Rangers pitcher Kohei Arihara is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Monday, April 19.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 |
| 2 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 |
| 3 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh rf | bos al | 4.7 |
| 4 | Barnes, Matt 3466 | pi mr cp | bos al | 4.0 |
| 5 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 3.7 |
| 6 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 3.7 |
| 7 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 3.7 |
| 8 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 3.0 |
| 9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 3.0 |
| 10 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 3.0 |
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Meanwhile, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors Monday—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox rises to third place and Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to sixth place.
Player of the Day—Arihara struck out six over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 6-4 win over the Angels.
Arihara earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season, 14th among all players and ninth among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff struck out seven over six innings, allowing one run, one hit and three walks, in the 3-1 win over the Padres.
Woodruff earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 3.7 for the season, rising to sixth in season player rankings, second among NL pitchers behind Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (3.7). Though both Kershaw and Woodruff have the same Box-Toppers point total, Kershaw ranks ahead because he had more 2020 Box-Toppers points—7.7 vs. 7.0.
National League Batter of the Day—Paul DeJong of the Cardinals hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in the 12-5 win over the Nationals. DeJong went 2-for-4, scoring three times and driving in five runs.
American League Batter of the Day—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox homered and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 11-4 win over the White Sox.
Martinez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 4.7 for the season. He rises from sixth to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, behind only Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow (5.0) and Indians pitcher Shane Bieber (4.7). Though both Bieber and Martinez have the same Box-Toppers point total, Bieber ranks ahead because he had more 2020 Box-Toppers points—11.4 vs. 0.0.
Martinez extends his lead among AL batters, ahead of second-place Kyle Seager of the Mariners (2.5).
Scoring—Arihara earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Woodruff earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. DeJong and Martinez each earn 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) earn 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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Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG).| 4/19 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.2 | TEX 6, LAA 4 | Kohei Arihara, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| NL | +7.0 | MIL 3, SD 1 | Brandon Woodruff, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| +6.1 | TB 4, KC 1 | Josh Fleming, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +6.0 | STL 12, WSH 5 | Paul DeJong, SS | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +2.0 | BOS 11, CHW 4 | J.D. Martinez, DH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | SEA 4, LAD 3 | Taylor Trammell, CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | SF 2, PHI 0 | Wandy Peralta, (S 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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.
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 Player of the Game winners
Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’21). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’20-21), the period 2016-2021 (’16-21) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2021 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2020 total (+/-).| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’21 | ’20‑21 | ’16‑21 | Career | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh rf | bos al | 4.7 | 4.7 | 36.7 | 48.4 | +4.7 |
| Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 3.7 | 10.7 | 20.4 | 20.4 | ‑3.3 |
| Arihara, Koehi 4378 | pi sp | tex al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Peralta, Wandy 3782 | pi mr cp | sf nl | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +0.0 |
| Trammell, Taylor 4374 | cf | sea al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| DeJong, Paul 3827 | ss | stl nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | +1.5 |
| Fleming, Josh 4316 | pi sp | tb al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ‑1.0 |
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