Brewers’ Peralta tops players for Saturday, Aug. 19, rising to 4th in player rankings

Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

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Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.

Also Saturday, Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to fifth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day

Peralta struck out 11 over 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 6-1 win over the Rangers.

Peralta earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 13.7 for the season, fourth among all players and second among National League pitchers, behind Spencer Strider of the Braves (17.4 points).

American League Player of the Day

Red Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford struck out five over six innings, allowing one run, one hit and two walks, in the 8-1 win over the Yankees.

Crawford earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 4.7 for the season, 54th among AL pitchers.

American League Player of the Day is Red Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford.

National League Batter of the Day

Eddie Rosario of the Braves homered, doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 6-5 win over the Giants.

Rosario earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.2 for the season, 16th among NL batters.

National League Batter of the Day is Eddie Rosario of the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day

Harold Ramírez of the Rays doubled and went 4-for-6, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 18-4 win over the Angels.

This is Ramirez’s second straight day earning Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. He was also Player of the Game Friday in the 9-6, 10-inning win over the Angels (2B 3-5 R 2BI). Ramirez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day Saturday and earned 1.0 point Friday, giving him 3.5 for the season, 49th among AL batters.

American League Batter of the Day is Harold Ramírez of the Rays.

Rankings

Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt rises from ninth to fifth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Bassitt (6IP 3H 3R 2ER BB 6K W in the 4-3 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.4 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers, behind Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (18.4) and Kevin Gausman of the Blue Jays (14.7). While he has the same 13.4 point total as two other AL pitchers, Bassitt ranks ahead of them because he has more 2022 Box-Toppers points (11.0), compared to Pablo Lopez of the Twins (10.7) and Max Scherzer of the Rangers (10.0).

Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s win over the Reds.

Notable

Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias now has 11.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023—12th overall and sixth among NL pitchers—after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday (7IP 5H R 0BB 6K W in the 3-1 win over the Marlins).

Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s win over the Rays.

Also notable

Mets pitcher Kodai Senga is the 21st player to reach 10 Box-Toppers points in 2023 after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Senga (7IP 2H R 2BB 5K W in the 13-2 win over the Cardinals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.7 for the season, 18th among all players and eighth among NL pitchers.

Senga is a rookie and it is his first season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points.

Mets pitcher Kodai Senga is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s win over the Cardinals.

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 Saturday, Aug. 19.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 pi sp dh ana al 18.4
2 Strider, Spencer 4626 pi sp atl nl 17.4
3 Gausman, Kevin 3191 pi sp tor al 14.7
4 Peralta, Freddy 3965 pi sp mil nl 13.7
5 Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp tor al 13.4
6 Lopez, Pablo 4028 pi sp min al 13.4
7 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp tex al 13.4
8 Luzardo, Jesus 4282 pi sp fla nl 13.1
9 Miller, Bryce 4797 pi sp sea al 13.1
10 Gallen, Zac 4171 pi sp ari nl 12.7
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Debut

Tigers pitcher Jason Foley made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Foley (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv in the 4-3 win over the Guardians) made his Major League debut June 6, 2021, and was playing in his 125th career game.

Scoring

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  • Peralta earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.

  • Crawford earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.

  • Rosario and Ramirez each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.

  • All of Saturday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

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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).

