Athletics pitcher Cole Irvin is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Irvin struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 11-0, eight-inning win over the Dodgers.
Irvin 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.
Irvin earned no Box-Toppers points in 2020, pitching in three games with the Phillies. In 2019, he had 3.0 Box-Toppers points with the Phillies.
National League Player of the Day—Marlins pitcher Trevor Rogers struck out 10 over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 9-0 win over the Astros.
Rogers would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Rogers earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2020, his only career point.
National League Batter of the Day—Wil Myers of the Padres homered and went 3-for-3, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 6-3 win over the Mariners.
Myers would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Myers earned 2.5 Box-Toppers points in 2020.
American League Batter of the Day—Breyvic Valera of the Blue Jays homered and went 2-for-2, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 6-5 win over the Phillies.
Valera would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Valera made his Major League debut Sept. 5, 2017, has appeared in 54 regular season games, 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.
There were 14 games played Friday. No Player of the Game was named in one of the games because it ended in a tie (Giants 5, Cubs 5). 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, Irvin would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Rogers would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Myers and Valera would have each 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)| 3/26 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +13.0 | OAK 11, LAD 0 (F/8) | Cole Irvin, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| NL | +12.2 | MIA 9, HOU 0 | Trevor Rogers, (W 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| +8.0 | BAL 4, NYY 1 | Tyler Wells, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +7.0 | `CLE 5, COL 4 | Logan Allen | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +6.2 | `TB 7, BOS 3 | Josh Fleming | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | SD 6, SEA 3 | Wil Myers, RF | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | ATL 7, MIN 6 | Victor Vodnik, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | TOR 6, PHI 5 | Breyvic Valera, 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | WSH 7, NYM 3 | Luis García, SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | CIN 7, ARI 3 | Alex Blandino, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | TEX 8, KC 1 | David Dahl, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | DET 5, PIT 2 | Robbie Grossman, LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | CHW 7, MIL 5 | Yoan Moncada, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | SF 5, CHC 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myers, Wil 3228 | rf 1b | sd nl | 0.0 | 2.5 | 17.2 | 25.7 |
| Fleming, Josh 4316 | pi sp | tb al | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Moncada, Yoan 3878 | 3b 2b | chi al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Grossman, Robbie 3267 | lf | det al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 |
| Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Dahl, David 3714 | rf cf lf | tex al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| Irvin, Cole 4140 | pi sp cp mr | oak al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Allen, Logan 4167 | pi sp | cle al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Wells, Tyler* | pi mr | bal al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Vodnik, Victor* | pi mr | atl nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Valera, Breyvic* | 2b | tor al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Garcia, Luis* | ss | dc nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Blandino, Alex* | 3b | cin 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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