White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Cubs closing pitcher Craig Kimbrel took the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Player of the Day—Lynn struck out 11 in a complete game, five-hit shutout, walking none, in the 6-0 win over the Royals.
Lynn earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season. While he is one of 10 players now tied with 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021, Lynn ranks highest among them because he has the most 2020 Box-Toppers points in that group (9.1), just ahead of Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow (8.0). Lynn ranks second in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
National League Player of the Day—Cubs pitcher Craig Kimbrel struck out three over 1 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and no walks, and picking up the save, in the 4-2 win over the Pirates.
Kimbrel earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 points for the season, rising to first in season player rankings, passing previous leader, Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow (2.0 Box-Toppers points), who falls to third place. Kimbrel also earned Player of the Game honors April 4.
American League Batter of the Day—Mitch Garver of the Twins hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 10-2 win over the Mariners.
National League Batter of the Day—Luis Guillorme of the Mets went 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in no runs, in the 3-2 win over the Marlins.
Notable—Angels pitcher Raisel Iglesias rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings Thursday after earning Player of the Game honors for a second time this season.
Iglesias (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K Sv in the 7-5, 11-inning win over the Blue Jays) now has 2.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, one of 10 players tied with 2.0 points, and is 10th in season player rankings. He also earned Player of the Game honors April 1.
Scoring—Lynn earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kimbrel earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Garver and Guillorme each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s 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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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG)| 4/8 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +15.0 | CHW 6, KC 0 | Lance Lynn, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| +7.0 | HOU 6, OAK 2 | Cristian Javier, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| NL | +4.2 | CHC 4, PIT 2 | Craig Kimbrel, (S 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| +4.0 | LAA 7, TOR 5 (F/11) | Raisel Iglesias, (S 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.2 | COL 7, ARI 3 | Jon Gray, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | MIN 10, SEA 2 | Mitch Garver, C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | BOS 7, BAL 3 | Rafael Devers, 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | STL 3, MIL 1 | Giovanny Gallegos, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +1.0 | NYM 3, MIA 2 | Luis Guillorme, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 top players
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kimbrel, Craig 2825 | pi cp mr | chi nl | 2.7 | 3.7 | 28.4 | 79.1 | +1.7 |
| Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 2.0 | 11.1 | 37.8 | 93.7 | ‑7.1 |
| Iglesias, Raisel 3467 | pi cp | ana al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 21.0 | 23.7 | +2.0 |
| Garver, Mitch 3950 | ca | min al | 1.5 | 1.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | +1.5 |
| Guillorme, Luis 4216 | 3b ph | nym nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +1.5 |
| Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 1.0 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | ‑1.5 |
| Gray, Jon 3634 | pi sp | col nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 36.4 | 36.4 | ‑1.0 |
| Gallegos, Giovanny 4104 | pi mr cp | stl nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Javier, Cristian 4290 | pi sp | hou al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ‑1.0 |
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