Red Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovaldi struck out seven over seven innings, allowing one run (none earned), four hits and no walks, in the 8-4, 11-inning win over the Rangers. Eovaldi did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Red Sox did not hold the lead after he exited.
Eovaldi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.4 for the season, 23rd among all players and eighth among American League pitchers.
Eovaldi becomes the 26th player to reach 10 Box-Toppers points this season. It is his first season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points. His previous best season was 2018 with the Red Sox when he had 8.7 Box-Toppers points, 29th among AL pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Pirates pitcher Anthony Banda struck out three in a scoreless eighth inning, allowing no hits and no walks, in the 6-5 win over the Diamondbacks.
American League Batter of the Day—Emmanuel Rivera of the Royals doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-1 win over the Astros.
This was Rivera’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Rivera made his Major League debut June 28 and was playing in his 18th 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 Monday, Aug. 23.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 19.4 |
| 2 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 17.1 |
| 3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 4 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 16.4 |
| 5 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | lad nl | 15.4 |
| 6 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 15.1 |
| 7 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 14.4 |
| 8 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 13.7 |
| 9 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.1 |
| 10 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | tb al | 13.1 |
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National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Monday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors in the seven games completed.
Scoring—Eovaldi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Banda earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Rivera 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).| 8/23 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | `BOS 8, TEX 4 (F/11) | Nathan Eovaldi | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| NL | +4.0 | PIT 6, ARI 5 | Anthony Banda, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| BAT | +3.0 | KC 7, HOU 1 | Emmanuel Rivera, 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | NYY 5, ATL 1 | Giancarlo Stanton, RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | TOR 2, CHW 1 | Tim Mayza, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | CHC 6, COL 4 | Manuel Rodríguez, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +2.0 | SEA 5, OAK 3 | Paul Sewald, (S 7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | bos al | 10.4 | 14.4 | 30.8 | 49.9 | +6.4 |
| Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 | dh | nyy al | 4.5 | 5.5 | 33.7 | 66.4 | +3.5 |
| Sewald, Paul 3940 | pi mr cp | sea al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +3.0 |
| Rodriguez, Manuel 4520 | pi mr cp | chi nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Banda, Anthony 3867 | pi mr sp | pit nl | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | +1.7 |
| Rivera, Emmanuel 4526 | 3b | kc al | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Mayza, Tim 4055 | pi mr | tor al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
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