Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Maeda struck out eight over 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 6-5 win over the Rangers.
Maeda earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season and is 56th in season player rankings, 23rd among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Vince Velasquez of the Phillies struck out six over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 4-3 win over the Brewers.
American League Batter of the Day—Eddie Rosario of the Indians hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-2, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 8-6 win over the Royals.
National League Batter of the Day—Nolan Arenado of the Cardinals hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 6-5 win over the Mets.
Arenado earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 2.5 for the season, most among the eight who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. He is 51st in Box-Toppers season player rankings, third among NL batters, behind Trevor Story of the Rockies (3.2) and Nick Castellanos of the Reds (3.0).
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 3.| 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 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 6.2 |
| 4 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.4 |
| 5 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 5.0 |
| 6 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 |
| 7 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 4.7 |
| 8 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 |
| 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 4.7 |
| 10 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 4.0 |
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Scoring—Maeda earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Velasquez earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Rosario and Arenado 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).| 5/3 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.1 | MIN 6, TEX 5 | Kenta Maeda, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| NL | +4.0 | PHI 4, MIL 3 | Vince Velasquez, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| +4.0 | `BAL 5, SEA 3 | Dean Kremer | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | CLE 8, KC 6 | Eddie Rosario, LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | `SD 2, PIT 0 | Miguel Diaz | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | OAK 5, TOR 4 | Jake Diekman, (S 3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | STL 6, NYM 5 | Nolan Arenado, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +1.0 | TB 7, LAA 3 | Manuel Margot, RF | 5 | 1 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b | stl nl | 2.5 | 3.5 | 37.4 | 47.4 | +1.5 |
| Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 2.0 | 10.4 | 49.8 | 49.8 | ‑6.4 |
| Kremer, Dean 4330 | pi sp | bal al | 2.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | +0.3 |
| Velasquez, Vince 3611 | pi sp mr | phi nl | 1.7 | 2.7 | 23.1 | 23.1 | +0.7 |
| Rosario, Eddie 3542 | lf dh | cle al | 1.5 | 3.5 | 23.2 | 24.7 | ‑0.5 |
| Margot, Manuel 3861 | rf | tb al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | +0.0 |
| Diaz, Miguel 4016 | pi sp mr | sd nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
| Diekman, Jake 3266 | pi cp | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | +1.0 |
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