Red Sox pitcher Garrett Whitlock is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Whitlock struck out five over three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 11-7 win over the Rays.
Whitlock 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.
Whitlock has yet to make his regular season Major League debut and so has not earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors and has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
National League Player of the Day—Billy McKinney of the Brewers hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, in the 9-3 win over the Diamondbacks. McKinney went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in four runs.
McKinney would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. McKinney had 0.0 Box-Toppers points in 2020, playing in two games. He had 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2019 with the Blue Jays.
American League Batter of the Day—Kyle Lewis of the Mariners homered and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-6 win over the White Sox.
Lewis would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Lewis earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2020.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Billy McKinney.
There were 14 games played Friday. No Player of the Game was named in one of the games because it ended in a tie (Angels 4, Royals 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, Whitlock would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McKinney would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Lewis would have earned 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Friday’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)| 3/19 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.0 | BOS 11, TB 7 | Garrett Whitlock, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| NL | +6.0 | MIL 9, ARI 3 | Billy McKinney, LF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.1 | TOR 8, DET 1 | Robbie Ray, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| +5.0 | NYM 8, STL 5 | Taijuan Walker, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +5.0 | LAD 7, TEX 2 | Julio Urías, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +4.1 | `ATL 4, MIN 2 | Ian Anderson | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| +4.0 | WSH 10, HOU 9 | Josh Bell, 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | CHC 6, OAK 1 | Ian Happ, CF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | SEA 7, CHW 6 | Kyle Lewis, DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | BAL 11, PIT 9 | Wade LeBlanc, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | `PHI 4, NYY 1 | Brandon Kintzler | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +2.0 | CIN 6, SF 2 | Nick Senzel, CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | COL 9, CLE 4 | Dom Nuñez, C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | LAA 4, KC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | nym nl | 0.0 | 6.0 | 18.7 | 32.4 |
| Anderson, Ian 4312 | pi sp | atl nl | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | tor al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 40.1 | 44.1 |
| Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp mr cp | lad nl | 0.0 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| Lewis, Kyle 4301 | cf | sea al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Bell, Josh E. 3682 | 1b | dc nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.7 | 17.7 |
| LeBlanc, Wade 2669 | pi mr sp | bal al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.7 | 25.7 |
| Senzel, Nick 4236 | cf | cin nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| McKinney, Billy 4049 | rf | mil nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Kintzler, Brandon 3150 | pi mr cp | phi nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 |
| Happ, Ian 3798 | lf cf | chi nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Whitlock, Garrett* | pi mr | bos al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Nunez, Dom* | ca | col nl | 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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