Yankees’ Cole tops players for Sunday, Sept. 10, rising to 10th in player rankings

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th in season player rankings.

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 Sunday, Sept. 10.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 pi sp dh ana al 19.4
2 Strider, Spencer 4626 pi sp atl nl 19.1
3 Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp tor al 17.1
4 Gausman, Kevin 3191 pi sp tor al 16.7
5 Luzardo, Jesus 4282 pi sp fla nl 16.1
6 Gallen, Zac 4171 pi sp ari nl 15.7
7 Peralta, Freddy 3965 pi sp mil nl 15.7
8 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp tex al 14.4
9 Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 pi sp sea al 14.1
10 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 14.0
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Cole struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 4-3, 13-inning win over the Brewers. Cole did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

Cole earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 14.0 for the season, 10th among all players and sixth among American League pitchers.

Cole also now has 152.3 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 24th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his 2.0 Box-Toppers points Sunday, he passes three players on the “all-time” career points list—Barry Bonds (152.2), Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright (152.3) and Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale (152.3). (It should be noted that Bonds would have a projected 230 career Box-Toppers points if his entire career from 1986 were tracked.)

Also, while Cole, Sale and Wainwright all have the same 152.3 career point total, Cole ranks ahead of the other two because he has more 2023 points—Cole (14.0), Sale (7.7), Wainwright (0.0).

Cole now trails 23rd-ranked player on the “all-time” career points list, Greg Maddux (152.7). (It should be noted that Maddux would have an estimated 250 career Box-Toppers points if his entire career from 1986 were tracked.)

Passing Sale and Wainwright, Cole now ranks sixth among active players in career Box-Toppers points, fourth among active AL pitchers.

National League Player of the Day is Reds pitcher Hunter Greene.

National League Player of the Day

Reds pitcher Hunter Greene struck out nine over six innings, allowing one run, one hit and four walks, in the 7-1 win over the Cardinals.

Greene earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, 41st among NL pitchers.

American League Batter of the Day is Kyle Tucker of the Astros.

American League Batter of the Day

Kyle Tucker of the Astros hit two triples and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 15-2 win over the Padres.

Tucker earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 12.5 for the season, 15th among all players and maintaining second place among AL batters, behind Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (19.4). Tucker has the most Box-Toppers points earned solely for batting for any player this season, ahead of Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves (10.7). (It should be noted that 9.7 of Ohtani’s 19.4 points have been earned as a batter, the other 9.7 as a starting pitcher.)

National League Batter of the Day is Dansby Swanson of the Cubs.

National League Batter of the Day

Dansby Swanson of the Cubs homered and went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 5-2 win over the Diamondbacks.

Rangers pitcher Andrew Heaney is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s win over the Athletics.

Notable

Rangers pitcher Andrew Heaney now has 11.4 Box-Toppers points in 2023—20th among all players and 11th among AL pitchers—after earning 1.0 point as Player of the Game Sunday (3.2IP 4H 0R BB 6K W in the 9-4 win over the Athletics).

Giants pitcher Keaton Winn is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s win over the Rockies.

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Debut

Giants pitcher Keaton Winn made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Winn (6IP 5H 3R 0BB 9K W in the 6-3 win over the Rockies) made his Major League debut June 13 and was playing in his seventh career game.

Scoring

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

  • Greene earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.

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

  • All of Sunday’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).

