White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Cease struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 11-0, seven-inning win over the Tigers.
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 Thursday, April 29.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 |
| 2 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.4 |
| 3 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.0 |
| 4 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 5.0 |
| 5 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 |
| 6 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 |
| 7 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh rf | bos al | 4.7 |
| 8 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 4.0 |
| 9 | Javier, Cristian 4290 | pi sp | hou al | 4.0 |
| 10 | Barnes, Matt 3466 | pi mr cp | bos al | 4.0 |
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Cease earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season and is 75th among all players in Box-Toppers season player rankings, 32nd among American League pitchers.
Cease had a Box-Toppers game score Thursday of +13.0, same as teammate Carlos Rodon, winner of the other game in the doubleheader against the Tigers (6IP 2H R BB 12K W), but Cease won Player of the Day over Rodon because he had more innings pitched—seven vs. six.
National League Player of the Day—Cardinals closing pitcher Alex Reyes struck out three over two scoreless innings, allowing no hits and no walks, in the 4-3 win over the Phillies.
American League Batter of the Day—Trey Mancini of the Orioles homered and went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 4-3, 10-inning win over the Yankees.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors. In fact, only one batter, Trey Mancini of the Orioles, earned Player of the Game honors in the 10 games played.
Notable—White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among the 10 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Rodon (6IP 2H R BB 12K W in the 3-1 win over the Tigers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 4.0 for the season, 11th among all players and sixth among AL pitchers.
Scoring—Cease earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Reyes earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Mancini earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’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).| 4/29 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +13.0 | CHW 11, DET 0 (F/7) | Dylan Cease, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| +13.0 | CHW 3, DET 1 | Carlos Rodón, (W 4‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| +11.0 | SEA 1, HOU 0 | Yusei Kikuchi, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +6.0 | `OAK 3, TB 2 | Chris Bassitt | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| NL | +5.0 | STL 4, PHI 3 | Alex Reyes, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| +4.0 | ARI 5, COL 3 | Caleb Smith, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | CHC 9, ATL 3 | Adbert Alzolay, (W 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +3.0 | TEX 4, BOS 1 | Ian Kennedy, (S 5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | BAL 4, NYY 3 (F/10) | Trey Mancini, DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | MIL 2, LAD 1 | Eric Lauer, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 21.0 | 29.1 | +4.0 |
| Reyes, Alex 3706 | pi cp mr | stl nl | 2.7 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 7.4 | +1.7 |
| Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 2.0 | 8.4 | 17.1 | 21.1 | ‑4.4 |
| Kennedy, Ian 2723 | pi cp | tex al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 81.5 | +2.0 |
| Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +2.0 |
| Mancini, Trey 3766 | dh rf 1b | bal al | 1.5 | 1.5 | 11.7 | 11.7 | +1.5 |
| Alzolay, Adbert 4170 | pi sp | chi nl | 1.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | ‑1.7 |
| Kikuchi, Yusei 4136 | pi sp | sea al | 1.0 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | ‑0.7 |
| Smith, Caleb 3952 | pi mr sp | ari nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 14.4 | 14.4 | +0.0 |
| Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 14.4 | 14.4 | +1.0 |
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