Mariners pitcher Chris Flexen is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Mets pitcher Taijuan Walker rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Player of the Day—Flexen struck out eight over eight scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 10-0 win over the Twins.
Flexen earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, 56th among all players and 21st among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Mets pitcher Taijuan Walker struck out 12 over seven innings, allowing two runs, five hits and no walks, in the 3-2 win over the Cubs.
Walker earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 8.4 for the season, 10th among all players and sixth among NL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—Ryan McMahon of the Rockies homered, tripled and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 8-4 win over the Padres.
American League Batter of the Day—Rafael Devers of the Red Sox hit a three-run homer and doubled in the 10-8 win over the Braves. Devers went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs.
Devers earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 5.5 for the season, fourth among AL batters and third among Red Sox batters, behind Xander Bogaerts (6.5) and J.D. Martinez (6.2).
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 Tuesday, June 15.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 12.4 |
| 3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 11.7 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 11.4 |
| 5 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 10.4 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.4 |
| 7 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 8.7 |
| 8 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 8.7 |
| 9 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 8.7 |
| 10 | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.4 |
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Scoring—Flexen earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Walker earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. McMahon and Devers each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’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).| 6/15 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | SEA 10, MIN 0 | Chris Flexen, (W 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| NL | +10.0 | NYM 3, CHC 2 | Taijuan Walker, (W 6‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| +8.0 | `CIN 2, MIL 1 (F/10) | Luis Castillo | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| +7.0 | CHW 3, TB 0 | Dallas Keuchel, (W 6‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +6.0 | COL 8, SD 4 | Ryan McMahon, 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | OAK 6, LAA 4 | Frankie Montas, (W 7‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| +5.0 | `HOU 6, TEX 3 (F/10) | Jake Odorizzi | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +4.1 | WSH 8, PIT 1 | Patrick Corbin, (W 4‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | BOS 10, ATL 8 | Rafael Devers, 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | CLE 7, BAL 2 | James Karinchak, (W 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | SF 9, ARI 8 | Brandon Belt, 1B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | DET 4, KC 3 | Jonathan Schoop, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | `STL 2, MIA 1 | Kwang Hyun Kim | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| +2.0 | NYY 6, TOR 5 | Aroldis Chapman, (S 13) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +2.0 | LAD 5, PHI 3 | Joe Kelly, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.4 | 14.4 | 27.1 | 40.8 | +2.4 |
| Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 5.5 | 8.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | +3.0 |
| Flexen, Chris 4368 | pi sp | sea al | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| Karinchak, James 4392 | pi cp | cle al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | dc nl | 3.7 | 3.7 | 49.5 | 78.3 | +3.7 |
| Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 3.0 | 9.0 | 21.4 | 21.4 | ‑3.0 |
| Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | cin nl | 3.0 | 8.0 | 38.8 | 38.8 | ‑2.0 |
| Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | chi al | 3.0 | 4.0 | 30.8 | 66.6 | +2.0 |
| Chapman, Aroldis 2826 | pi cp | nyy al | 3.0 | 4.0 | 20.1 | 59.1 | +2.0 |
| Belt, Brandon 2943 | 1b | sf nl | 2.5 | 6.2 | 23.7 | 37.2 | ‑1.2 |
| Schoop, Jonathan 3307 | dh 1b 2b | det al | 2.0 | 3.7 | 22.7 | 27.7 | +0.3 |
| Kim, Kwang Hyun 4305 | pi sp | stl nl | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +1.0 |
| McMahon, Ryan 4004 | 3b | col nl | 1.5 | 2.5 | 12.2 | 12.2 | +0.5 |
| Odorizzi, Jake 3291 | pi mr sp | hou al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 37.9 | 57.6 | +1.0 |
| Kelly, Joe 3066 | pi mr cp sp | lad nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | +1.0 |
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