Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Glasnow struck out 10 over five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, in the 2-0 win over the Twins.
Glasnow 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.
Glasnow earned 8.0 Box-Toppers points in 2020, eighth among all players and fourth among American League pitchers. In 2019, he had 9.7 Box-Toppers points, 22nd among AL pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Blake Snell struck out six over five scoreless innings, allowing one run and one walk, in the 2-0, seven-inning win over the Angels.
Snell would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Snell earned 3.7 Box-Toppers points in 2020 with the Rays, 25th among AL pitchers. Snell led all players with 27.2 Box-Toppers points in 2018 with the Rays.
American League Batter of the Day—Gleyber Torres of the Yankees hit two home runs, doubled and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 5-1, eight-inning win over the Blue Jays.
Torres would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. He earned no Box-Toppers points in 2020 playing in 42 games. In 2019, he had 12.0 Box-Toppers points, second among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—Francisco Lindor of the Mets went 3-for-3, scoring no runs and driving in three, in the 8-3 win over the Astros.
Lindor would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Lindor earned no Box-Toppers points in 2020 with the Indians, playing in all 60 games. He had 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2019 in 143 games. But in 2018, he had 9.6 Box-Toppers points, third among AL batters.
Notable—Box-Toppers 2020 Player of the Year Shane Bieber earned Player of the Game honors Saturday in a spring training matchup against NL Player of the Year Trevor Bauer.
Bieber (5.2IP 6H 2R ER BB 9K W) was Player of the Game in the Indians 9-2 win over the Dodgers. Bieber led all players in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season with 11.4 Box-Toppers points.
Bauer, who led NL players in 2020 with the Reds with 10.0 Box-Toppers points, was starter for the Dodgers. He had a Box-Toppers game score of +0.2 in the loss (5.2IP 4H 4R 3ER BB 7K L).
If it were a regular season game, Bieber would have earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point and Bauer would have earned 0.0.
There were 14 games played Friday. No Player of the Game was named in one of the games because it ended in a tie (Brewers 6, Royals 6). 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, Glasnow would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Snell would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Torres and Lindor 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)| 3/27 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +10.0 | TB 2, MIN 0 | Tyler Glasnow, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| +9.2 | CHW 8, COL 2 | Lucas Giolito, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| NL | +9.0 | SD 2, LAA 0 (F/7) | Blake Snell, (W 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| +9.0 | SEA 5, SF 0 | James Paxton, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||
| +6.0 | OAK 5, TEX 1 | A.J. Puk, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | NYY 5, TOR 1 (F/8) | Gleyber Torres, SS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.2 | CLE 9, LAD 2 | Shane Bieber, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| +4.0 | DET 9, PHI 8 | Grayson Greiner, C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | ATL 8, BAL 5 | Max Fried, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | NYM 8, HOU 3 | Francisco Lindor, SS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | MIA 6, STL 4 | JJ Bleday, LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | CHC 6, CIN 3 | Patrick Wisdom, 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | BOS 7, PIT 4 (F/8) | Hunter Renfroe, RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | MIL 6, KC 6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 0.0 | 11.4 | 35.9 | 35.9 |
| Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 0.0 | 8.0 | 23.7 | 23.7 |
| Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 0.0 | 7.0 | 27.7 | 27.7 |
| Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 0.0 | 5.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
| Snell, Blake 3688 | pi sp | sd nl | 0.0 | 3.7 | 49.9 | 49.9 |
| Renfroe, Hunter 3749 | rf | bos al | 0.0 | 1.7 | 16.9 | 16.9 |
| Paxton, James 3280 | pi sp | sea al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49.2 | 55.9 |
| Torres, Gleyber 3972 | ss 2b | nyy al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss | nym nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.1 | 22.1 |
| Puk, A.J. 4253 | pi mr | oak al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Wisdom, Patrick 4042 | 1b | chi nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Greiner, Grayson* | ca | det al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Bleday, JJ* | lf | fla 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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