Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gilbert struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 4-0 win over the Yankees.
Gilbert earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season, 184th among all players and 65th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and two walks, in the 6-1 win over the Marlins.
Urias earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.4 for the season, 15th among all players and 12th among NL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—Brad Miller of the Phillies hit three home runs and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in five runs, in the 8-0 win over the Cubs.
American League Batter of the Day—Franmil Reyes of the Indians hit a walk-off three-run homer and went 1-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 7-4 win over the Royals.
Notable—Daniel Camarena of the Padres became the second pitcher this season to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for his performance as a batter.
Camarena hit a grand slam (HR 1-1 R 4BI) in the 9-8 win over the Nationals. He pitched two innings, relieving starter Yu Darvish, and batted for himself, contributing to the Padres’ seven-run fourth inning, so he could continue to pitch the fifth inning. He had a Box-Toppers game score of +5.0 for batting and -2.0 for pitching (2IP 2H 2R 0BB 2K ND).
He is the second pitcher to win Player of the Game honors for batting this season after Shohei Ohtani of the Angels did it April 26. In 2019, pitchers earned Player of the Game honors for batting six times. In 2020, there were no pitchers earning Player of the Game honors for batting because baseball employed the universal designated hitter in both leagues as part of special pandemic rules.
This was also Camarena’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Camarena made his Major League debut June 19 and was playing in his second career game.
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 8.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 2 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.1 |
| 3 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 13.4 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 |
| 7 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 11.0 |
| 8 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 |
| 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 9.7 |
| 10 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 |
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Debut—Also making his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor was Dom Nunez of the Rockies.
Nunez (2-2B 3-4 2R BI in the 9-3 win over the Diamondbacks) made his Major League debut Aug. 13, 2019, and was playing in his 67th career game.
Weekly reports—Normally, Box-Toppers posts weekly team and player rankings reports on Fridays. But this week, those are delayed until the All-Star break and will be posted after the completion of games Sunday. Here are the most recent Box-Toppers team rankings and player rankings reports from last Friday.
Scoring—Gilbert earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Urias earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Miller and Reyes each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s 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).| 7/8 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +14.0 | SEA 4, NYY 0 | Logan Gilbert, (W 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| +8.2 | OAK 2, HOU 1 | Frankie Montas, (W 8‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| NL | +7.0 | LAD 6, MIA 1 | Julio Urías, (W 11‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| BAT | +6.0 | PHI 8, CHC 0 | Brad Miller, 1B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | SD 9, WSH 8 | Daniel Camarena, P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIL 5, CIN 3 | Devin Williams, (W 6‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | COL 9, ARI 3 | Dom Nuñez, C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | CLE 7, KC 4 | Franmil Reyes, DH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | MIN 5, DET 3 | Taylor Rogers, (S 8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.4 | 10.4 | 23.1 | 23.1 | +8.4 |
| Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 | 10.0 | 22.4 | 22.4 | ‑2.0 |
| Reyes, Franmil 4036 | dh | cle al | 3.0 | 6.5 | 14.2 | 14.2 | ‑0.5 |
| Williams, Devin 4319 | pi mr | mil nl | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +2.0 |
| Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Miller, Brad 3227 | 1b dh 3b ss ph | phi nl | 2.5 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 10.5 | +1.5 |
| Rogers, Taylor 3648 | pi cp | min al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | +1.0 |
| Camarena, Daniel 4471 | pi mr | sd nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Nunez, Dom 4472 | ca | col nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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