Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Nola struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 4-0 win over the Yankees.
Nola 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.
Nola earned 7.7 Box-Toppers points in 2020, sixth among National League pitchers, 10th among all players. He ranked fifth overall in Box-Toppers points in 2018 with 21.1. He’s ranked among the top 10 NL pitchers in Box-Toppers points three of the past four seasons.
American League Player of the Day—Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu struck out four over three scorless innings, allowing no hits and no walks, in the 5-4 win over the Mets.
Abreu would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Abreu has appeared in 11 games in 2019 and 2020 but has yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors during the regular season and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
American League Batter of the Day—Christian Arroyo of the Red Sox hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 10-4 win over the Rays.
Arroyo would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Arroyo has appeared in 85 games since 2017 but has yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors during the regular season and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
National League Batter of the Day—Connor Scott of the Marlins tripled and went 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 7-2 win over the Cardinals.
Scott would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Scott has yet to make his regular season Major League debut and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
There were 14 games played Monday. No Player of the Game was named in two of the games because they ended in a tie (Diamondbacks 4, Athletics 4 and Padres 9, Royals 9). 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, Nola would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Abreu would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Arroyo and Scott would have each earned 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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)| 3/22 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +14.0 | PHI 4, NYY 0 | Aaron Nola, (W 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| AL | +7.0 | HOU 5, NYM 4 | Bryan Abreu, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| +5.2 | MIN 4, ATL 2 | Jose Berríos, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | BOS 10, TB 4 | Christian Arroyo, 2B‑3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | LAA 15, CHC 7 | Mike Trout, CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.2 | CHW 7, SF 2 | Lucas Giolito, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| +3.0 | TOR 4, DET 3 | Marcus Semien, 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | MIA 7, STL 2 | Connor Scott, LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | PIT 6, BAL 5 (F/8) | Trevor Cahill, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +2.0 | MIL 6, CLE 3 | Tyrone Taylor, LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | COL 5, TEX 4 | C.J. Cron, 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | SEA 7, LAD 3 | Evan White, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | ARI 4, OAK 4 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | SD 9, KC 9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 0.0 | 7.7 | 61.0 | 63.0 |
| Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 0.0 | 7.0 | 27.7 | 27.7 |
| Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 0.0 | 4.5 | 38.7 | 75.2 |
| Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | min al | 0.0 | 3.0 | 40.5 | 40.5 |
| Cahill, Trevor 2658 | pi sp mr | pit nl | 0.0 | 2.7 | 22.1 | 59.3 |
| Semien, Marcus 3302 | ss | tor al | 0.0 | 2.0 | 21.7 | 25.2 |
| White, Evan 4306 | 1b | sea al | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 18.7 |
| Abreu, Bryan* | pi sp | hou al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Arroyo, Christian* | 2b 3b | bos al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Scott, Connor* | lf | fla nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Taylor, Tyrone* | lf | mil 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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