Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game 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 Tuesday, Aug. 4.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 |
| 2 | Chatwood, Tyler 2856 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.7 |
| 3 | Kepler, Max 3664 | rf | min al | 3.5 |
| 4 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 3.0 |
| 5 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | lf | nyy al | 3.0 |
| 6 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | hou al | 2.7 |
| 7 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 2.7 |
| 8 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 2.7 |
| 9 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 2.7 |
| 10 | Lester, Jon 2173 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.7 |
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Player of the Day—Lopez struck out seven over five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Orioles.
Lopez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and ranks 22nd in season player rankings.
American League Player of the Day—Athletics pitcher Jesus Luzardo struck out five over five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 5-1 win over the Rangers. Luzardo did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
This was Luzardo’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Luzardo made his Major League debut Sept. 11, 2019, and was playing in his ninth career game.
National League Batter of the Day—Howie Kendrick of the Nationals homered and went 4-for-4, scoring twice and driving in one run, in the 5-3 win over the Mets.
American League Batter of the Day—Carlos Correa of the Astros homered and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in one run, in the 8-2 win over the Diamondbacks.
Rankings—Indians pitcher Shane Bieber extended his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Bieber (7.2IP 5H 2R 2BB 8K W in the 4-2 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 4.7 for the season. He now leads second-place player Cubs pitcher Tyler Chatwood (3.7) by 1.0 point.
Notable—Max Kepler of the Twins earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day and rises to third place in season player rankings.
Kepler (0-0 2R BI 4BB in the 7-3 win over the Pirates) was also AL Batter of the Day Monday (2B 3-4 R 4BI in the 5-4 win over the Pirates). He’s earned 2.5 Box-Toppers points in the past two days and has 3.5 for the season, second among all AL players and first among AL batters.
Scoring—Lopez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Luzardo earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Kendrick and Correa each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’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)| 8/4 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +10.0 | MIA 4, BAL 0 | Pablo López, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| +6.0 | LAD 5, SD 2 | Dustin May, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| AL | +6.0 | `OAK 5, TEX 1 | Jesus Luzardo | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| +5.1 | COL 5, SF 2 | German Márquez, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| +4.2 | CLE 4, CIN 2 | Shane Bieber, (W 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| +4.0 | CHW 3, MIL 2 | Lucas Giolito, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
| +3.2 | TB 5, BOS 1 | Charlie Morton, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | WSH 5, NYM 3 | Howie Kendrick, 1B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +3.0 | HOU 8, ARI 2 | Carlos Correa, SS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | MIN 7, PIT 3 | Max Kepler, RF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | CHC 5, KC 4 | Jason Heyward, RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | ATL 10, TOR 1 | Austin Riley, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.1 | LAA 5, SEA 3 | Ty Buttrey, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 4.7 | 22.8 | 29.2 | 29.2 | ‑13.4 |
| Kepler, Max 3664 | rf | min al | 3.5 | 10.2 | 21.7 | 21.7 | ‑3.2 |
| Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 2.0 | 15.7 | 22.7 | 22.7 | ‑11.7 |
| Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 2.0 | 9.7 | 29.1 | 29.1 | ‑5.7 |
| Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | ‑4.0 |
| Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | oak al | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Kendrick, Howie 2191 | 1b 2b | dc nl | 1.5 | 6.0 | 15.5 | 41.5 | ‑3.0 |
| Correa, Carlos 3506 | ss | hou al | 1.5 | 3.0 | 27.9 | 27.9 | +0.0 |
| Morton, Charlie 2503 | pi sp | tb al | 1.0 | 19.8 | 52.0 | 70.0 | ‑17.8 |
| Riley, Austin 4144 | 3b lf | atl nl | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | ‑4.5 |
| Buttrey, Ty 4124 | pi cp mr | ana al | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | ‑4.0 |
| Heyward, Jason 2695 | rf cf | chi nl | 1.0 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 26.0 | ‑1.5 |
| May, Dustin 4214 | pi sp | lad nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ‑1.0 |
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