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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 Shohei Ohtani is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in player rankings.
Also Thursday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Player of the Day—Ohtani struck out six over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Mariners.
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, June 16.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
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| 1 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 11.4 |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 11.0 |
| 3 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 10.7 |
| 4 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 10.0 |
| 5 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 9.2 |
| 6 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 8.7 |
| 7 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 8.7 |
| 8 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.7 |
| 9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 |
| 10 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 |
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Ohtani earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.0 for the season, second among all players, behind Thursday’s NL Player of the Day Musgrove (11.4). Ohtani rises to first place among American League pitchers, passing previous leader Shane McClanahan of the Rays (10.7).
Ohtani becomes the third player this season to reach 10 Box-Toppers points. It is the second straight season he’s had 10 or more points. He had 16.1 points in 2021, third among AL pitchers.
Ohtani has now won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the seventh time this season, his fourth as a starting pitcher. The other three came as a designated hitter. He’s earned 7.0 of his points as a pitcher and 4.0 as a batter. He still qualifies to be ranked among both pitchers and batters and currently maintains his lead among AL batters with 11.0 points, ahead of second-place Jose Ramirez of the Guardians (7.2).
National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove struck out nine over seven innings, allowing two runs, five hits and one walk, in the 6-4 win over the Cubs.
Musgrove earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.4 for the season, rising to first place among all players, passing previous leader Shane McClanahan of the Rays (10.7), who falls to third place overall. Musgrove now leads over second-place player Ohtani (11.0). Musgrove maintains his lead among NL pitchers, ahead of second-place Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins (8.7).
This is the third time this season Musgrove has led all players in Box-Toppers points. He led previously twice for one day each before falling out of the top spot—on April 19 with 4.0 points and on June 3 with 8.7 points.
Musgrove has earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors nine times in 2022, earning overall Player of the Day honors (worth 2.0 total points) on April 14 and earning NL Player of the Day honors (worth 1.7 points) one other time, on June 3.
Musgrove becomes the fourth player to reach 10.0 Box-Toppers points this season. It is his second season with 10.0 or more points. In 2021, he had 16.1 Box-Toppers points with the Padres, ninth among NL pitchers. In 2021, 49 players had 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points.
American League Batter of the Day—Rougned Odor of the Orioles tripled and went 2-for-3, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 10-2 win over the Blue Jays.
National League Batter of the Day—Mark Canha of the Mets homered and went 1-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 5-4 win over the Brewers.
Canha earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 4.7 for the season, fifth among NL batters.
Scoring—Ohtani earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Musgrove earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Odor and Canha each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter 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
| 6/16 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.0 | LAA 4, SEA 1 | Shohei Ohtani, (W 5‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| NL | +6.0 | SD 6, CHC 4 | Joe Musgrove, (W 8‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| +6.0 | `NYY 2, TB 1 | Clarke Schmidt | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +4.0 | PHI 10, WSH 1 | Zack Wheeler, (W 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | TEX 3, DET 1 | Dennis Santana, (W 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | BAL 10, TOR 2 | Rougned Odor, 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +2.0 | NYM 5, MIL 4 | Mark Canha, LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | CLE 4, COL 2 | Triston McKenzie, (W 4‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +0.1 | OAK 4, BOS 3 | Dany Jiménez, (S 11) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | +/‑ |
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| Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 11.4 | 27.5 | 43.5 | 47.2 | -4.7 |
| Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 11.0 | 27.1 | 41.6 | 41.6 | -5.1 |
| Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 | 27.8 | 49.5 | 61.2 | -14.4 |
| Canha, Mark 3454 | lf cf 1b | nym nl | 4.7 | 6.7 | 12.7 | 15.2 | +2.7 |
| McKenzie, Triston 4303 | pi sp | cle al | 4.0 | 14.4 | 18.4 | 18.4 | -6.4 |
| Jimenez, Dany 4576 | pi cp | oak al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Schmidt, Clarke 4581 | pi mr sp | nyy al | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Odor, Rougned 3336 | 2b | bal al | 2.5 | 3.5 | 24.2 | 35.2 | +1.5 |
| Santana, Dennis 4275 | pi mr cp | tex al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Friday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’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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| PHI | Falter, Bailey 4473 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| WSH | Adon, Joan 4580 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ATL | Morton, Charlie 2503 | 4.0 | 16.7 | 60.0 | 87.7 |
| CHC | Thompson, Keegan 4579 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| TB | Baz, Shane 4560 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| BAL | Kremer, Dean 4330 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| MIL | Lauer, Eric 4017 | 6.7 | 12.7 | 26.1 | 26.1 |
| CIN | Greene, Hunter 4651 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PHI | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| WSH | Espino, Paolo 4443 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| SF | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | 6.7 | 18.4 | 27.4 | 43.5 |
| PIT | Thompson, Zach 4437 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| NYY | Montgomery, Jordan 3814 | 2.7 | 12.4 | 19.4 | 19.4 |
| TOR | Stripling, Ross 3629 | 4.0 | 10.7 | 25.4 | 30.1 |
| MIA | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| NYM | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 56.6 | 103.1 |
| STL | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | 5.0 | 17.0 | 35.3 | 147.3 |
| BOS | Wacha, Michael 3276 | 4.4 | 11.5 | 26.5 | 46.2 |
| TEX | Gray, Jon 3634 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 33.4 | 40.4 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 8.7 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| CHW | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | 2.0 | 13.4 | 41.1 | 41.1 |
| HOU | Valdez, Framber 4048 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 21.4 | 21.4 |
| SD | Gore, MacKenzie 4582 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| COL | Freeland, Kyle 3763 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 31.4 | 31.4 |
| KC | Lynch, Daniel 4488 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| OAK | Montas, Frankie 3803 | 2.0 | 14.4 | 32.8 | 32.8 |
| MIN | Smeltzer, Devin 4149 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| ARI | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 30.7 | 136.4 |
| LAA | Lorenzen, Michael 3479 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 |
| SEA | Ray, Robbie 3502 | 2.0 | 19.7 | 53.1 | 63.8 |
| CLE | Plesac, Zach 4168 | 2.7 | 8.1 | 18.2 | 18.2 |
| LAD | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | 3.0 | 16.4 | 67.9 | 251.6 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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