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Today’s key Box-Toppers numbers. Click links to jump to charts elsewhere on this page.▪️ Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners.
▪️ Box-Toppers points of the day’s top players.
▪️ Top 10 players in 2022 Box-Toppers points.
▪️ A B-T look at today’s pitching matchups.
Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Stanton hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in six runs, in the 15-7 win over the White Sox.
Stanton earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season, 42nd among all players and seventh among American League batters.
Stanton is the first batter to win overall Player of the Day honors in 2022.
National League Player of the Day—Mark Canha of the Mets homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 4-1 win over the Nationals.
Canha earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and now ranks 22nd among NL batters.
AL and NL Batters of the Day—There are no separate AL or NL Batter of the Day winners for Thursday because the overall Player of the Day is AL batter Giancarlo Stanton and the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Mark Canha.
Notable—Tyler Stephenson of the Reds earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Thursday.
Stephenson (HR 3-4 2R 2BI in the 4-0 win over the Pirates) was also Player of the Game in Wednesday’s 14-11 win over the Brewers (2-2B 3-5 2R 4BI). It is Stephenson’s third Player of the Game honor in six days—he also did it Saturday.
Stephenson now has 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2022—all earned in the past week—seventh among NL batters.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2022. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, May 12.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
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| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 8.0 |
| 2 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 6.0 |
| 3 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.0 |
| 4 | Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.7 |
| 5 | Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 |
| 6 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 5.0 |
| 7 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 5.0 |
| 8 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 |
| 9 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 |
| 10 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 |
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Debut—Rangers pitcher Taylor Hearn made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Hearn (5IP H 0R 3BB 5K W in the 3-1 win over the Royals) made his Major League debut April 25, 2019, and was playing in his 63rd career game.
Scoring—Stanton earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Canha earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart below) earn 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).Back to top
| 5/12 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | +8.0 | NYY 15, CHW 7 | Giancarlo Stanton, DH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +7.0 | HOU 5, MIN 0 | Luis Garcia, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||
| +6.0 | TEX 3, KC 1 | Taylor Hearn, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| NL | +4.0 | NYM 4, WSH 1 | Mark Canha, LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.2 | BAL 3, STL 2 | Keegan Akin, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| +3.0 | CIN 4, PIT 0 | Tyler Stephenson, C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | HOU 11, MIN 3 | Jose Altuve, 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | PHI 9, LAD 7 | Bryce Harper, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | OAK 5, DET 3 | Jed Lowrie, DH | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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.
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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. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2022 (’22). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’21-22), the period 2017-2022 (’17-22) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2022 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2021 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career | +/‑ |
| Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 | rf dh | nyy al | 3.0 | 9.0 | 31.7 | 70.9 | -3.0 |
| Stephenson, Tyler 4384 | ca dh | cin nl | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +1.0 |
| Harper, Bryce 3011 | dh rf | phi nl | 2.5 | 8.0 | 32.0 | 59.4 | -3.0 |
| Garcia, Luis 4423 | pi sp | hou al | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | -8.0 |
| Canha, Mark 3454 | lf cf 1b | nym nl | 1.7 | 3.7 | 9.7 | 12.2 | -0.3 |
| Altuve, Jose 3007 | 2b | hou al | 1.0 | 7.5 | 16.0 | 45.0 | -5.5 |
| Lowrie, Jed 2437 | dh 2b | oak al | 1.0 | 7.0 | 16.7 | 43.7 | -5.0 |
| Akin, Keegan 4320 | pi mr sp | bal al | 1.0 | 4.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | -2.0 |
| Hearn, Taylor 4604 | pi sp | tex al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Friday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at Friday’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’22 | ’21-22 | ’17-22 | Career |
| CIN | Mahle, Tyler 3929 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 24.7 | 24.7 |
| PIT | Keller, Mitch 4230 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| MIL | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | 2.0 | 20.1 | 30.8 | 30.8 |
| MIA | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | 4.7 | 14.1 | 27.8 | 27.8 |
| HOU | Valdez, Framber 4048 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| WSH | Gray, Josiah 4503 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| BAL | Lyles, Jordan 3100 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 20.7 | 28.4 |
| DET | Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 43.5 | 54.2 |
| SEA | Gonzales, Marco 3408 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 34.5 |
| NYM | Scherzer, Max 2588 | 2.0 | 27.1 | 96.6 | 228.3 |
| TOR | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | 4.0 | 17.7 | 36.5 | 60.7 |
| TB | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| SD | Darvish, Yu 3003 | 2.0 | 15.1 | 53.6 | 109.2 |
| ATL | Fried, Max 4011 | 6.0 | 17.8 | 34.5 | 34.5 |
| BOS | Pivetta, Nick 3825 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 27.7 | 27.7 |
| TEX | Dunning, Dane 4317 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| CLE | Civale, Aaron 4173 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| MIN | Gray, Sonny 3259 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 44.3 | 77.1 |
| NYY | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | 3.7 | 26.1 | 90.7 | 126.6 |
| CHW | Velasquez, Vince 3611 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 20.1 | 28.1 |
| SF | Webb, Logan 4258 | 1.0 | 16.5 | 19.2 | 19.2 |
| STL | Hicks, Jordan 3991 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| KC | Greinke, Zack 1871 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 61.7 | 217.8 |
| COL | Freeland, Kyle 3763 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 29.4 | 29.4 |
| LAA | Silseth, Chase* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| OAK | Jefferies, Daulton 4571 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| CHC | Smyly, Drew 3009 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 49.5 |
| ARI | Davies, Zach 3581 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 20.7 | 29.7 |
| PHI | Gibson, Kyle 3312 | 2.0 | 9.7 | 29.5 | 46.5 |
| LAD | Buehler, Walker 3943 | 4.0 | 20.7 | 57.9 | 57.9 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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