9/10 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +13.0 `NYY 4, MIL 3 (F/13) Gerrit Cole ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 3 0 0 0 9
NL +9.0 CIN 7, STL 1 Hunter Greene (W, 4‑6) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 1 1 0 4 9
+4.2 TEX 9, OAK 4 Andrew Heaney (W, 10‑6) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 3.2 4 0 0 1 6
+4.1 `ATL 5, PIT 2 Allan Winans ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.1 6 2 2 0 8
+4.0 SF 6, COL 3 Keaton Winn (W, 1‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 5 3 3 0 9
+4.0 TB 6, SEA 3 Pete Fairbanks (S, 22) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
+3.2 MIA 5, PHI 4 Tanner Scott (S, 7) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.2 0 0 0 1 3
BAT +3.0 HOU 12, SD 2 Kyle Tucker RF 3 2 2 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 TOR 5, KC 2 Jose Berríos (W, 10‑10) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 5 2 2 2 7
+3.0 NYM 2, MIN 0 Brooks Raley (W, 1‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+3.0 DET 3, CHW 2 Alex Lange (S, 23) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
BAT +2.0 CHC 5, ARI 2 Dansby Swanson SS 4 1 3 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 LAD 7, WSH 3 Jason Heyward RF 3 1 2 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 BOS 7, BAL 3 Triston Casas 1B 3 1 1 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
0.0 LAA 2, CLE 1 Randal Grichuk LF 3 1 1 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
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 +/‑
Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 14.0 29.4 109.4 152.3 -1.4
Tucker, Kyle 4277 rf hou al 12.5 17.0 29.2 29.2 +8.0
Heaney, Andrew 3515 pi sp tex al 11.4 19.4 42.5 47.5 +3.4
Berrios, Jose 3791 pi sp tor al 9.4 18.4 59.3 68.3 +0.4
Heyward, Jason 2695 rf cf lad nl 7.5 7.5 19.2 39.7 +7.5
Greene, Hunter 4651 pi sp cin nl 5.7 11.7 11.7 11.7 -0.3
Casas, Triston 4752 1b bos al 5.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 +4.5
Lange, Alex 4575 pi cp det al 5.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 +1.0
Grichuk, Randal 3474 lf ana al 4.5 9.5 26.4 44.9 -0.5
Swanson, Dansby 3751 ss chi nl 2.5 8.2 25.2 29.7 -3.2
Raley, Brooks 4336 pi cp mr nym nl 2.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 +1.0
Fairbanks, Pete 4273 pi cp mr sp tb al 2.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 +2.0
Winans, Allan 4900 pi sp atl nl 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 +2.0
Scott, Tanner 4292 pi cp fla nl 1.0 4.0 7.0 7.0 -2.0
Winn, Keaton 4931 pi sp sf nl 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
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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.
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Game Starter ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career
ATL Morton, Charlie 2503 10.0 20.4 68.7 104.1
PHI Walker, Taijuan 3453 7.7 15.4 30.8 57.2
STL Hudson, Dakota 4035 1.0 5.0 17.4 17.4
BAL Kremer, Dean 4330 7.7 15.4 19.1 19.1
WSH Corbin, Patrick 3027 6.1 10.1 49.2 91.4
PIT Undecided 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ATL Undecided 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PHI Lorenzen, Michael 3479 8.7 12.7 17.2 23.2
TEX Dunning, Dane 4317 3.0 7.4 12.4 12.4
TOR Bassitt, Chris 3413 17.1 28.1 56.9 60.9
ARI Davies, Zach 3581 2.0 3.0 16.0 31.7
NYM Quintana, Jose 3040 0.0 11.4 32.9 83.1
NYY Schmidt, Clarke 4581 2.0 6.4 6.4 6.4
BOS Crawford, Kutter 4660 4.7 8.7 8.7 8.7
KC Singer, Brady 4337 5.0 16.7 23.7 23.7
CHW Cease, Dylan 4231 7.0 27.4 43.8 43.8
MIA Luzardo, Jesus 4282 16.1 20.1 32.2 32.2
MIL Woodruff, Brandon 3868 5.0 25.8 58.6 59.6
TB Glasnow, Tyler 3948 11.4 11.4 47.8 47.8
MIN Gray, Sonny 3259 8.4 20.5 54.7 95.9
OAK Miller, Mason* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HOU Valdez, Framber 4048 9.0 25.0 40.4 40.4
CHC Wicks, Jordan 4912 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
COL Freeland, Kyle 3763 5.7 11.7 33.1 39.1
LAA Detmers, Reid 4513 6.7 13.7 14.7 14.7
SEA Gilbert, Logan 4439 12.4 26.5 33.5 33.5
CLE Williams, Gavin 4865 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
SF Cobb, Alex 2916 10.0 16.7 28.1 67.9
SD Avila, Pedro 4105 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
LAD Stone, Gavin* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Starters subject to change.
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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