Jorge Alfaro of the Marlins is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, Nationals pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2019 season through the games of Sept. 23.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	29.2
2	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	26.5
3	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	19.7
4	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	18.1
5	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	tb al	17.8
6	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	17.4
7	Hader, Josh 3881	pi cp	mil nl	16.7
8	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	dc nl	16.4
9	Buehler, Walker 3943	pi sp	lad nl	16.4
10	Clevinger, Mike 3707	pi sp	cle al	16.4

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Player of the Day—Alfaro hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 8-4 win over the Mets.

Alfaro earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, 240th among all players and 52nd among National League batters.

American League Player of the Day—Ji-Man Choi of the Rays hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 7-4 win over the Red Sox,.

AL & NL Batter of the Day—There are no separate AL and NL Batter of the Day winners Monday because the overall Player of the Day is NL batter Jorge Alfaro and the overall AL Player of the Day is AL batter Ji-Man Choi. Of Monday’s five Player of the Game winners, only one was a pitcher—Patrick Corbin of the Nationals.

Rankings—Nationals pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.

Corbin (6IP 3H R 4BB 6K W in the 7-2 win over the Phillies) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 16.4 for the season. He ranks fourth among NL pitchers.

Debut—Anthony Alford of the Blue Jays made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Alford (HR 2-3 2R BI in the 11-10, 15-inning win over the Orioles) made his Major League debut May 19, 2017, and was playing in his 30th career game.

Scoring—Alfaro earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Choi earns 1.7 points for being AL Player 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)




  
    9/23
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    +5.0
    MIA 8, NYM 4
    Jorge Alfaro C
    4
    2
    2
    5
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    STL 9, ARI 7
    Yadier Molina C
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    AL
    +3.0
    TB 7, BOS 4
    Ji‑Man Choi 1B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    WSH 7, PHI 2
    Patrick Corbin (W, 14‑7)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    4
    6
  

    
    +2.0
    TOR 11, BAL 10 (F/15)
    Anthony Alford PR‑RF
    3
    2
    2
    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	+/‑
Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	dc nl	16.4	32.4	51.2	74.6	+0.4
Choi, Ji-Man 3990	1b	tb al	4.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	+2.2
Alfaro, Jorge 3920	ca	fla nl	4.0	6.5	7.5	7.5	+1.5
Molina, Yadier 1967	ca	stl nl	3.0	6.5	17.0	46.7	-0.5
Alford, Anthony 4261	rf pr	tor al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	+1.0