Twins pitcher Brandon Waddell is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Waddell struck out five over two scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Rays, picking up the save.
Waddell 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.
Waddell made his Major League debut Aug. 14, 2020, and appeared in two games in 2020, but has yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in a regular season game and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
National League Player of the Day—Nationals pitcher Austin Voth struck out five over four scoreless innings, allowing one hit and three walks, in the 7-4 win over the Marlins. Voth did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because he did not pitch the required five innings for a starter to earn the win and also because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Voth would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Voth had 1.7 Box-Toppers points in 2020.
American League Batter of the Day—Nate Lowe of the Rangers homered and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 6-5 win over the Mariners.
Lowe would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Lowe earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2020 with the Rays.
National League Batter of the Day—Dylan Carlson of the Cardinals homered and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 5-2 win over the Astros.
Carlson would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Carlson earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points in 2020.
There were 14 games played Saturday. No Player of the Game was named in two of the games because they ended in a tie (Royals 6, Diamondbacks 6 and Dodgers 4, Padres 4). Box-Toppers’ Player of the Game winners for the other 12 games are listed in the chart below.
Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Waddell would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Voth would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Lowe and Carlson would have each earned 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’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)| 3/20 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.0 | MIN 2, TB 1 | Brandon Waddell, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| +5.2 | OAK 11, LAA 2 | Chris Bassitt, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| NL | +5.0 | `WSH 7, MIA 4 | Austin Voth | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| BAT | +4.0 | TEX 6, SEA 5 | Nate Lowe, 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +4.0 | STL 5, HOU 2 | Dylan Carlson, RF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | TOR 3, PHI 1 | Steven Matz, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +4.0 | CHC 4, COL 2 | Trevor Williams, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +4.0 | BAL 2, NYY 1 | Dillon Tate, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | ATL 8, BOS 2 | Alex Jackson, C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | DET 3, PIT 1 | Renato Núñez, PH‑DH‑OF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | MIL 4, CIN 1 | Omar Narváez, C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | CHW 6, CLE 2 | Eloy Jiménez, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | KC 6, ARI 6 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | LAD 4, SD 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 0.0 | 6.4 | 15.1 | 19.1 |
| Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | lf | chi al | 0.0 | 5.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Voth, Austin 4082 | pi sp | dc nl | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| Carlson, Dylan 4359 | cf rf | stl nl | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Nunez, Renato 4094 | dh | det al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Lowe, Nate 4340 | dh | tex al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Matz, Steven 3516 | pi sp | tor al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.8 | 32.3 |
| Narvaez, Omar 4095 | ca | mil nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Williams, Trevor 3792 | pi sp | chi nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Waddell, Brandon* | pi cp | min al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tate, Dillon* | pi cp | bal al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Jackson, Alex* | ca | atl 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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