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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.
Angels pitcher Chase Silseth is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Silseth struck out four over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 2-0 win over the Athletics.
This was Silseth’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time he earned Player of the Game honors and it was also his Major League debut
Silseth earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and now ranks 119th among all players, 39th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes struck out seven over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Marlins. Burnes did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied when he exited.
Burnes earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 3.7 for the season, 11th among NL pitchers.
Burnes and Silseth both had Box-Toppers game scores of +7.0 Friday, but Silseth won Player of the Day honors over Burnes because he earned the win in his game while Burnes picked up a no-decision.
American League Batter of the Day—Hunter Dozier of the Royals doubled and went 5-for-5, scoring four times and driving in one run, in the 14-10 win over the Rockies.
National League Batter of the Day—Ha-Seong Kim of the Padres hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 11-6 win over the Braves.
Kim earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, second among NL batters. While Kim has the same 4.0 Box-Toppers point total as NL batter leader C.J. Cron of the Rockies, Cron ranks ahead because he had more 2021 Box-Toppers points—6.5 vs. 2.0.
Notable—Aaron Judge of the Yankees has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among Friday’s 15 Player of the Game winners.
Judge (HR 2-3 3R BI in the 10-4 win over the White Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 4.5 for the season, 15th among all players and second among AL batters, behind Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (8.0). It should be noted that Ohtani has earned 4.0 of his 2022 Box-Toppers points as a pitcher and 4.0 as a designated hitter. So Judge currently has the most Box-Toppers points of any AL player who serves only as a batter.
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 Friday, May 13.| 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—In addition to Silseth, three other players made their Box-Toppers debut Friday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Royce Lewis of the Twins (GS 2B 2-4 2R 4BI in the 12-8 win over the Guardians) made his Major League debut May 6 and was playing in his seventh career game.
Bryson Stott of the Phillies (2-3 2R 3BI in the 12-10, 10-inning win over the Dodgers) made his Major League debut April 8 and was playing in his 14th career game.
Tigers closing pitcher Will Vest (0.2IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv in the 4-2 win over the Orioles) made his Major League debut April 1, 2021, and was playing in his 44th career game.
Scoring—Silseth earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Burnes earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Dozier and Kim each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’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
| 5/13 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | +7.0 | LAA 2, OAK 0 | Chase Silseth, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| NL | +7.0 | `MIL 2, MIA 1 | Corbin Burnes | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| BAT | +5.0 | KC 14, COL 10 | Hunter Dozier, 1B | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | BOS 7, TEX 1 | Nick Pivetta, (W 1‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | SD 11, ATL 6 | Ha‑Seong Kim, SS | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | MIN 12, CLE 8 | Royce Lewis, SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | PHI 12, LAD 10 (F/10) | Bryson Stott, SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | CIN 8, PIT 2 | Tyler Mahle, (W 2‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| +3.1 | SEA 2, NYM 1 | Paul Sewald, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | NYY 10, CHW 4 | Aaron Judge, RF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | SF 8, STL 2 | Mike Yastrzemski, CF‑RF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.2 | HOU 6, WSH 1 | Framber Valdez, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +2.2 | DET 4, BAL 2 | Will Vest, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | TB 5, TOR 2 | Francisco Mejía, PH‑C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | ARI 4, CHC 3 | Ketel Marte, 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 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 | +/‑ |
| Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 4.5 | 13.5 | 34.7 | 34.7 | -4.5 |
| KIm, Ha-Seong 4373 | ss 3b | sd nl | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +2.0 |
| Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 3.7 | 21.8 | 32.5 | 32.5 | -14.4 |
| Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 3.0 | 8.0 | 18.4 | 18.4 | -2.0 |
| Mejia, Francisco 4069 | ca ph | tb al | 2.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
| Mahle, Tyler 3929 | pi sp | cin nl | 2.0 | 13.7 | 25.7 | 25.7 | -9.7 |
| Yastrzemski, Mike 4203 | cf rf | sf nl | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Silseth, Chase 4605 | pi sp | ana al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Dozier, Hunter 4114 | 1b 3b | kc al | 1.5 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | -2.5 |
| Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | bos al | 1.0 | 6.0 | 28.7 | 28.7 | -4.0 |
| Sewald, Paul 3940 | pi mr cp | sea al | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | -2.0 |
| Marte, Ketel 3630 | cf 2b | ari nl | 1.0 | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | -0.5 |
| Lewis, Royce 4606 | ss | min al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Stott, Bryson 4607 | ss | phi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Vest, Will 4608 | pi cp | det al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Saturday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at Saturday’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 |
| SF | Junis, Jakob 3857 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| STL | Hudson, Dakota 4035 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
| SD | Manaea, Sean 3637 | 3.0 | 18.7 | 40.5 | 47.2 |
| ATL | Morton, Charlie 2503 | 2.0 | 14.7 | 58.0 | 85.7 |
| LAA | Diaz, Jhonathan 4594 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OAK | Blackburn, Paul 3869 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| BAL | Zimmermann, Bruce 4410 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| DET | Pineda, Michael 2841 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 18.7 | 52.8 |
| MIL | Lauer, Eric 4017 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 25.1 | 25.1 |
| MIA | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| TOR | Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 47.5 | 68.6 |
| TB | Yarbrough, Ryan 3962 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 32.1 | 32.1 |
| CIN | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 44.8 | 44.8 |
| PIT | Thompson, Zach 4437 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| BOS | Hill, Rich 2215 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 34.4 | 72.5 |
| TEX | Otto, Glenn 4584 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| HOU | Javier, Cristian 4290 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| WSH | Fedde, Erick 4065 | 0.0 | 10.4 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| CLE | Bieber, Shane 4005 | 2.0 | 8.7 | 44.6 | 44.6 |
| MIN | Smeltzer, Devin 4149 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| NYY | Montgomery, Jordan 3814 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
| CHW | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 23.8 | 66.6 |
| SEA | Kirby, George 4595 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| NYM | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | 3.0 | 16.7 | 31.8 | 35.8 |
| CHC | Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 39.5 | 67.6 |
| ARI | Gallen, Zac 4171 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 18.7 | 18.7 |
| KC | Hernandez, Carlos 4466 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| COL | Marquez, German 3788 | 1.0 | 18.4 | 48.5 | 48.5 |
| LAA | Lorenzen, Michael 3479 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 |
| OAK | Oller, Adam* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| PHI | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| LAD | Urias, Julio 3652 | 2.0 | 21.1 | 29.1 | 34.8 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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