Braves pitcher Tucker Davidson is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.

Braves pitcher Tucker Davidson is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.

Davidson struck out four over three scoreless, hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 8-6 win over the Twins. Davidson did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Twins tied the game after he exited.

Davidson 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.

Davidson has 1.0 career Box-Toppers point, earned in 2021.

American League Player of the Day—Richie Martin of the Orioles doubled and went 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 14-5 win over the Pirates.

Martin would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Martin has 1.0 career Box-Toppers point, earned in 2019.

Justin Turner of the Dodgers is Box-Toppers NL Batter of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.

National League Batter of the Day—Justin Turner of the Dodgers hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 10-5 win over the Royals.

Turner would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Turner earned 2.7 Box-Toppers points in 2021.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Richie Martin.

Rafael Devers of the Red Sox is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s spring training win over the Rays.

Notable—Rafael Devers of the Red Sox has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among Saturday’s Player of the Game winners.

Devers (2HR 2-3 2R 2BI in the 5-3 win over the Rays) earned 7.5 Box-Toppers points in 2021, eighth among AL batters.

There were 14 spring training games played Saturday. Two ended in a tie, so no Player of the Game honors were awarded in those. Of the remaining 12 games, all 12 who earned Player of the Game honors have earned Box-Toppers points in the past.

Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Davidson would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Martin would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Turner would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’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
    `ATL 8, MIN 6
    Tucker Davidson
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    BAT
    +5.0
    LAD 10, KC 5
    Justin Turner, 3B
    2
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    AL
    +5.0
    BAL 14, PIT 5
    Richie Martin, PR-SS
    1
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    +5.0
    CLE 9, OAK 2
    Logan Allen, (W 1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    +5.0
    `MIA 9, STL 2
    Elieser Hernandez
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    +4.0
    LAA 12, CHW 3
    Jo Adell, LF
    2
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    +4.0
    TOR 10, NYY 9
    Greg Bird, PH-1B
    1
    2
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    +4.0
    `CIN 2, SF 1
    Vladimir Gutierrez
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    +3.0
    BOS 5, TB 3
    Rafael Devers, 3B
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    +3.0
    DET 14, PHI 8
    Eric Haase, C
    2
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    +2.0
    COL 8, TEX 7
    Connor Joe, 1B
    1
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    +1.2
    NYM 4, WSH 2
    David Peterson, (W 1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.2
    2
    2
    2
    1
    5
  

    
    0.0
    SEA 7, MIL 7
    N/A
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    CHC 2, SD 2
    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
Devers, Rafael 4038	3b	bos al	7.5	22.0	22.0
Peterson, David 4347	pi sp	nym nl	3.0	5.0	5.0
Haase, Eric 4461	lf dh	det al	3.0	3.0	3.0
Turner, Justin 2865	3b	lad nl	2.7	12.7	24.7
Joe, Connor 4516	lf	col nl	2.5	2.5	2.5
Hernandez, Elieser 4181	pi sp	fla nl	1.0	6.7	6.7
Allen, Logan 4167	pi sp	cle al	1.0	2.0	2.0
Adell, Jo 4527	lf	ana al	1.0	1.0	1.0
Davidson, Tucker 4429	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	1.0	1.0
Gutierrez, Vladimir 4525	pi sp	cin nl	1.0	1.0	1.0
Martin, Richie 4266	ss	bal al	0.0	1.0	1.0
Bird, Greg 3562	1b	tor al	0.0	4.5	7.5

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