8/19 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +8.2 MIL 6, TEX 1 Freddy Peralta (W, 10‑8) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.2 4 1 1 2 11
+6.0 NYM 13, STL 2 Kodai Senga (W, 10‑6) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 2 1 1 2 5
+6.0 PIT 7, MIN 4 Mitch Keller (W, 10‑8) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 7 2 2 1 12
AL +6.0 BOS 8, NYY 1 Kutter Crawford (W, 6‑6) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 1 1 1 2 5
BAT +5.0 ATL 6, SF 5 Eddie Rosario LF 4 2 4 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+5.0 CHC 6, KC 4 Cody Bellinger 1B 3 2 2 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+5.0 LAD 3, MIA 1 Julio Urías (W, 11‑6) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 5 1 1 0 5
BAT +4.0 TB 18, LAA 4 Harold Ramírez DH 6 2 4 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+4.0 `LAD 3, MIA 1 Ryan Pepiot ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.0 3 1 1 1 5
+3.1 LAA 7, TB 6 Griffin Canning (W, 7‑4) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 3.1 2 1 1 1 5
+3.0 COL 11, CHW 5 Elehuris Montero 1B 5 1 3 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 ARI 8, SD 1 Gabriel Moreno C 5 1 2 5 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 PHI 12, WSH 3 Nick Castellanos RF 4 1 2 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 SEA 10, HOU 3 Dylan Moore 2B 4 2 2 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 TOR 4, CIN 3 Chris Bassitt (W, 12‑6) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 3 3 2 1 6
+3.0 DET 4, CLE 3 Jason Foley (S, 7) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+3.0 `BAL 7, OAK 2 (F/10) Jacob Webb ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 1 3
+1.0 ARI 6, SD 4 Tommy Pham DH 5 2 2 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.
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 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 +/‑
Peralta, Freddy 3965 pi sp mil nl 13.7 21.1 52.5 52.5 +6.3
Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp tor al 13.4 24.4 53.2 57.2 +2.4
Urias, Julio 3652 pi sp lad nl 11.0 30.4 56.5 63.2 -8.4
Senga, Kodai 4762 pi sp nym nl 10.7 10.7 10.7 10.7 +10.7
Keller, Mitch 4230 pi sp pit nl 9.0 11.0 16.0 16.0 +7.0
Canning, Griffin 4134 pi sp ana al 6.0 6.0 17.7 17.7 +6.0
Castellanos, Nick 3349 rf phi nl 5.5 5.5 29.5 47.7 +5.5
Rosario, Eddie 3542 lf atl nl 5.2 5.2 19.2 29.9 +5.2
Crawford, Kutter 4660 pi sp bos al 4.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 +0.7
Bellinger, Cody 3781 cf chi nl 4.5 6.5 20.4 29.1 +2.5
Ramirez, Harold 4164 dh tb al 3.5 4.5 8.5 8.5 +2.5
Moore, Dylan 4289 ss 2b sea al 2.7 4.2 8.7 8.7 +1.2
Moreno, Gabriel 4781 ca ari nl 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 +2.0
Pepiot, Ryan 4714 pi mr sp lad nl 1.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 -1.0
Montero, Elehuris 4713 1b dh col nl 1.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 -0.5
Pham, Thomas 3596 dh lf ari nl 1.0 2.0 11.0 19.5 0.0
Webb, Jacob 4530 pi cp mr bal al 1.0 1.0 4.0 4.0 +1.0
Foley, Jason 4906 pi cp det 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 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
SEA Hancock, Emerson* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HOU Brown, Hunter 4729 8.4 9.4 9.4 9.4
BOS Winckowski, Josh 4784 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
NYY Schmidt, Clarke 4581 2.0 6.4 6.4 6.4
SF Junis, Jakob (Jake) 3857 4.0 9.0 17.0 20.0
ATL Fried, Max 4011 4.0 20.0 48.5 48.5
DET Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 9.0 9.0 43.8 63.2
CLE Allen, Logan T. 4789 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7
TOR Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 1.0 2.0 44.5 70.6
CIN Greene, Hunter 4651 3.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
PIT Borucki, Ryan 4034 0.0 1.0 7.0 7.0
MIN Keuchel, Dallas 3050 0.0 1.0 15.4 67.6
NYM Carrasco, Carlos 2885 1.7 11.4 43.2 111.5
STL Hudson, Dakota 4035 1.0 5.0 17.4 17.4
KC Lyles, Jordan 3100 0.0 3.7 23.4 31.1
CHC Hendricks, Kyle 3386 3.0 7.7 39.8 71.6
MIL Houser, Adrian 4162 1.7 3.4 14.4 14.4
TEX Scherzer, Max 2588 13.4 23.4 93.0 249.7
CHW Cease, Dylan 4231 7.0 27.4 43.8 43.8
COL Flexen, Chris 4368 0.0 2.0 13.7 13.7
BAL Bradish, Kyle 4597 9.0 15.0 15.0 15.0
OAK Sears, JP 4627 3.0 8.0 8.0 8.0
PHI Wheeler, Zack 3204 10.0 24.4 66.2 78.9
WSH Williams, Trevor 3792 4.0 7.0 22.7 27.7
Starters subject to change.
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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