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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.
Braves pitcher Charlie Morton is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Taylor Ward of the Angels rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Player of the Day—Morton struck out nine over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 6-5 win over the Padres. Morton did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Padres took the lead after he exited.
Morton earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, 21st among all players and 10th among National League pitchers.
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 Saturday, May 14.| 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 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | rf | ana al | 4.9 |
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American League Player of the Day—Taylor Ward of the Angels hit a grand slam and doubled in the 9-1 win over the Athletics. Ward went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in five runs.
Ward earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 4.9 for the season, rising to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, second place among AL batters, behind overall leader and teammate Shohei Ohtani (8.0).
Ward and Ohtani are now the only batters among Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10. With Ohtani earning half of his 2022 Box-Toppers points as a pitcher, Ward is the only player who serves exclusively as a batter on the overall top 10 list.
This is Ward’s third Player of the Game honor this season. He was AL Player of the Day April 25 earning 1.7 points and was AL Batter of the Day April 27 earning 1.5 points.
National League Batter of the Day—Sam Hilliard of the Rockies hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-2, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 10-4 win over the Royals.
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 Taylor Ward.
Debut—Luis Barrera of the Athletics made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Barrera (HR 1-1 R 3BI in the 4-3 win over the Angels) made his Major League debut May 19, 2021, and was playing in his 11th career game.
Scoring—Morton earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Ward earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Hilliard earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’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
| 5/14 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | +10.0 | `ATL 6, SD 5 | Charlie Morton | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| AL | +7.0 | LAA 9, OAK 1 | Taylor Ward, RF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.1 | MIA 9, MIL 3 | Trevor Rogers, (W 2‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | COL 10, KC 4 | Sam Hilliard, LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | PIT 3, CIN 1 | Zach Thompson, (W 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| +4.0 | WSH 13, HOU 6 | Nelson Cruz, DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | PHI 8, LAD 3 | Bryce Harper, DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | OAK 4, LAA 3 | Luis Barrera, PR‑LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | NYM 5, SEA 4 | Edwin Díaz, (S 8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | TOR 5, TB 1 | Tim Mayza, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | BOS 11, TEX 3 | Francy Cordero, LF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | DET 3, BAL 0 | Willi Castro, LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | CHC 4, ARI 2 | Yan Gomes, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | CLE 3, MIN 2 (F/10) | Ernie Clement, PR‑DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | `CHW 3, NYY 2 | Dallas Keuchel | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 0.0 | STL 4, SF 0 | Dakota Hudson, (W 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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 | +/‑ |
| Ward, Taylor 4345 | rf | ana al | 4.9 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 9.9 | +0.9 |
| Morton, Charlie 2503 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.0 | 16.7 | 60.0 | 87.7 | -8.7 |
| Harper, Bryce 3011 | dh | phi nl | 3.5 | 9.0 | 33.0 | 60.4 | -2.0 |
| Cruz, Nelson Ramon 2224 | dh | dc nl | 3.0 | 8.7 | 32.2 | 85.9 | -2.7 |
| Hudson, Dakota 4035 | pi sp | stl nl | 3.0 | 4.0 | 15.4 | 15.4 | +2.0 |
| Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | -7.0 |
| Diaz, Edwin 3690 | pi cp | nym nl | 2.0 | 7.7 | 29.7 | 36.7 | -3.7 |
| Mayza, Tim 4055 | pi mr | tor al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
| Hilliard, Sam 4390 | lf dh | col nl | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | -1.5 |
| Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | chi al | 1.0 | 4.0 | 24.8 | 67.6 | -2.0 |
| Thompson, Zach 4437 | pi sp | pit nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -1.0 |
| Cordero, Franchy 3821 | lf | bos al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Castro, Willi 4334 | lf 2b ss | det al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Gomes, Yan 3177 | ca | chi nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 19.2 | 0.0 |
| Clement, Ernie 4482 | dh 3b pr | cle al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Barrera, Luis 4609 | lf pr | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Sunday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at Sunday’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 |
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| SD | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | 6.0 | 22.1 | 38.1 | 41.8 |
| ATL | Wright, Kyle 4349 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| CIN | Greene, Hunter* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| PIT | Quintana, Jose 3040 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 37.5 | 72.7 |
| HOU | Verlander, Justin 2112 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 71.3 | 210.6 |
| WSH | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 48.8 | 81.3 |
| BAL | Wells, Tyler 4428 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 3.7 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| MIL | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | 4.7 | 21.8 | 38.5 | 38.5 |
| MIA | Hernandez, Elieser 4181 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| SEA | Ray, Robbie 3502 | 2.0 | 19.7 | 53.1 | 63.8 |
| NYM | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 55.6 | 102.1 |
| TOR | Manoah, Alek 4424 | 3.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| TB | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CLE | McKenzie, Triston 4303 | 2.0 | 12.4 | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| MIN | Ryan, Joe 4539 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| NYY | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| CHW | Kopech, Michael 4385 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| BOS | Davis, Austin 4027 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| TEX | Perez, Martin 3213 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 10.4 | 23.4 |
| KC | Lynch, Daniel 4488 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| COL | Gomber, Austin 3985 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
| LAA | Sandoval, Patrick 4357 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| OAK | Montas, Frankie 3803 | 2.0 | 14.4 | 32.8 | 32.8 |
| CHC | Steele, Justin 4415 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| ARI | Castellanos, Humberto 4591 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| PHI | Nola, Aaron 3569 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 65.0 | 73.7 |
| LAD | Grove, Michael* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| SF | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | 5.0 | 16.7 | 25.7 | 41.8 |
| STL | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 33.3 | 145.3 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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