Guardians pitcher Tanner Tully is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Tully struck out four over three scoreless innings, allowing no hits, no runs and one walk, in the 3-2 win over the Reds.
Tully did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Tully would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day if if this were a regular season game. Because it’s a preseason exhibition game, no Box-Toppers points are awarded.
Tully has yet to make his Box-Toppers debut because he has not yet earned Player of the Game honors in a regular season game, so he has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
National League Player of the Day—Braves pitcher Darius Vines struck out two over three scoreless innings, allowing no hits, no runs and no walks, in the 3-1 win over the Twins.
Vines was not awarded with the win in the game, pitching the fourth, fifth and sixth innings and exiting with his team leading.
Vines would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Vines has yet to make his Box-Toppers debut because he has not yet earned Player of the Game honors in a regular season game, so he has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
American League Batter of the Day—Christian Koss of the Red Sox hit two home runs and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-6 win over the Rays.
Koss would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Koss has yet to make his Box-Toppers debut because he has not yet earned Player of the Game honors in a regular season game, so he has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
National League Batter of the Day—Andrew Knizner of the Cardinals homered and went 1-for-1, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 4-2 win over the Astros.
Knizier would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Knizier has yet to make his Box-Toppers debut because he has not yet earned Player of the Game honors in a regular season game, so he has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
Notable—Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among Friday’s 11 Player of the Game winners.
Stroman earned 10.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021 with the Mets, 26th among NL pitchers. Stroman struck out three over two scoreless, hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 7-3 win over the Giants. Stroman did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision.
Only four players out of the 11 who earned Player of the Game honors Friday have earned Player of the Game honors in a regular season game. The remaining seven have yet to make their Box-Toppers debut by earning their first regular season career Player of the Game honor.
Three of the 14 spring training games played Friday ended in ties, so no Player of the Game honors are determined in those games. Box-Toppers’ Player of the Game winners for the other 11 games are listed in the chart below.
Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Tully would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Vines would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Koss and Knizier would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) would have earned 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).| 3/18 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +6.0 | `CLE 3, CIN 2 | Tanner Tully | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| NL | +5.0 | `ATL 3, MIN 1 | Darius Vines | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| +5.0 | `CHC 7, SF 3 | Marcus Stroman | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | BOS 7, TB 6 | Christian Koss, 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | OAK 10, LAA 8 | Skye Bolt, RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | STL 4, HOU 2 | Andrew Knizner, C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| 4.0 | MIA 8, WSH 3 | Sandy Alcantara, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4.0 | TOR 9, BAL 5 | Brandon Eisert, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.0 | SD 6, SEA 4 | Jorge Alfaro, C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 3.0 | PIT 4, NYY 3 | Jerad Eickhoff, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2.0 | COL 5, ARI 3 | Coco Montes, SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 0.0 | PHI 6, DET 6 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 0.0 | MIL 3, LAD 3 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 0.0 | KC 5, TEX 5 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
BTP—Box-Toppers points
MLB—Overall Box‑Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box‑Toppers points.
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.
N/A—Not applicable. No Player of the Game was chosen because the game ended in a tie.
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. No points are awarded during spring training games, so all players have 0.0 Box-Toppers points for 2022. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2022 (’21). Also shown is their point total for the period 2017-2021 (’17-21) and their career point total. Seven of Friday’s Player of the Game winners have not yet earned Box-Toppers points in a regular season game and so are not listed here.| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’22 | ’21 | ’17‑21 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | chi nl | 0.0 | 10.0 | 25.7 | 48.8 |
| Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 0.0 | 9.7 | 19.1 | 19.1 |
| Alfaro, Jorge 3920 | ca | sd nl | 0.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Eickhoff, Jerad 3566 | pi sp | pit nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 20.7 |
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