White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Giolito struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 11-1 win over the Twins.
Giolito earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.7 for the season, 35th among all players and 10th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove struck out eight over six innings, allowing one run, five hits and one walk, in the 8-3 win over the Marlins.
Musgrove earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 11.4 for the season, 14th among all players and ninth among NL pitchers.
Musgrove becomes the 19th player this season to reach 10 Box-Toppers points. It is his first season with 10 or more points. His previous best season was 2019 with the Pirates when he had 8.0 points, 35th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Jose Ramirez of the Indians homered, tripled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-3 win over the Reds.
Ramirez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.5 for the season, rising to third among AL batters, behind Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (12.4) and J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox (9.7).
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, Aug. 9.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 17.1 |
| 2 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 3 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 16.4 |
| 4 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 15.4 |
| 5 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 14.4 |
| 6 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 7 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 12.7 |
| 8 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 12.7 |
| 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | lad nl | 12.4 |
| 10 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 12.4 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors in the four games completed Monday.
Scoring—Giolito earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Musgrove earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Ramirez earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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).| 8/9 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | CHW 11, MIN 1 | Lucas Giolito, (W 9‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| NL | +6.0 | SD 8, MIA 3 | Joe Musgrove, (W 8‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| BAT | +3.0 | CLE 9, CIN 3 | Jose Ramírez, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | `NYY 8, KC 6 (F/11) | Jameson Taillon | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 11.4 | 13.4 | 31.1 | 31.1 | +9.4 |
| Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 8.7 | 15.7 | 36.4 | 36.4 | +1.7 |
| Taillon, Jameson 3658 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.0 | 8.0 | 34.4 | 34.4 | +8.0 |
| Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 7.5 | 11.0 | 30.0 | 33.5 | +4.0 |
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