryan McMahon 1B
    4
    2
    3
    5
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    AL
    +6.0
    SEA 11, LAA 10
    Omar Narvaez C
    4
    3
    3
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +6.0
    KC 6, NYY 1
    Homer Bailey (W, 2‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    
    +5.0
    BAL 6, TB 5 (F/11)
    John Means (W, 2‑2)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    +4.0
    CIN 4, SD 1
    Raisel Iglesias (S, 3)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    +2.0
    DET 9, CHW 7
    Nicholas Castellanos RF
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    TOR 7, MIN 4
    Joe Biagini (W, 1‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  
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 (’19). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’18-19), the period 2013-2018 (’14-19) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2019 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2018 total (+/-).

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’19	’18‑19	’14‑19	Career	+/‑
Narvaez, Omar 4095	ca	sea al	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	+2.7
Iglesias, Raisel 3467	pi cp	cin nl	2.0	5.0	16.7	16.7	-1.0
Bailey, Homer 2324	pi sp	kc al	2.0	2.0	12.7	51.1	+2.0
Urias, Julio 3652	pi sp	lad nl	2.0	2.0	8.7	8.7	+2.0
McMahon, Ryan 4004	1b	col nl	1.5	3.2	3.2	3.2	-0.2
Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	dc nl	1.0	17.0	35.8	59.2	-15.0
Castellanos, Nicholas 3349	rf	det al	1.0	7.5	25.7	25.7	-5.5
Weaver, Luke 3719	pi sp	ari nl	1.0	5.0	14.7	14.7	-3.0
Biagini, Joe 3646	pi mr	tor al	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	+1.0
Means, John 4115	pi cp	bal al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	+1.0