Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish rises to ninth place 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 Wednesday, Aug. 5.| 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 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.7 |
| 10 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 2.7 |
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Player of the Day—Ryu struck out eight over five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and three walks, in the 2-1 win over the Braves.
Ryu earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season and ranks 14th in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
National League Player of the Day—Joc Pederson of the Dodgers hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, in the 7-6 win over the Padres. Pederson went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in five runs.
American League Batter of the Day—Michael Chavis of the Red Sox homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 5-0 win over the Rays.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Wednesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is Joc Pederson.
Rankings—Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.
Darvish (7IP 5H R BB 4K W in the 6-1 win over the Royals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 2.7 for the season, fourth among NL pitchers.
Streak—Mets pitcher Rick Porcello has now earned Box-Toppers points in 12 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2020 Wednesday.
Porcello (7IP 5H R 0BB 4K W in the 3-1 win over the Nationals) earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2009 with the Tigers and has 64.1 career points, 21st among active NL pitchers. His best season was 2018 with the Red Sox when he had 11.4 Box-Toppers points, 17th among AL pitchers. It was his only season with 10 or more points. He had 6.0 points in 2019 with the Red Sox.
Porcello won the AL Cy Young Award in 2016, but had only 8.0 Box-Toppers points, 31st among AL pitchers. While he led all pitchers in wins that season, he simply wasn’t his team’s dominant player in many of those victories.
Another streak—Brandon Belt of the Giants has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2020 Wednesday.
Belt (HR 2B 2-4 2R 3BI in the 4-3 win over the Rockies) earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2011 with the Giants and has 32.0 career points, 13th among active NL first basemen. His best season was 2016 with the Giants when he had 7.0 points.
Debut—Marlins pitcher Brian Moran made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Moran (1IP 0H 0R BB 3K W in the 2-1, seven-inning win over the Orioles) made his Major League debut Sept. 5, 2019, and was playing in his 13th career game.
Scoring—Ryu earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Pederson earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Chavis earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’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)| 8/5 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | TOR 2, ATL 1 | Hyun‑Jin Ryu, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| +7.1 | `OAK 6, TEX 4 | Burch Smith | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| NL | +7.0 | LAD 7, SD 6 | Joc Pederson, RF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.1 | `MIA 1, BAL 0 (F/7) | Elieser Hernandez | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +5.0 | SEA 7, LAA 6 | Marco Gonzales, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| +5.0 | MIL 1, CHW 0 | Adrian Houser, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +4.0 | ARI 14, HOU 7 | David Peralta, LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | NYM 3, WSH 1 | Rick Porcello, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +4.0 | MIN 5, PIT 2 | Randy Dobnak, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | BOS 5, TB 0 | Michael Chavis, 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | SF 4, COL 3 | Brandon Belt, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | PHI 11, NYY 7 (F/7) | J.T. Realmuto, C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | CHC 6, KC 1 | Yu Darvish, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +3.0 | MIA 2, BAL 1 (F/7) | Brian Moran, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +2.2 | CLE 2, CIN 0 | Mike Clevinger, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| +1.0 | NYY 3, PHI 1 (F/7) | Luke Voit, 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.7 | 13.1 | 41.9 | 87.1 | ‑7.7 |
| Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 2.5 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | ‑3.0 |
| Ryu, Hyun‑Jin 3139 | pi sp | tor al | 2.0 | 19.4 | 34.5 | 55.6 | ‑15.4 |
| Gonzales, Marco 3408 | pi sp | sea al | 2.0 | 11.4 | 22.8 | 25.8 | ‑7.4 |
| Dobnak, Randy 4263 | pi sp | min al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +1.0 |
| Pederson, Joc 3621 | lf | lad nl | 1.7 | 7.2 | 17.2 | 17.2 | ‑3.8 |
| Chavis, Michael 4127 | 1b | bos al | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ‑0.5 |
| Clevinger, Mike 3707 | pi sp | cle al | 1.0 | 18.4 | 46.5 | 46.5 | ‑16.4 |
| Realmuto, J.T. 3491 | ca | phi nl | 1.0 | 8.0 | 28.0 | 28.0 | ‑6.0 |
| Porcello, Rick 2573 | pi sp | nym nl | 1.0 | 7.0 | 33.4 | 64.1 | ‑5.0 |
| Belt, Brandon 2943 | 1b | sf nl | 1.0 | 5.0 | 20.0 | 32.0 | ‑3.0 |
| Hernandez, Elieser 4181 | pi sp | fla nl | 1.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | ‑2.7 |
| Peralta, David 3370 | lf | ari nl | 1.0 | 4.0 | 21.2 | 26.4 | ‑2.0 |
| Houser, Adrian 4162 | pi sp cp | mil nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Smith, Burch 3281 | pi mr sp | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
| Moran, Brian 4283 | pi mr | fla nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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