Mariners pitcher Max Brash is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.

Mariners pitcher Matt Brash is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.

Brash struck out six over three scoreless, hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 7-1 win over the Athletics.

Brash 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.

Brash 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.

Patrick Wisdom of the Cubs is Box-Toppers National League Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.

National League Player of the Day—Patrick Wisdom of the Cubs hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, going 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 13-12 win over the Royals.

Wisdom would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Wisdom earned 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 11th among NL third basemen.

Tim Anderson of the White Sox is Box-Toppers American League Batter of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.

American League Batter of the Day—Tim Anderson of the White Sox hit two doubles and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-0 win over the Dodgers.

Anderson would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Anderson earned 6.5 Box-Toppers points in 2021, fourth among AL shortstops.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Patrick Wisddom.

Mets pitcher Max Scherzer is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s spring training win over the Cardinals.

Notable—Mets pitcher Max Scherzer has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among Sunday’s Player of the Game winners.

Scherzer (6IP 3H 2R BB 7K Sv in the 7-3 win over the Cardinals) earned 25.1 Box-Toppers points in 2021, first among all players.

There were 15 spring training games played Sunday. One ended in a tie, so no Player of the Game honors were awarded in that game. Of the remaining 14 games, 12 who earned Player of the Game honors have earned Box-Toppers points in the past; the remaining two 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, Brash would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wisdom would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Anderson would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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
    +9.0
    SEA 7, OAK 1
    Matt Brash, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    +7.0
    `MIN 6, BOS 3
    Joe Ryan
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    NL
    +6.0
    CHC 13, KC 12
    Patrick Wisdom, 3B
    2
    2
    2
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +5.2
    NYY 7, PIT 4
    Jordan Montgomery, (W 1‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    +5.0
    PHI 10, TOR 5
    Bryce Harper, RF
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +5.0
    CHW 9, LAD 0
    Tim Anderson, SS
    3
    2
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +5.0
    NYM 7, STL 3
    Max Scherzer, (S 1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    7
  

    
    +5.0
    TEX 13, ARI 0
    A.J. Alexy, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    0
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    +4.0
    SD 5, CLE 1
    Yu Darvish, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    4.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    4
  

    
    +3.2
    `TB 4, ATL 1
    Ryan Yarbrough
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.2
    3
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    +3.0
    ARI 5, COL 2
    Christian Walker, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    HOU 4, MIA 3
    Yuli Gurriel, 1B
    2
    1
    1
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.1
    SF 6, LAA 1
    Alex Cobb, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.1
    1
    0
    0
    3
    3
  

    
    +2.0
    BAL 5, DET 4
    Bryan Baker, (S 2)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    0.0
    COL 4, CIN 4
    N/A
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

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

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
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	nym nl	25.1	94.6	226.3
Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	sd nl	13.1	51.6	107.2
Yarbrough, Ryan 3962	pi sp mr	tb al	9.7	32.1	32.1
Montgomery, Jordan 3814	pi sp	nyy al	9.7	16.7	16.7
Cobb, Alex 2916	pi sp	sf nl	7.4	19.8	51.2
Anderson, Tim 3659	ss	chi al	6.5	20.5	25.0
Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	phi nl	5.5	29.5	56.9
Gurriel, Yuli 3796	1b	hou al	3.5	15.4	15.4
Wisdom, Patrick 4042	3b	chi nl	3.0	4.0	4.0
Alexy, A.J. 4528	pi sp	tex al	2.7	2.7	2.7
Ryan, Joe 4539	pi sp	min al	2.7	2.7	2.7
Walker, Christian 3958	1b	ari nl	1.0	7.5	7.5

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