Box-Toppers Toppers Box
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.
▪️ A B-T look at upcoming pitching matchups.
Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.
Schmidt struck out five over two scoreless, hitless innings, allowing no walks and picking up the win, in the 7-0 win over the Braves.
Schmidt would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day if this were a regular season game. Because it’s a preseason exhibition game, no Box-Toppers points are awarded.
Schmidt earned 4.4 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 72nd among AL pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Juan Soto of the Padres hit a three-run homer and two doubles, going 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 18-6 win over the Diamondbacks.
Soto would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day if this were a regular season game.
Soto earned 2.5 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 73rd among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day—Lewin Diaz of the Orioles hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 10-6 win over the Tigers.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Juan Soto.
Notable—Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas has the most 2022 Box-Toppers points among the 16 who earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Mikolas (2IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 7-6 win over the Reds) earned 12.1 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 16th among NL pitchers.
In Sunday’s 16 games, nine who earned Player of the Game honors have earned Box-Toppers points in the past; the remaining seven 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, Schmidt would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Soto would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Diaz would have earned 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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.
Box-Toppers strives for accuracy. See a mistake in a post? A wrong name, wrong team, grammar error, spelling goof, etc.? Thanks for pointing it out! Contact Box-Toppers here. Let's fix it and make it right.
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
| 2/26 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.0 | NYY 7, ATL 0 | Clarke Schmidt, (W 1‑0) | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| NL | +6.0 | SD 18, ARI 6 | Juan Soto, LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| +6.0 | COL 12, MIL 6 | Drew Romo, C | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| +6.0 | LAD 9, CHC 4 | Hunter Feduccia, C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | BAL 10, DET 6 | Lewin Díaz, 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| +5.0 | BOS 7, TB 6 | Matthew Lugo, SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| +5.0 | TEX 13, CLE 4 | Corey Seager, SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| +5.0 | PHI 10, MIN 8 | Ethan Wilson, PR-RF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| +5.0 | LAA 7, CHW 0 | Reid Detmers, (W 1‑0) | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| +5.0 | SF 7, CIN 6 | Miles Mikolas, (W 1‑0) | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +4.0 | OAK 11, MIL 4 | Shea Langeliers, C | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| +3.0 | STL 8, MIA 2 | Ford Proctor, 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| +3.0 | KC 8, SEA 7 | Franmil Reyes, LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| +3.0 | WSH 3, HOU 2 | Jordan Weems, (W 1‑0) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | NYY 9, TOR 5 | Jesus Bastidas, 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| +2.0 | NYM 6, WSH 3 | DJ Stewart, RF | 1 | 0 | 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 would 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.
Back to top
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 2023. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2022 (’22). Also shown is their point total for the period 2018-2022 (’18-22) and each players’ career point total. (Player of the Game winners not listed here have yet to earn Box-Toppers points during the regular season.)Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’23 | ’22 | ’18‑22 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikolas, Miles 3034 | pi sp | stl nl | 0.0 | 12.1 | 26.8 | 29.5 |
| Detmers, Reid 4513 | pi sp | ana al | 0.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Schmidt, Clarke 4581 | pi mr sp cp | nyy al | 0.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Soto, Juan 3994 | rf | sd nl | 0.0 | 2.5 | 24.0 | 24.0 |
| Seager, Corey 3587 | ss | tex al | 0.0 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 22.5 |
| Reyes, Franmil 4036 | rf dh | kc al | 0.0 | 1.5 | 18.2 | 18.2 |
| Langeliers, Shea 4715 | ca | oak al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Diaz, Lewin 4554 | 1b | bal al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Stewart, DJ 4396 | rf | nym nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Chart is sortable. Click a column header to re-sort the chart by the values in that column. Refresh page to restore chart to default view.
Back to top
A Box-Toppers look at Monday’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 2023 (’23), over a two-year period (’22-23), over a six-year period (’18-23) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’23 | ’22‑23 | ’18‑23 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM | Peterson, David 4347 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| STL | Thomas, Connor* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TB | Rodriguez, Elvin 4634 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| BAL | Zimmermann, Bruce 4410 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| MIN | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 33.8 | 33.8 |
| BOS | Crawford, Kutter 4660 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PHI | Nola, Aaron 3569 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 65.2 | 89.7 |
| PIT | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TOR | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ATL | Fried, Max 4011 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 44.5 | 44.5 |
| MIA | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 16.1 | 16.1 |
| HOU | Whitley, Forrest* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CLE | Bieber, Shane 4005 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 56.3 | 56.3 |
| CHC | Taillon, Jameson 3658 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 32.1 | 46.1 |
| COL | Lambert, Peter 4155 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| OAK | Rucinski, Drew 4001 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| TEX | Perez, Martin 3213 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 12.8 | 29.8 |
| CIN | Greene, Hunter 4651 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| SEA | Flexen, Chris 4368 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| CHW | Scholtens, Jesse* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| MIL | Houser, Adrian 4162 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| KC | Greinke, Zack 1871 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 46.3 | 222.5 |
| CHC | Kilian, Caleb* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ARI | Pfaadt, Brandon* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| LAD | Pepiot, Ryan 4714 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| SD | Crismatt, Nabil 4449 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| SF | Webb, Logan 4258 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 27.9 | 27.9 |
| LAA | Sandoval, Patrick 4357 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| DET | Brieske, Beau 4680 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| NYY | Severino, Luis 3567 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 27.4 | 53.5 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
What are those numbers after players' names?
Chart is sortable. Click a column header to re-sort the chart by the values in that column. Refresh page to restore chart to default, game-by-game view.
Back to top