Tigers pitcher Casey Mize is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.

Tigers pitcher Casey Mize is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.

Mize struck out six over three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 5-3, seven-inning win over the Yankees. Mize did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

Mize 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.

Mize earned 7.7 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 29th among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Scott Beer of the Diamondbacks doubled and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 10-3 win over the Brewers.

Beer would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Beer has yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in a regular season game and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.

American League Batter of the Day—Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals hit a three-run home run and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 5-4 win over the Reds.

Witt would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Witt has yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in a regular season game and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Scott Beer.

Notable—There were 13 spring training games played Thursday. Two ended in a tie, so no Player of the Game honors were awarded in those. Of the remaining 11 games, six who earned Player of the Game honors have earned Box-Toppers points in the past; the remaining five players have yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in a regular season game.

Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Mize would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Beer would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Witt would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’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).





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    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  


    MLB
    +7.0
    `DET 5, NYY 3 (F/7)
    Casey Mize
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    +5.0
    `SEA 3, CLE 2
    Logan Gilbert
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    1
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    
    +5.0
    MIN 7, TB 1
    Bailey Ober, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    +5.0
    TEX 5, OAK 3
    Spencer Howard, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    NL
    +4.0
    ARI 10, MIL 3
    Seth Beer, 1B
    3
    2
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    KC 5, CIN 4
    Bobby Witt Jr., 3B
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    HOU 10, WSH 8
    Luis Santana, 3B
    2
    2
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    BAL 8, BOS 5
    Ryan McKenna, LF‑RF
    1
    1
    1
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    SF 9, CHW 6
    Alex Blandino, 3B
    3
    1
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    NYM 9, MIA 3
    Francisco Lindor, SS
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    LAA 5, CHC 4
    Zack Weiss (S, 1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    0.0
    PHI 3, PIT 3 (F/5)
    N/A
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    0.0
    LAD 6, COL 6
    N/A
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

No points are awarded for exhibition games, but were this an actual regular season day, this is how points would be awarded:

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 2021 (’21). Also shown is their point total for the period 2017-2021 (’17-21) and their career point total. (Player of the Game winners not listed here have yet to earn Box-Toppers points during the regular season.)

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’21	’17‑21	Career
Mize, Casey 4377	pi sp	det al	7.7	7.7	7.7
Lindor, Francisco 3586	ss	nym nl	7.0	21.1	29.1
Gilbert, Logan 4439	pi sp	sea al	7.0	7.0	7.0
Ober, Bailey 4441	pi sp	min al	6.7	6.7	6.7
Howard, Spencer 4386	pi mr	tex al	1.0	1.0	1.0
McKenna, Ryan 4489	lf	bal al	1.0	1.0	1.0

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