Mariners’ Miller tops players for Monday, June 12; Ohtani edges closer to rankings lead

Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

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Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th in season player rankings.

Also Monday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, second in Box-Toppers season player rankings, edges closer to the overall lead after earning American League Batter of the Day honors.

Player of the Day—Miller struck out six over six innings, allowing one run, one hit and three walks, in the 8-1 win over the Marlins.

Miller earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.7 for the season, 10th among all players and seventh among AL pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Evan Longoria of the Diamondbacks hit a three-run homer, a sacrifice fly and went 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 9-8 win over the Phillies.

Longoria earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, 23rd among NL batters.

National League Player of the Day—Evan Longoria of the Diamondbacks.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2023. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Monday, June 12.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Gausman, Kevin 3191 pi sp tor al 12.0
2 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 pi sp dh ana al 11.9
3 Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp tor al 9.4
4 Gallen, Zac 4171 pi sp ari nl 8.7
5 McClanahan, Shane 4399 pi sp tb al 8.7
6 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 8.1
7 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp tex al 7.7
8 Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 pi sp tex al 7.7
9 Garrett, Braxton 4341 pi sp fla nl 7.7
10 Miller, Bryce 4797 pi sp sea al 7.7
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American League Batter of the Day—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels hit two home runs, a sacrifice fly and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 9-6, 12-inning win over the Rangers.

Ohtani earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 11.9 for the season, second among all players, behind Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman (12.0). Ohtani also ranks second among AL pitchers behind Gausman and extends his lead among AL batters, ahead of Aaron Judge of the Yankees (7.5).

This is Ohtani’s 10th Player of the Game honor of 2023 and his fifth as designated hitter—the other five have come as a starting pitcher. Ohtani has now earned 6.2 of his Box-Toppers points as a batter and 5.7 as a starting pitcher. Ohtani qualifies to rank among both pitchers and batters in Box-Toppers season player rankings because more than 25 percent of his Player of the Game honors have come in both categories—currently 50 percent as a batter and 50 percent as a pitcher.

Ohtani now has most of his 2023 Box-Toppers points as a batter (52.1 percent). In the past two seasons, Ohtani earned the bulk of his points as starting pitcher. In 2021, he earned 4.0 of his 16.1 points as a batter (24.8 percent). And in 2022, he earned 5.0 of his 24.7 points as a batter (20.2 percent).

Ohtani’s 6.2 Box-Toppers points as batter would rank second among AL batters, behind Judge’s 7.5 and just ahead (on a tiebreaker) of Isaac Paredes of the Rays (6.2). His 5.7 points as a pitcher would rank 15th among AL pitchers.

American League Batter of the Day—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Evan Longoria.

Rockies pitcher Connor Seabold is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s win over the Red Sox.

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Debut—Rockies pitcher Connor Seabold made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Seabold (6IP 6H R BB 6K ND in the 4-3, 10-inning win over the Red Sox) made his Major League debut Sept. 11, 2021, and was playing in his 21st career game.

Scoring—Miller earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Longoria earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Ohtani earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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).

6/12 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +6.0 SEA 8, MIA 1 Bryce Miller, (W 4‑3) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 1 1 1 3 6
+6.0 OAK 4, TB 3 Ken Waldichuk, (S 1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 3.0 2 0 0 0 5
BAT +4.0 LAA 9, TEX 6 (F/12) Shohei Ohtani, DH 4 2 2 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
NL +3.0 ARI 9, PHI 8 Evan Longoria, DH 3 1 1 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 `COL 4, BOS 3 (F/10) Connor Seabold ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 6 1 1 1 6
+2.0 DET 6, ATL 5 (F/10) Andy Ibáñez, LF 4 2 3 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+1.0 CIN 5, KC 4 (F/10) Kevin Newman, PH 0 0 0 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
0.0 SF 4, STL 3 Logan Webb, (W 5‑6) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 7 3 3 0 6
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.
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. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2023 (’23). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’22-23), the period 2018-2023 (’18-23) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2023 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2022 total (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career +/‑
Ohtani, Shohei 3933 pi sp dh ana al 11.9 36.6 67.2 67.2 -12.8
Miller, Bryce 4797 pi sp sea al 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 +7.7
Webb, Logan 4258 pi sp sf nl 4.0 13.7 31.9 31.9 -5.7
Ibanez, Andy 4496 dh 2b lf det al 3.0 3.0 7.0 7.0 +3.0
Longoria, Evan 2423 3b dh ari nl 2.7 6.7 13.7 62.7 -1.3
Newman, Kevin 4234 dh 2b ss ph cin nl 2.5 4.5 12.7 12.7 +0.5
Waldichuk, Ken 4757 pi cp sp oak al 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0
Seabold, Connor 4845 pi sp col nl 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
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A Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’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
ATL Strider, Spencer 4626 7.0 20.4 20.4 20.4
DET Olson, Renee* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TOR Bassitt, Chris 3413 9.4 20.4 49.2 53.2
BAL Kremer, Dean 4330 2.0 9.7 13.4 13.4
COL Anderson, Chase 3328 0.0 2.0 16.4 42.8
BOS Crawford, Kutter 4660 1.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
NYY Severino, Luis 3567 2.0 8.7 29.4 55.5
NYM Scherzer, Max 2588 5.7 15.7 85.3 242.0
MIL Burnes, Corbin 4029 6.7 22.1 50.9 50.9
MIN Lopez, Pablo 4028 4.0 14.7 37.8 37.8
SF Cobb, Alex 2916 4.0 10.7 22.1 61.9
STL Flaherty, Jack 3971 3.0 4.0 44.3 44.3
LAA Barria, Jaime 3964 2.0 4.0 12.0 12.0
TEX Gray, Jon 3634 4.7 10.7 38.4 50.1
PIT Ortiz, Luis 4738 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
CHC Taillon, Jameson 3658 0.0 10.7 32.1 46.1
CIN Williamson, Brandon 4813 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
KC Lyles, Jordan 3100 0.0 3.7 23.4 31.1
WSH Corbin, Patrick 3027 1.7 5.7 44.8 87.0
HOU Brown, Hunter 4729 6.4 7.4 7.4 7.4
MIA Cabrera, Edward 4641 2.7 9.1 9.1 9.1
SEA Kirby, George 4595 4.0 15.4 15.4 15.4
PHI Wheeler, Zack 3204 7.0 21.4 63.2 75.9
ARI Davies, Zach 3581 1.0 2.0 15.0 30.7
TB Undecided 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
OAK Harris, Hogan* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CLE Bibee, Tanner 4792 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7
SD Musgrove, Joe 3705 1.0 18.4 48.5 54.2
CHW Lynn, Lance 2992 1.0 10.7 50.2 114.8
LAD Gonsolin, Tony 4211 2.0 13.4 25.8 25.8
Starters subject to change.
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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