Chris Okey of the Dodgers is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.
Okey hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-2, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 9-6 win over the White Sox.
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Okey 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.
Okey has played in nine regular season Major League games over 2022-23 but has not yet earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in any of them and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
American League Player of the Day
Andrew Knizner of the Rangers hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4, scoring once and driving in five runs, in the 10-3 win over the Diamondbacks.
Knizner would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day if this were a regular season game.
Knizner earned no Box-Toppers points in 2023 with the Cardinals, but did earn 1.5 points in 2022 with the Cardinals, his only regular season Player of the Game honor.
AL and NL Batters of the Day
There were no separate AL and NL Batters of the Day Tuesday since both league’s top batters were also their league’s overall Player of the Day.
Tuesday’s games
In Tuesday’s 16 spring training games featuring matchups between two Major League teams, eight Player of the Game winners had previously earned Box-Toppers points in regular season games.
Most notably, Ke'Bryan Hayes of the Pirates (HR 1-3 R 4BI in the 13-4 win over the Braves), had the most 2023 Box-Toppers points among Tuesday’s Player of the Game winners. Hayes’ 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023 was 78th among NL batters.
Four games ended in ties and so no Player of the Game honors were awarded—Phillies vs. Twins, Red Sox vs. Cardinals, Reds vs. Cubs and Mariners vs. Giants.
Scoring
No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Okey would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Knizner would have earned 1.7 points for being AL 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.
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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).| 2/27 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +5.0 | LAD 9, CHW 6 | Chris Okey C | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | SD 6, KC 3 | Óscar Mercado RF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| AL | +4.0 | TEX 10, ARI 3 | Andrew Knizner DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | DET 6, TOR 4 | Drew Anderson (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +4.0 | BAL 5, DET 2 | Alex Pham (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +4.0 | `TB 4, NYY 2 | Zack Littell | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | OAK 11, CLE 2 | Nick Allen SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAA 6, MIL 4 | Zach Neto SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | PIT 13, ATL 4 | Ke’Bryan Hayes 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | NYM 7, MIA 1 | Drew Gilbert CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | WSH 10, HOU 3 | Zach Davies (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| +1.0 | KC 4, COL 3 | Diego Hernandez CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 0.0 | PHI 3, MIN 3 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 0.0 | BOS 3, STL 3 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 0.0 | CIN 6, CHC 6 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 0.0 | SEA 10, SF 10 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 2024. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2023 (’23). Also shown is their point total for the period 2019-2023 (’19-23) 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 | ’24† | ’23 | ’19‑23 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes, Ke’Bryan 4561 | 3b | pit nl | 0.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Allen, Nick 4891 | ss | oak al | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Neto, Zach 4821 | ss | ana al | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Littell, Zack 4533 | pi sp mr | tb al | 0.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Davies, Zach 3581 | pi sp | dc nl | 0.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 31.7 |
| Knizner, Andrew 4689 | ca | tex al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Mercado, Oscar 4188 | lf | sd nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Anderson, Drew 4559 | pi mr | det al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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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 2024 (’24)†, last year (’23), over a six-year period (’19-23) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’24† | ’23 | ’19‑23 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | Winckowski, Josh 4784 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| WSH | Rutledge, Jackson* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 30.1 | 30.1 |
| PIT | Priester, Quinn* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| BAL | Kremer, Dean 4330 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 21.1 | 21.1 |
| MIN | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 45.5 | 47.2 |
| ATL | Smith-Shawver, AJ 4951 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| PHI | Phillips, Tyler* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TB | Pepiot, Ryan 4714 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| TOR | Espino, Paolo 4443 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| STL | Mikolas, Miles 3034 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 21.8 | 36.2 |
| NYM | Garrett, Reed* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| HOU | Tamarez, Misael* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| MIA | Cabrera, Edward 4641 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
| ARI | Pfaadt, Brandon 4812 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| CLE | Cantillo, Joey* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| SF | Howard, Spencer 4386 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| OAK | Medina, Luis 4876 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| LAD | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TEX | Bradford, Cody 4938 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| SD | Waldron, Matt 4946 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| CHW | Garcia, Deivi 4318 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| LAA | Anderson, Tyler 3656 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 24.4 | 37.4 |
| COL | Gomber, Austin 3985 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 18.7 |
| KC | Singer, Brady 4337 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 23.7 | 23.7 |
| SEA | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 34.5 | 34.5 |
| CHC | Wicks, Jordan 4912 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| MIL | Zastryzyn, Rob* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Games shown are spring training games between MLB teams. Doesn't include games vs. non-MLB teams.
† Players don’t earn Box-Toppers points in spring training games, only regular season games, so no pitcher has earned any points in 2024.
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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