Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Alcantara struck out nine over five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 3-2 win over the Mets. Alcantara did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Mets took the lead after he exited.
Alcantara would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Box-Toppers Player of the Day if this were a regular season game. Because it’s a preseason exhibition game, no Box-Toppers points are awarded.
McCullers earned 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2020, 29th among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Rangers pitcher Kyle Gibson struck out six over four scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Diamondbacks.
Gibson would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. He earned 2.7 Box-Toppers points in 2020, 39th among AL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—Willson Contreras of the Cubs hit a three-run homer and tripled in the 8-2 win over the Padres. Contreras went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in five runs.
Contreras would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Contreras earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2020.
American League Batter of the Day—Ryan Boldt of the Rays homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 10-9 win over the Pirates.
Boldt would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Boldt has not yet made his regular season Major League debut.
There were 14 games played Wednesday. No Player of the Game was named in one of the games because it ended in a tie (Cardinals 4, Astros 4). Box-Toppers’ Player of the Game winners for the other 13 games are listed in the chart below.
Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Alcantara would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Gibson would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Contreras and Boldt would have each earned 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) would have earned 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)| 3/17 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.0 | `MIA 3, NYM 2 | Sandy Alcantara | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| AL | +10.0 | TEX 3, ARI 0 | Kyle Gibson, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| +8.0 | NYY 1, TOR 0 | Jordan Montgomery, (W 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +7.0 | BOS 9, MIN 1 | Eduardo Rodriguez, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | CHC 8, SD 2 | Willson Contreras, C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | PHI 2, DET 0 | Zack Wheeler, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +4.2 | LAA 7, SEA 4 (F/7) | Jose Quintana, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | TB 10, PIT 9 | Ryan Boldt, CF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | SF 11, COL 8 | Jason Krizan, 2B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | `BAL 5, ATL 2 | John Means | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +3.0 | CIN 12, CLE 7 | Nicky Delmonico, 1B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | OAK 10, KC 5 | Aramis Garcia, C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | LAD 4, CHW 3 | Walker Buehler, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +0.0 | STL 4, HOU 4 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.
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.
N/A—Not applicable. No Player of the Game was chosen because the game ended in a tie.
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. No points are awarded during spring training games, so all players have 0.0 Box-Toppers points for 2021. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2020 (’20). Also shown is their point total for the period 2016-2020 (’16-20) and their career point total.| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’21 | ’20 | ’16‑20 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | lad nl | 0.0 | 5.7 | 37.2 | 37.2 |
| Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 0.0 | 3.0 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| Gibson, Kyle 3312 | pi sp | tex al | 0.0 | 2.7 | 22.8 | 36.8 |
| Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 0.0 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Contreras, Willson 3776 | ca | chi nl | 0.0 | 2.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
| Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 0.0 | 1.0 | 21.7 | 33.4 |
| Montgomery, Jordan 3814 | pi sp | nyy al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 | pi sp | bos al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 38.2 | 44.2 |
| Quintana, Jose 3040 | pi sp | ana al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45.9 | 70.7 |
| Delmonico, Nicky 3887 | dh lf | cin nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Boldt, Ryan* | cf | tb al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Krizan, Jason* | 2b | sf nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Garcia, Aramis* | ca | oak al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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* Players have yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in a regular season game and so have 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
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