Twins’ Julien tops players in Tuesday, Feb. 28’s spring training games

Edouard Julien of the Twins is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.

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Edouard Julien of the Twins is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.

Julien hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 10-7 win over the Braves.

Julien 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.

Julien has yet to make his regular season Major League debut and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.

Julien had a Box-Toppers game score Tuesday of +5.0, the same as Kyren Paris of the Angels, who was Player of the Game in the 11-5 win over the Athletics (3B 2B 2-2 0R 5BI). But Julien held the tiebreaker over Paris to earn overall Player of the Day because he had more at bats—three vs. two.

Abraham Toro of the Brewers is Box-Toppers NL Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.

National League Player of the Day—Abraham Toro of the Brewers hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 6-3 win over the Cubs.

Toro would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day if this were a regular season game.

Toro earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2022.

AL and NL Batters of the Day—There are no separate AL and NL Batters of the Day for Tuesday because the overall Player of the Day is AL batter Edouard Julien and the NL Player of the Day is batter Abraham Toro.

Rays pitcher Jeffrey Springs is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s spring training win over the Yankees.

Notable—Rays pitcher Jeffrey Springs has the most 2022 Box-Toppers points among the 16 who earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Springs (2IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 12-0 win over the Yankees) earned 10.7 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 24th among AL pitchers.

In Tuesday’s 16 games, 10 who earned Player of the Game honors have earned Box-Toppers points in the past; the remaining six 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, Julien would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Toro would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. All of Tuesday’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.

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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).
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2/28 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +5.0 MIN 10, ATL 7 Edouard Julien, 2B 3 2 2 4
+5.0 LAA 11, OAK 5 Kyren Paris, 2B 2 0 2 5
+5.0 HOU 8, NYM 4 Luis Garcia, (W 1‑0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
+5.0 TB 12, NYY 0 Jeffrey Springs, (W 1‑0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
+4.0 KC 12, CLE 6 Maikel Garcia, PH‑SS 3 1 2 4
NL +4.0 MIL 6, CHC 3 Abraham Toro, PH‑DH‑OF 1 1 1 3
+3.0 BOS 7, MIA 2 Triston Casas, 1B 3 1 2 3
+3.0 SEA 9, CLE 8 Teoscar Hernández, RF 3 2 1 3
+3.0 PIT 7, BAL 4 Chavez Young, CF 2 2 2 1
+3.0 CIN 7, LAD 1 Henry Ramos, RF 2 2 2 1
+3.0 TOR 6, DET 4 Kevin Kiermaier, CF 2 2 2 1
+3.0 CHW 4, ARI 1 J.B. Olson, (S 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+2.0 STL 5, WSH 3 Nolan Arenado, 3B 3 1 3 1
+2.0 PHI 7, TOR 2 Trea Turner, SS 3 1 2 2
+2.0 SD 7, SF 5 David Dahl, RF 3 1 1 3
+2.0 TEX 6, COL 4 Clint Frazier, DH 2 1 1 2
No points are awarded for exhibition games, but were this an actual regular season day, this is how points would be awarded:
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.
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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. 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.)
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’23 ’22 ’18‑22 Career
Springs, Jeffrey 4372 pi sp tb al 0.0 10.7 13.7 13.7
Garcia, Luis 4423 pi sp hou al 0.0 9.7 19.7 19.7
Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b stl nl 0.0 7.0 31.0 60.9
Hernandez, Teoscar 3713 rf sea al 0.0 5.5 19.0 22.2
Toro, Abraham 4447 rf 2b 3b ph mil nl 0.0 2.0 4.5 4.5
Kiermaier, Kevin 3373 cf tor al 0.0 2.0 10.0 15.5
Casas, Triston 4752 1b bos al 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Turner, Trea 3730 ss 2b phi nl 0.0 0.0 12.5 16.7
Frazier, Clint 3847 rf lf tex al 0.0 0.0 5.0 6.0
Dahl, David 3714 rf cf lf sd nl 0.0 0.0 9.5 10.5
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A Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’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.
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Game Starter ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career
BOS Bleier, Richard 4260 0.0 0.0 2.0 2.0
HOU Brown, Hunter 4729 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
PIT Oviedo, Johan 4442 0.0 3.0 4.0 4.0
DET Manning, Matt 4550 0.0 3.0 4.0 4.0
TOR Kikuchi, Yusei 4136 0.0 5.7 17.4 17.4
BAL Irvin, Cole 4140 0.0 7.7 15.4 15.4
PHI Painter, Andrew* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MIN Ober, Bailey 4441 0.0 3.0 9.7 9.7
TB McClanahan, Shane 4399 0.0 16.4 21.1 21.1
ATL Chavez, Jesse 2780 0.0 3.0 8.7 32.8
WSH Abbott, Cory 4701 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
NYY German, Domingo 3957 0.0 1.0 24.4 24.4
NYM Megill, Tylor 4464 0.0 5.7 11.7 11.7
MIA Alcantara, Sandy 4061 0.0 21.1 40.2 40.2
MIL Erceg, Lucas* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LAA Silseth, Chase 4605 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
OAK Martinez, Adrian 4599 0.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
CIN Ashcraft, Graham 4645 0.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
SEA Ray, Robbie 3502 0.0 14.4 49.5 76.2
CHC Wesneski, Hayden 4731 0.0 1.7 1.7 1.7
ARI Jameson, Drey 4742 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
SF Junis, Jakob (Jake) 3857 0.0 5.0 13.0 16.0
LAD May, Dustin 4214 0.0 3.0 8.7 8.7
TEX Heaney, Andrew 3515 0.0 8.0 31.1 36.1
CLE Civale, Aaron 4173 0.0 5.0 22.4 22.4
CHW Martin, Davis 4657 0.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
KC Singer, Brady 4337 0.0 11.7 18.7 18.7
COL Feltner, Ryan 4635 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
TEX Otto, Glenn 4584 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
SD Martinez, Nick 3430 0.0 5.0 5.0 11.7
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* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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