Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Burnes struck out eight over five innings, allowing one run, one hit and one walk, in the 5-2 win over the Giants.
Burnes would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day if this were a regular season day. Because it’s a preseason exhibition game, no Box-Toppers points are awarded.
Burnes earned 18.1 Box-Toppers points in 2021, fifth among all players and fourth among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Ronald Guzman of the Yankees doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 11-7 win over the Tigers.
Guzman would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Guzman earned 0.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021 with the Rangers. He has 6.5 career Box-Toppers points, 5.5 of which were earned in 2018 with the Rangers, when he was sixth among AL first basemen.
National League Batter of the Day—Luis Campusano of the Padres hit a grand slam, going 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 9-8 win over the White Sox.
Campusano would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Campusano 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—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Ronald Guzman.
Notable—There were 12 spring training games played Monday. Six who earned Player of the Game honors have earned Box-Toppers points in the past; the remaining six 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, Burnes would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Guzman would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Campusano would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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).| 3/28 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | MIL 5, SF 2 | Corbin Burnes, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| AL | +6.0 | NYY 11, DET 7 | Ronald Guzmán, DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | HOU 2, STL 1 | Framber Valdez, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +5.0 | KC 19, CLE 9 | Andrew Benintendi, LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | SD 9, CHW 8 | Luis Campusano, C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | MIA 8, WSH 1 | Edward Cabrera, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +4.2 | LAA 7, OAK 2 | Noah Syndergaard, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +4.0 | PHI 7, BAL 1 | Cristopher Sánchez, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | ARI 5, LAD 3 | J.B. Wendelken, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.1 | ATL 5, TOR 4 | Spencer Strider, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | SEA 6, TEX 5 | Julio Rodríguez, CF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | CHC 4, CIN 2 | Brennen Davis, RF‑CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | ’22 | ’21 | ’17‑21 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 0.0 | 18.1 | 28.8 | 28.8 |
| Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 0.0 | 5.0 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| Benintendi, Andrew 3815 | lf | kc al | 0.0 | 4.7 | 20.4 | 20.4 |
| Wendelken, J.B. 4089 | pi mr | ari nl | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | pi sp | ana al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.4 | 49.5 |
| Guzman, Ronald 3978 | 1b | nyy al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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