Diamondbacks pitcher Luke Weaver is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Weaver struck out six over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 5-2 win over the Marlins.
Weaver earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, 25th among all players and 14th among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Orioles pitcher Jorge Lopez struck out five over 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Red Sox. Lopez did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied, 1-1, when he exited.
National League Batter of the Day—Tyler Naquin of the Reds hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 2-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 14-1 win over the Pirates.
American League Batter of the Day—Jared Walsh of the Angels homered, doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 5-4 win over the Astros.
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, May 10.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.0 |
| 3 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.4 |
| 4 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 6.2 |
| 5 | Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 6.0 |
| 6 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.7 |
| 7 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.0 |
| 8 | Ynoa, Huascar 4343 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 |
| 9 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 5.0 |
| 10 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | chi al | 5.0 |
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Scoring—Weaver earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Lopez earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Naquin and Walsh 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).| 5/10 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +8.1 | ARI 5, MIA 2 | Luke Weaver, (W 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| +5.0 | SF 3, TEX 1 | Alex Wood, (W 4‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| AL | +4.2 | `BAL 4, BOS 1 | Jorge López | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| BAT | +3.0 | CIN 14, PIT 1 | Tyler Naquin, CF‑RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +3.0 | LAA 5, HOU 4 | Jared Walsh, 1B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weaver, Luke 3719 | pi sp | ari nl | 4.0 | 4.0 | 24.7 | 24.7 | +4.0 |
| Wood, Alex 3246 | pi sp | sf nl | 4.0 | 4.0 | 25.7 | 44.1 | +4.0 |
| Walsh, Jared 4332 | 1b | ana al | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +2.0 |
| Lopez, Jorge 4060 | pi sp mr | bal al | 2.7 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | +2.7 |
| Naquin, Tyler 3662 | cf rf | cin nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | +1.5 |
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