White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth 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. 20.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 7.7 |
| 2 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 6.0 |
| 3 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 |
| 4 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 4.7 |
| 5 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.7 |
| 6 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 4.7 |
| 7 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.7 |
| 8 | Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 4.5 |
| 9 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 |
| 10 | Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 |
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Also Thursday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber extended his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—Giolito struck out 13 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 9-0 win over the Tigers.
Giolito earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, rising to ninth place among all players and fourth place among American League pitchers.
Giolito had a Box-Toppers game score Thursday of +16.0, the second-highest for a Player of the Game winner so far in 2020, trailing only the +18.0 game score by Indians pitcher Shane Bieber on July 30 (8IP 3H 0R 0BB 13K W in the 2-0 win over the Twins).
National League Player of the Day—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 6-1 win over the Mariners.
Kershaw earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 3.7 for the season, eighth among NL pitchers.
Kershaw ranks third in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He now has 231.2 career points, trailing second-ranked player Pedro Martinez (244.8). Kershaw extends his lead among active players in career points, ahead of second- ranked player, Astros pitcher Zack Greinke (209.1).
National League Batter of the Day—Wilmer Flores of the Giants homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 10-5 win over the Angels.
American League Batter of the Day—Rowdy Tellez of the Blue Jays homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-8, seven-inning win over the Phillies.
Rankings—Indians pitcher Shane Bieber extended his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Bieber (6IP 6H 0R 0BB 11K W in the 2-0 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.7 for the season. He extends his lead over second-place player, Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer (6.0). He also extends his lead among AL pitchers over second-ranked Dylan Bundy of the Angels (6.0).
Debut—Blue Jays closing pitcher Jordan Romano made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Romano (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 3-2, seven-inning win over the Phillies) made his Major League debut June 12, 2019, and was playing in his 29th career game.
Scoring—Giolito earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kershaw earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Flores and Tellez each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s 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)| 8/20 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +16.0 | CHW 9, DET 0 | Lucas Giolito, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| +13.0 | MIN 7, MIL 1 | Jose Berríos, (W 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| NL | +11.0 | LAD 6, SEA 1 | Clayton Kershaw, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| +11.0 | CLE 2, PIT 0 | Shane Bieber, (W 5‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | SF 10, LAA 5 | Wilmer Flores, 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | BOS 7, BAL 1 | Nathan Eovaldi, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +5.0 | `SD 8, TEX 7 (F/10) | Dinelson Lamet | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | TOR 9, PHI 8 (F/7) | Rowdy Tellez, 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | TOR 3, PHI 2 (F/7) | Jordan Romano, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | TB 10, NYY 5 | Joey Wendle, 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | OAK 5, ARI 1 | Matt Chapman, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | HOU 10, COL 8 | Kyle Tucker, LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | STL 5, CIN 4 | Yadier Molina, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 7.7 | 25.8 | 32.2 | 32.2 | ‑10.4 |
| Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 | 17.7 | 24.7 | 24.7 | ‑9.7 |
| Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | pi sp | sd nl | 4.0 | 7.7 | 14.4 | 14.4 | +0.3 |
| Tucker, Kyle 4277 | lf | hou al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 3.7 | 16.4 | 97.6 | 231.2 | ‑9.0 |
| Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | bos al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 20.4 | 37.5 | +1.0 |
| Wendle, Joey 3756 | 3b 2b ph | tb al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | +2.0 |
| Flores, Wilmer 3345 | 2b | sf nl | 1.5 | 5.0 | 14.5 | 17.0 | ‑2.0 |
| Tellez, Rowdy 4078 | 1b dh | tor al | 1.5 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | ‑0.5 |
| Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | min al | 1.0 | 11.7 | 38.5 | 38.5 | ‑9.7 |
| Chapman, Matt 3849 | 3b | oak al | 1.0 | 10.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | ‑8.0 |
| Molina, Yadier 1967 | ca | stl nl | 1.0 | 4.0 | 18.0 | 47.7 | ‑2.0 |
| Romano, Jordan 4299 | pi cp | tor al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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