Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2020. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, Aug. 13.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Bundy, Dylan 3655	pi sp	ana al	6.0
2	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	4.7
3	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	chi nl	4.7
4	Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cin nl	4.0
5	Montas, Frankie 3803	pi sp	oak al	4.0
6	Judge, Aaron 3767	lf	nyy al	4.0
7	Fried, Max 4011	pi sp	atl nl	3.7
8	Bassitt, Chris 3413	pi sp	oak al	3.7
9	Chatwood, Tyler 2856	pi sp	chi nl	3.7
10	Heyward, Jason 2695	rf	chi nl	3.7

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Darvish struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, one hit and two walks, in the 4-2 win over the Brewers.

Darvish earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.7 for the season, rising to third-most overall and rising to lead National League pitchers, passing previous leader Trevor Bauer of the Reds (4.0).

American League Player of the Day—Hunter Renfroe of the Rays hit two homers, doubled and went 3-for-6, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 17-8 win over the Red Sox.

National League Batter of the Day—Mookie Betts of the Dodgers hit three home runs and went 4-for-4, scoring four times and driving in five runs, in the 11-2 win over the Padres.

Betts Thursday achieved the second-highest Box-Toppers game score (+9.0) by a batter who earned Player of the Game honors in 2020. Only Nelson Cruz of the Twins had a higher game score (+10.0 on July 26) as a batter earning Player of the Game honors in 2020. Despite this, Betts earned only 1.5 Box-Toppers points as NL Batter of the Day, while Hunter Renfroe of the Rays, who had a lower Box-Toppers game score of +3.0, earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points as AL Player of the Day.

This is Betts’ first Player of the Game honor as a member of the Dodgers.

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 Hunter Renfroe.

Scoring—Darvish earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Renfroe earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Betts 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)





    8/13
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  


    MLB
    +13.0
    CHC 4, MIL 2
    Yu Darvish, (W 3‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    1
    1
    1
    2
    11
  

    BAT
    +9.0
    LAD 11, SD 2
    Mookie Betts, RF
    4
    4
    4
    5
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +6.0
    NYM 8, WSH 2
    Tomas Nido, C
    4
    2
    2
    6
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    AL
    +3.0
    TB 17, BOS 8
    Hunter Renfroe, RF
    6
    3
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    BAL 11, PHI 4
    Pedro Severino, C
    5
    2
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +1.0
    PIT 9, CIN 6
    Colin Moran, 1B
    5
    2
    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 (’20). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’19-20), the period 2015-2020 (’15-20) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2020 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2019 total (+/-).

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’20	’19‑20	’15‑20	Career	+/-
Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	chi nl	4.7	15.1	43.9	89.1	‑5.7
Renfroe, Hunter 3749	rf	tb al	1.7	7.2	16.9	16.9	‑3.8
Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	lad nl	1.5	10.2	36.3	38.3	‑7.2
Moran, Colin 3931	1b 3b	pit nl	1.0	6.0	9.5	9.5	‑4.0
Severino, Pedro 4201	ca	bal al	1.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	‑0.5
Nido, Tomas 4121	ca	nym nl	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	+0.0