Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Rangers pitcher Lance Lynn rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors and Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda rises to sixth place after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
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 Monday, Aug. 24.| 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 | 5.7 |
| 5 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.7 |
| 6 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 5.4 |
| 7 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.7 |
| 8 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.7 |
| 9 | Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 4.5 |
| 10 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 |
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Player of the Day—Flaherty struck out three over five scoreless innnings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 9-3 win over the Royals.
Flaherty earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season. He ranks 28th among all players and 12th among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda struck out seven over five innings, allowing one run, five hits and one walk, in the 3-2 win over the Indians.
Maeda earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 5.4 for the season, rising to sixth place in season player rankings, fourth among AL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—David Bote of the Cubs homered and went 3-for-5, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 9-3 win over the Tigers.
American League Batter of the Day—Myles Straw of the Astros doubled and went 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 11-4 win over the Angels.
Rankings—Rangers pitcher Lance Lynn rises from fifth to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.
Lynn (6IP 5H 2R 2BB 8K W in the 3-2 win over the Athletics) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 5.7 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers, behind Shane Bieber of the Indians (7.7) and Dylan Bundy of the Angels (6.0).
Streak—Justin Smoak of the Brewers has now earned Box-Toppers points in 11 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.
Smoak (HR 2-4 R 3BI in the 4-2 win over the Reds) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2010 with the Mariners and now has 39.4 career points, 26th among active NL batters. His best season was 2017 with the Blue Jays when he had 6.5 Box-Toppers points, seventh among AL first basemen. In 2019, he had 3.0 points with the Blue Jays.
Scoring—Flaherty earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Maeda earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Bote and Straw each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s 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)| 8/24 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.0 | STL 9, KC 3 | Jack Flaherty, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| AL | +4.0 | MIN 3, CLE 2 | Kenta Maeda, (W 4‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| BAT | +3.0 | CHC 9, DET 3 | David Bote, 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +3.0 | HOU 11, LAA 4 | Myles Straw, PR‑CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | TEX 3, OAK 2 | Lance Lynn, (W 4‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| +2.0 | MIA 11, WSH 8 | Jesus Aguilar, 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | TOR 6, TB 4 | Randal Grichuk, CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | MIL 4, CIN 2 | Justin Smoak, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | COL 3, ARI 2 | Daniel Bard, (S 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 5.7 | 20.7 | 43.8 | 88.3 | ‑9.3 |
| Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 5.4 | 14.1 | 44.8 | 44.8 | ‑3.3 |
| Flaherty, Jack 3971 | pi sp | stl nl | 3.0 | 19.5 | 32.6 | 32.6 | ‑13.5 |
| Bote, David 4032 | 2b ph | chi nl | 2.5 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | +1.0 |
| Grichuk, Randal 3474 | cf | tor al | 2.0 | 7.7 | 28.9 | 28.9 | ‑3.7 |
| Bard, Daniel 2657 | pi mr cp | col nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7.7 | +2.0 |
| Straw, Myles 4152 | cf pr | hou al | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +0.5 |
| Smoak, Justin 2731 | 1b dh | mil nl | 1.0 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 39.4 | ‑2.0 |
| Aguilar, Jesus 3787 | 1b | fla nl | 1.0 | 3.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | ‑1.5 |
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