Giants’ Estrada, Mariners’ Moore top players in spring games for Tuesday, March 19

Thairo Estrada of the Giants is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.

Thairo Estrada of the Giants is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.

Estrada hit a grand slam, tripled and went 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 9-8 win over the Royals.

Estrada 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.

Estrada earned no Box-Toppers points in 2023 in 120 games with the Giants. He earned 3.0 points in 2022 in 140 games with the Giants.

American League Player of the Day

Dylan Moore of the Mariners hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-3 win over the Rockies.

Moore would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day if this were a regular season game. Because it’s a preseason exhibition game, no Box-Toppers points are awarded.

Moore earned 2.7 Box-Toppers points in 2023 with the Mariners, 81st among AL pitchers.

American League Player of the Day is Dylan Moore of the Mariners.

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 batter Thairo Estrada and the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Dylan Moore.

Red Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s win over the Rays.

Notable

Red Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford Tuesday earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the third time in the 2024 spring training season.

Crawford (5.2IP 4H 2R 0BB 6K ND in the 5-2 win over the Rays) was also Player of the Game March 3 (3IP 2H 0R 0BB 4K ND in the 3-1 win over the Blue Jays) and March 9 (3IP 2H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 4-0 win over the Rays).

Three other players earned their second Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor of the spring Tuesday:

  • Zach Neto of the Angels (HR 3-3 3R 2BI in the 10-6 win over the Reds) was also Player of the Game Feb. 27 (3B 2B 2-3 R 3BI in the 6-4 win over the Brewers).

  • John Rhodes of the Orioles (1-1 2R BI in the 13-8 win over the Blue Jays) was also NL Batter of the Day March 17 (2HR 2-2 2R 4BI in the 8-2 win over the Braves).

  • Mets pitcher Sean Manaea (5IP 4H R BB 6K W in the 3-1 win over the Cardinals) was also Player of the Game March 9 (4IP 2H 0R 3BB 5K W in the 9-3 win over the Cardinals).

Tuesday’s games

In Tuesday’s 13 completed spring training games featuring matchups between two Major League teams, there were seven Player of the Game winners who had previously earned Box-Toppers points in regular season games.

Most notably, Willy Adames of the Brewers (HR 1-3 R 3BI in the 8-5 win over the Guardians) had the most 2023 Box-Toppers points among Tuesday’s Player of the Game winners. Adames earned 6.7 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 16th among NL batters.

In two of Tuesday’s games, the Player of the Game winner was a player who has yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in the regular season and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.

Four games ended in ties (Athletics vs. Rangers, Guardians vs. Rockies, Marlins vs. Astros and Phillies vs. Tigers) and so no Player of the Game honors were awarded.

Scoring

No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Estrada would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Moore 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) 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).

3/19 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +7.0 SF 9, KC 8 Thairo Estrada 2B 3 3 3 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
AL +6.0 SEA 12, COL 3 Dylan Moore SS 3 2 3 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+5.0 LAA 10, CIN 6 Zach Neto SS 3 3 3 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+4.2 ARI 4, CHC 1 Brandon Hughes (W, 1‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.2 0 0 0 0 3
+4.0 NYM 3, STL 1 Sean Manaea (W, 2‑1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.0 4 1 1 1 6
+3.2 `BOS 5, TB 2 Kutter Crawford ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.2 4 2 2 0 6
+3.0 STL 11, MIA 10 Willson Contreras C 2 0 2 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 BAL 13, TOR 8 John Rhodes PR‑RF 1 2 1 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 MIL 8, CLE 5 Willy Adames SS 3 1 1 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
0.0 OAK 7, TEX 7 N/A ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
0.0 CLE 8, COL 8 N/A ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
0.0 MIA 3, HOU 3 N/A ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
0.0 PHI 0, DET 0 N/A ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
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 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.)
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’24 ’23 ’19‑23 Career
Adames, Willy 4041 ss mil nl 0.0 6.7 18.1 19.1
Crawford, Kutter 4660 pi sp bos al 0.0 5.7 9.7 9.7
Contreras, Willson 3776 ca stl nl 0.0 5.0 17.5 28.0
Manaea, Sean 3637 pi mr sp nym nl 0.0 3.7 31.1 53.9
Moore, Dylan 4289 ss 2b sea al 0.0 2.7 8.7 8.7
Neto, Zach 4821 ss ana al 0.0 2.5 2.5 2.5
Estrada, Thairo 4460 2b sf nl 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5
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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 2024 (’24)†, last year (’23), over a five-year period (’19-23) and their career point total.
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Game Starter ’24† ’23 ’19‑23 Career
DET Mize, Casey 4377 0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7
MIN Varland, Louie 4758 0.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
TOR Francis, Bowden* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
ATL Undecided 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NYM Scott, Christian* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
MIA Monteverde, Patrick* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHC Alzolay, Adbert 4170 0.0 4.0 14.7 14.7
OAK Blackburn, Paul 3869 0.0 4.7 8.7 11.7
TEX Dunning, Dane 4317 0.0 4.0 13.4 13.4
CIN Lowder, Rhett* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CIN Richardson, Lyon* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHW Undecided 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
COL Lambert, Peter 4155 0.0 3.0 5.0 5.0
ARI Henry, Tommy 4829 0.0 3.7 3.7 3.7
SF Hicks, Jordan 3991 0.0 3.0 7.0 9.0
LAA Anderson, Tyler 3656 0.0 2.0 24.4 37.4
STL Matz, Steven 3516 0.0 4.0 26.1 48.4
WSH Davies, Zach 3581 0.0 2.0 15.0 31.7
PHI Walker, Taijuan 3453 0.0 7.7 30.8 57.2
BAL Kremer, Dean 4330 0.0 9.7 21.1 21.1
PIT Gonzales, Marco 3408 0.0 0.0 22.1 36.5
NYY Weaver, Luke 3719 0.0 0.0 12.0 25.7
LAA Wantz, Andrew* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
KC Singer, Brady 4337 0.0 5.0 23.7 23.7
Starters subject to change.
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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A Box-Toppers look at Thursday’s Seoul Series pitching matchups

Major League Baseball’s regular season opens this week in South Korea with the Dodgers facing the Padres. This is a Box-Toppers look at the probable pitching matchups for Thursday. 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), this year and last year (’23-24), over a six-year period (’19-24) and their career point total.
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Game Starter ’24 ’23-24 ’19‑24 Career
SD Musgrove, Joe 3705 0.0 7.0 50.5 60.2
LAD Yamamoto, Yoshinobu* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Starters subject to change.
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