Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fourth place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2019 season through the games of May 27.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	12.1
2	Hader, Josh 3881	pi cp	mil nl	10.0
3	Bellinger, Cody 3781	rf 1b	lad nl	8.2
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	7.7
5	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	7.7
6	Paddack, Chris 4093	pi sp	sd nl	7.7
7	Castillo, Luis 3840	pi sp	cin nl	7.4
8	Odorizzi, Jake 3291	pi sp	min al	7.4
9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.2
10	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	tb al	7.1

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Cole struck out 12 over six innings, allowing two runs, three hits and one walk, in the 6-5 win over the Cubs.

Cole earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.7 for the season. He ranks second among American League pitchers, behind overall leader Justin Verlander of the Astros (12.1 points).

National League Player of the Day—Orlando Arcia of the Brewers hit a go-ahead, eighth-inning, two-run homer in the 5-4 win over the Twins. Arcia went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs.

American League Batter of the Day—Jackie Bradley Jr. of the Red Sox hit two doubles and went 2-for-3, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 12-5 win over the Indians.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Orlando Arcia.

Scoring—Cole earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Arcia earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Bradley 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)




  
    5/27
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    +10.0
    HOU 6, CHC 5
    Gerrit Cole (W, 5‑5)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    12
  

    
    +10.0
    TB 8, TOR 3
    Yonny Chirinos (W, 6‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.0
    0
    0
    0
    2
    7
  

    NL
    +4.0
    MIL 5, MIN 4
    Orlando Arcia SS
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    CIN 8, PIT 1
    Sonny Gray (W, 2‑4)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    5
    1
    1
    2
    7
  

    
    +3.2
    SEA 6, TEX 2
    Tommy Milone (W, 1‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.2
    4
    2
    2
    1
    7
  

    
    +3.2
    LAD 9, NYM 5
    Kenley Jansen (S, 15)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    +2.0
    BOS 12, CLE 5
    Jackie Bradley CF
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    NYY 5, SD 2
    Brett Gardner LF
    2
    1
    1
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    MIA 3, WSH 2
    Jose Urena (W, 3‑6)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    4
  

    
    +2.0
    BAL 5, DET 3
    Dan Straily (W, 2‑4)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    4.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    4
  

    
    +2.0
    OAK 8, LAA 5
    Blake Treinen (S, 11)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    +2.0
    `COL 4, ARI 3 (F/11)
    Scott Oberg
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    +1.0
    PIT 8, CIN 5
    Gregory Polanco PH
    1
    0
    1
    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 2014-2019 (’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	+/‑
Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	7.7	25.7	63.9	68.6	-10.3
Treinen, Blake 3495	pi cp	oak al	5.0	15.0	17.0	17.0	-5.0
Gardner, Brett 2486	cf	nyy al	4.5	10.0	16.2	30.2	-1.0
Chirinos, Yonny 4039	pi sp	tb al	4.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	+2.0
Arcia, Orlando 3717	ss	mil nl	3.2	4.2	6.7	6.7	+2.2
Gray, Sonny 3259	pi sp	cin nl	3.0	11.7	48.9	52.9	-5.7
Jansen, Kenley 2871	pi cp	lad nl	3.0	5.0	28.0	48.4	+1.0
Bradley, Jackie Jr. 3293	cf	bos al	1.5	5.0	22.0	23.0	-2.0
Urena, Jose 3492	pi sp	fla nl	1.0	11.7	21.4	21.4	-9.7
Polanco, Gregory 3361	rf ph	pit nl	1.0	7.0	25.0	25.0	-5.0
Straily, Dan 3080	pi mr sp	bal al	1.0	6.0	23.7	33.4	-4.0
Oberg, Scott 4024	pi mr	col nl	1.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	-3.0
Milone, Tommy 2954	pi sp	sea al	1.0	2.7	13.4	27.8	-0.7