Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Wheeler pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out eight and walking none, in the 4-0 win over the Brewers.
Wheeler earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.7 for the season, 12th-most among all players and seventh among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Triston McKenzie struck out five over five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and four walks, in the 4-0 win over the Royals.
American League Batter of the Day—Randal Grichuk of the Blue Jays hit a three-run homer and doubled in the 10-4 win over the Athletics. Grichuk went 2-for-5, scoring once and driving in five runs.
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, May 6.| 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 | Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 6.0 |
| 5 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.7 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.4 |
| 7 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 5.0 |
| 8 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 |
| 9 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.7 |
| 10 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no NL batter won Player of the Game honors.
Scoring—Wheeler earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McKenzie earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Grichuk 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).| 5/6 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +14.0 | PHI 2, MIL 0 | Zack Wheeler, (W 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| +13.0 | NYM 4, STL 1 | Taijuan Walker, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| +5.0 | `MIA 3, ARI 1 | Pablo López | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| AL | +4.0 | CLE 4, KC 0 | Triston McKenzie, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| BAT | +3.0 | TOR 10, OAK 4 | Randal Grichuk, DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | HOU 7, NYY 4 | Yordan Alvarez, DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | TEX 4, MIN 3 (F/10) | Josh Sborz, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | BOS 12, DET 9 | Franchy Cordero, PR‑LF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | TB 8, LAA 3 | Brett Phillips, CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | ATL 3, WSH 2 | Drew Smyly, (W 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.7 | 5.7 | 26.4 | 38.1 | +3.7 |
| Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | nym nl | 3.0 | 9.0 | 21.7 | 35.4 | ‑3.0 |
| Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.7 | 8.7 | 16.4 | 16.4 | ‑3.3 |
| Phillips, Brett 3914 | rf cf | tb al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +2.0 |
| Sborz, Josh 4397 | pi mr cp | tex al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| McKenzie, Triston 4303 | pi sp | cle al | 1.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | ‑2.3 |
| Grichuk, Randal 3474 | dh cf | tor al | 1.5 | 4.5 | 21.9 | 31.4 | ‑1.5 |
| Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | +0.0 |
| Cordero, Franchy 3821 | lf pr | bos al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +0.0 |
| Smyly, Drew 3009 | pi sp | atl nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.4 | 40.5 | +1.0 |
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