Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Monday’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 Monday, Aug. 31.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 8.7 |
| 2 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.7 |
| 3 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 6.0 |
| 4 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 6.0 |
| 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 6.0 |
| 6 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 |
| 7 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 |
| 8 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 5.7 |
| 9 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.7 |
| 10 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 5.4 |
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Glasnow struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 5-3 win over the Yankees.
Glasnow earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, rising to fifth place in season player rankings, third among American League pitchers, behind Shane Bieber of the Indians (8.7) and Lucas Giolito of the White Sox (6.0).
National League Player of the Day—Cardinals pitcher Dakota Hudson struck out seven over seven innings, allowing two runs, four hits and no walks, in the 7-5 win over the Reds.
National League Batter of the Day—Nick Markakis of the Braves doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 6-3 win over the Red Sox.
American League Batter of the Day—There is no AL Batter of the Day for Monday because no AL batter earned Player of the Game honors.
Debut—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Monday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Brewers pitcher Devin Williams (1.2IP 0H 0R BB 4K W in the 6-5 win over the Pirates) made his Major League debut Aug. 7, 2019, and was playing in his 26th career game.
Orioles pitcher Keegan Akin (4.1IP 3H 2R 0ER 2BB 6K ND in the 4-3, 11-inning win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut Aug. 14 and was playing in his third career game.
Scoring—Glasnow earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Hudson earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Markakis earns 1.5 points for being NL 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)| 8/31 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | TB 5, NYY 3 | Tyler Glasnow, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| +10.0 | SEA 2, LAA 1 | Marco Gonzales, (W 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| NL | +7.0 | STL 7, CIN 5 | Dakota Hudson, (W 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| +6.2 | `SD 6, COL 0 | Garrett Richards | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +4.2 | MIL 6, PIT 5 | Devin Williams, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +4.1 | `KC 2, CLE 1 | Brad Keller | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +3.1 | `BAL 4, TOR 3 (F/11) | Keegan Akin | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +3.0 | CHW 8, MIN 5 | Matt Foster, (W 4‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | ATL 6, BOS 3 | Nick Markakis, LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | PHI 8, WSH 6 | Rhys Hoskins, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | MIA 5, NYM 3 | Miguel Rojas, SS | 4 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 6.0 | 15.7 | 21.7 | 21.7 | ‑3.7 |
| Keller, Brad 4008 | pi sp | kc al | 4.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Gonzales, Marco 3408 | pi sp | sea al | 3.0 | 12.4 | 23.8 | 26.8 | ‑6.4 |
| Foster, Matt 4281 | pi mr | chi al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Rojas, Miguel 3642 | ss | fla nl | 2.5 | 6.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | ‑1.0 |
| Markakis, Nick 2116 | rf lf | atl nl | 2.5 | 2.5 | 15.5 | 53.1 | +2.5 |
| Hudson, Dakota 4035 | pi sp | stl nl | 1.7 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 | ‑6.0 |
| Hoskins, Rhys 3909 | 1b | phi nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Richards, Garrett 3042 | pi sp | sd nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 18.7 | 41.1 | +1.0 |
| Akin, Keegan 4320 | pi sp | bal al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Williams, Devin 4319 | pi mr | mil nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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