Rangers pitcher Kyle Cody is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Cody struck out six over three scoreless innings, allowing no hits and one walk, in the 6-5 win over the Reds.
Cody 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.
Cody earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2020, his only career Box-Toppers point.
National League Player of the Day—Cubs pitcher Zach Davies struck out eight over 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 6-2 win over the Mariners.
Davies would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Davies had 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2020 with the Padres.
American League Batter of the Day—Bo Bichette of the Blue Jays hit two home runs and went 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 5-0 win over the Yankees.
Bichette would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Bichette earned no Box-Toppers points in 2020, playing in 29 games. He has 1.5 career Box-Toppers points, earned in 2019.
National League Batter of the Day—Ketel Marte of the Diamondbacks homered and went 1-for-1, scoring three times and driving in one run, in the 6-5 win over the Indians.
Marte would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Marte earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2020. He earned 7.0 Box-Toppers points in 2019, 16th among NL batters.
Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Cody would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Davies would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Bichette and Marte 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)| 3/24 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +8.0 | TEX 6, CIN 5 | Kyle Cody, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| NL | +5.1 | CHC 6, SEA 2 | Zach Davies, (W 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| BAT | +5.0 | TOR 5, NYY 0 | Bo Bichette, SS | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | STL 3, NYM 0 | Carlos Martínez, (W 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +5.0 | SF 7, SD 3 | Anthony DeSclafani, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| +5.0 | HOU 11, WSH 8 | Luis Garcia, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +4.0 | OAK 14, CHW 4 | Sean Murphy, C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | LAA 4, KC 2 | Justin Upton, LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | ARI 6, CLE 5 | Ketel Marte, CF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.2 | BOS 2, BAL 0 | Nathan Eovaldi, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | COL 9, MIL 8 | Josh Fuentes, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | TB 7, MIN 6 | Louis Head, (S 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | DET 4, PHI 1 | Tyler Alexander, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | PIT 6, ATL 3 | Nick Gonzales, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | bos al | 0.0 | 4.0 | 20.4 | 39.5 |
| DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | pi sp | sf nl | 0.0 | 2.7 | 17.7 | 25.4 |
| Marte, Ketel 3630 | 2b cf | ari nl | 0.0 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Davies, Zach 3581 | pi sp | chi nl | 0.0 | 2.0 | 19.7 | 22.7 |
| Alexander, Tyler 4196 | pi mr sp | det al | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Fuentes, Josh 4329 | 1b ph | col nl | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Murphy, Sean 4246 | ca | oak al | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Cody, Kyle 4350 | pi sp | tex al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Martinez, Carlos 3371 | pi cp | stl nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32.9 | 47.6 |
| Bichette, Bo 4233 | ss | tor al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Upton, Justin 2411 | lf | ana al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.2 | 63.6 |
| Garcia, Luis* | pi mr | hou al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Head, Louis* | pi cp | tb al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Gonzales, Nick* | ph | pit 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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