Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth 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 Wednesday, Aug. 26.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 8.7 |
| 2 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 6.0 |
| 3 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 6.0 |
| 4 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 |
| 5 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 |
| 6 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 5.7 |
| 7 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.7 |
| 8 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.7 |
| 9 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 5.4 |
| 10 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.7 |
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Also Wednesday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—deGrom struck out 14 over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and two walks, in the 5-4 win over the Marlins. deGrom did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Marlins tied the game after he exited.
deGrom earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, rising to fifth in season player rankings, second among National League pitchers, behind Trevor Bauer of the Reds (6.0).
deGrom now has 102.4 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 74th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With the 2.0 points earned Wednesday, he passes eight players on the “all-time” list—Paul Konerko (100.7), Matt Cain (100.7), Matt Holliday (100.8), Jason Schmidt (101.2), Mark Teixeira (101.3), Tim Wakefield (101.4), Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2) and Miguel Tejada (102.3). He trails 73rd-ranked player Jamie Moyer (104.0). He ranks 18th among active players in career points.
American League Player of the Day—Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers struck out seven over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 3-1 win over the Rangers.
American League Batter of the Day—Rowdy Tellez of the Blue Jays hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 9-1 win over the Red Sox.
National League Batter of the Day—Tyler O'Neill of the Cardinals went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs, in the 6-5 win over the Royals.
Rankings—Braves pitcher Max Fried rose from ninth to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.
Fried (6IP 4H R BB 5K W in the 2-1, seven-inning win over the Yankees) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 5.7 for the season. While he has the same 2020 Box-Toppers point total as three other players, he ranks behind them because he has the fewest 2019 Box-Toppers points (10.0) among them—deGrom (19.1), Rangers pitcher Lance Lynn (15.0) and Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish (10.4). Fried ranks fourth among NL pitchers in season player rankings.
Debut—Braves pitcher Ian Anderson made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Anderson (6IP H R 2BB 6K W in the 5-1, seven-inning win over the Yankees) was also making his Major League debut.
Scoring—deGrom earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Fiers earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Tellez and O’Neill each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’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)| 8/26 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +15.0 | `NYM 5, MIA 4 | Jacob deGrom | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| AL | +7.0 | OAK 3, TEX 1 | Mike Fiers, (W 4‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| +7.0 | ATL 5, NYY 1 (F/7) | Ian Anderson, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | TOR 9, BOS 1 | Rowdy Tellez, 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | CHW 10, PIT 3 | Eloy Jiménez, LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | PHI 3, WSH 2 | Aaron Nola, (W 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| +4.0 | ATL 2, NYY 1 (F/7) | Max Fried, (W 5‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | COL 8, ARI 7 | Jon Gray, (W 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | TB 4, BAL 3 | Diego Castillo, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.2 | CLE 6, MIN 3 | Phil Maton, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +1.0 | DET 7, CHC 6 | Austin Romine, C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +0.0 | STL 6, KC 5 | Tyler O'Neill, LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 | 24.8 | 89.4 | 102.4 | ‑13.4 |
| Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.7 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | ‑4.3 |
| Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.7 | 14.4 | 60.0 | 60.0 | ‑5.0 |
| Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | lf | chi al | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | ‑4.0 |
| Tellez, Rowdy 4078 | 1b dh | tor al | 3.0 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | +1.0 |
| Gray, Jon 3634 | pi sp | col nl | 2.0 | 12.0 | 35.4 | 35.4 | ‑8.0 |
| Maton, Phil 4287 | pi mr | cle al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Fiers, Mike 3029 | pi sp | oak al | 1.7 | 11.4 | 40.5 | 54.6 | ‑8.0 |
| O’Neill, Tyler 4074 | lf | stl nl | 1.5 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | ‑0.5 |
| Castillo, Diego 3995 | pi cp mr | tb al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Romine, Austin 3832 | ca | det al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +0.0 |
| Anderson, Ian 4312 | pi sp | atl nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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