Max Stassi of the Angels is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Stassi homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 8-3 win over the Royals.
Stassi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season and is 182nd in season player rankings, 31st among American League batters.
He is the first batter to earn overall Player of the Day honors on the 68th day of the season. However, it occurred when only three games were scheduled and played. Stassi’s Box-Toppers game score of +5.0 is the lowest for a Player of the Day winner in 2021.
In 2020’s 67-day, pandemic-shortened season, four batters won Player of the Day honors. On the other 63 days, pitchers won Player of the Day honors.
National League Player of the Day—Manny Machado of the Padres homered and went 2-for-3, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 9-4 win over the Cubs.
Machado earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 4.2 for the season, 59th among all players and third among NL batters, behind Jesse Winker of the Reds (5.0) and Adam Duvall of the Marlins (4.5).
AL and NL Batters of the Day—There are no separate AL and NL Batters of the Day for Monday because the overall Player of the Day is batter Max Stassi and the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Manny Machado. In fact, all three Player of the Game winners from Monday are batters.
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, June 7.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 10.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 10.7 |
| 3 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 10.4 |
| 4 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 10.0 |
| 5 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 8.4 |
| 6 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.4 |
| 7 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.7 |
| 8 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 7.7 |
| 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 7.7 |
| 10 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 7.7 |
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Debut—Christian Arroyo of the Red Sox made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Arroyo (2B 2-3 2R 2BI in the 5-3 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut April 24, 2017, and was playing in his 115th career game.
Scoring—Stassi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Machado earns 1.7 points for being NL Player 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).| 6/7 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +5.0 | LAA 8, KC 3 | Max Stassi, C | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| NL | +3.0 | SD 9, CHC 4 | Manny Machado, 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | BOS 5, MIA 3 | Christian Arroyo, 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b | sd nl | 4.2 | 7.2 | 32.6 | 43.6 | +1.2 |
| Stassi, Max 4038 | ca | ana al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
| Arroyo, Christian 4433 | 2b | bos al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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