Athletics pitcher Sean Manaea is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Manaea struck out 13 over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and three walks, in the 4-1 win over the Mariners.
Manaea earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.7 for the season, eighth among all players and third among American League pitchers, behind Gerrit Cole of the Yankees (16.4) and Tyler Glasnow of the Rays (12.7).
Manaea becomes the ninth player this season to reach 10 Box-Toppers points. It is his first season with 10 or more points. His previous best season was 2018 with the Athletics when he had 8.7 points, 28th among AL pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Blake Snell struck out eight over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and three walks, in the 3-2 win over the Marlins.
Snell earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.4 for the season, 27th among all players and 19th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Victor Reyes of the Tigers homered and went 1-for-1, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-5 win over the Rangers.
National League Batter of the Day—Dansby Swanson of the Braves hit a grand slam and went 1-for-4, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 7-2 win over the Phillies.
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, July 22.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 16.4 |
| 3 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 14.4 |
| 4 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.1 |
| 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 6 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 12.7 |
| 7 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 10.7 |
| 9 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 |
| 10 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 9.7 |
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Debut—Rays pitcher Chris Mazza made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Mazza (2.2IP 0H 0R BB 3K ND in the 5-4, 10-inning win over the Indians) made his Major League debut June 29, 2019, and was playing in his 26th career game.
Scoring—Manaea earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Snell earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Reyes and Swanson each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Player of the Game winners (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).| 7/22 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | OAK 4, SEA 1 | Sean Manaea, (W 7‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| +7.2 | `BOS 5, NYY 4 (F/10) | Tanner Houck | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| NL | +6.0 | SD 3, MIA 2 | Blake Snell, (W 4‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| +6.0 | STL 3, CHC 2 | Kwang Hyun Kim, (W 6‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| +4.2 | `TB 5, CLE 4 (F/10) | Chris Mazza | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | DET 7, TEX 5 | Victor Reyes, RF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | LAA 3, MIN 2 | Andrew Heaney, (W 6‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | ATL 7, PHI 2 | Dansby Swanson, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +1.1 | SF 5, LAD 3 | Jose Álvarez, (W 4‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 10.7 | 12.7 | 39.2 | 39.2 | +8.7 |
| Snell, Blake 3688 | pi sp | sd nl | 8.4 | 12.1 | 58.3 | 58.3 | +4.7 |
| Kim, Kwang Hyun 4305 | pi sp | stl nl | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +4.0 |
| Heaney, Andrew 3515 | pi sp | ana al | 4.0 | 7.4 | 23.1 | 27.1 | +0.6 |
| Alvarez, Jose 3197 | pi mr | sf nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.7 | +2.0 |
| Swanson, Dansby 3751 | ss | atl nl | 1.5 | 3.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | ‑0.5 |
| Reyes, Victor 3984 | rf cf | det al | 1.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +0.0 |
| Houck, Tanner 4342 | pi sp | bos al | 1.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | ‑1.7 |
| Mazza, Chris 4484 | pi mr | tb al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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