Orioles pitcher Albert Suarez is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.
Box-Toppers Toppers Box
Today’s key Box-Toppers numbers. Click links to jump to charts elsewhere on this page.▪️ Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners.
▪️ Box-Toppers points of the day’s top players.
▪️ A B-T look at upcoming pitching matchups.
▪️ Subscribe to Box-Toppers Email Newsletter.
▪️ Buy me a coffee & support Box-Toppers.
Suarez struck out seven over three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 3-2 win over the Phillies.
Suarez did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Phillies tied the game after he exited. But Suarez pitched the required three innings to be considered for Player of the Game honors.
Suarez 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.
Suarez did not play in the Major Leagues in 2023 (playing in Korea) and so earned no points last season, but he has earned 1.0 career Box-Toppers point with the Giants in 2017.
National League Player of the Day
Mets pitcher Tylor Megill struck out six over three scoreless, hitless innings, allowing two walks, in the 5-4 win over the Yankees. Megill also picked up the win.
Megill would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day if this were a regular season game.
Megill earned 4.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 69th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Evan Carter of the Rangers hit two home runs, including a grand slam, going 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 10-9 win over the Mariners.
Carter would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day if this were a regular season game.
Carter earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2023 with the Rangers, his only career point, playing in 23 regular season games.
National League Batter of the Day
Eugenio Suarez of the Diamondbacks hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-1, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 5-3 win over the Padres.
Suarez would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day if this were a regular season game.
Suarez earned 2.5 Box-Toppers points in 2023 with the Mariners. His 44.5 career Box-Toppers points earned from 2014 to 2023 is now fourth among active NL third basemen.
Notable
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider (4IP 4H 0R BB 4K ND in the 3-0 win over the Tigers) earned Player of the Game honors for the second time during 2024 spring training season. He also did it Thursday, Feb. 29 (3IP 2H 0R BB 5K W in the 5-0 win over the Twins).
Strider also has the most 2023 Box-Toppers points among Tuesday’s Player of the Game winners. Strider’s 21.1 Box-Toppers points in 2023 led all players.
Tuesday’s games
In Tuesday’s 13 spring training games featuring matchups between two Major League teams, there were 11 Player of the Game winners who had previously earned Box-Toppers points in regular season games.
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.
Scoring
No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Albert Suarez would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Megill would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Carter and Eugenio Suarez would have each earned 1.5 points for being their league’s top batter. 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.
Box-Toppers strives for accuracy. See a mistake in a post? A wrong name, wrong team, grammar error, spelling goof, etc.? Thanks for pointing it out! Contact Box-Toppers here. Let's fix it and make it right.
For additional updates, follow Box-Toppers on Twitter.
Buy me a coffee to support Box-Toppers. And thanks!
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).| 3/5 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +8.0 | `BAL 3, PHI 2 | Albert Suárez | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| NL | +7.0 | NYM 5, NYY 4 | Tylor Megill (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| BAT | +6.0 | TEX 10, SEA 9 | Evan Carter LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | BOS 7, TB 4 | Tyler O’Neill LF | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +6.0 | `MIA 2, HOU 0 | Ryan Weathers | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | ARI 5, SD 3 | Eugenio Suárez 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | `LAA 4, LAD 0 | Victor Mederos (H, 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +5.0 | KC 4, CHC 0 | Brady Singer (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +4.0 | SF 13, MIL 8 | Wade Meckler CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | PIT 6, TOR 5 | Liover Peguero SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | STL 5, MIN 4 | Paul Goldschmidt 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | `ATL 3, DET 0 | Spencer Strider | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +1.0 | CLE 4, SEA 1 | Will Brennan RF | 3 | 0 | 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.
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.
Back to top
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 0.0 | 21.1 | 34.5 | 34.5 |
| Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | stl nl | 0.0 | 8.2 | 32.2 | 87.0 |
| Singer, Brady 4337 | pi sp | kc al | 0.0 | 5.0 | 23.7 | 23.7 |
| Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 0.0 | 4.0 | 15.7 | 15.7 |
| Suarez, Eugenio 3355 | 3b | ari nl | 0.0 | 2.5 | 19.5 | 44.5 |
| Peguero, Liover 4916 | ss | pit nl | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Brennan, Will 4794 | rf | cle al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Carter, Evan 4947 | lf | tex al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| O’Neill, Tyler 4074 | lf | bos al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.5 | 20.5 |
| Weathers, Ryan 4388 | pi sp mr | fla nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Suarez, Albert 3870 | pi cp | bal al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Chart is sortable. Click a column header to re-sort the chart by the values in that column. Refresh page to restore chart to default view.
Back to top
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM | Quintana, Jose 3040 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.8 | 83.1 |
| HOU | Valdez, Framber 4048 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 39.4 | 41.4 |
| BOS | Criswell, Cooper 4840 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| MIN | Ryan, Joe 4539 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 26.1 | 26.1 |
| TB | Bradley, Taj 4780 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| NYY | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 34.5 | 57.6 |
| WSH | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 34.2 | 92.4 |
| MIA | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | 0.0 | 17.8 | 33.9 | 33.9 |
| LAA | Detmers, Reid 4513 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
| CHC | Steele, Justin 4415 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 |
| SEA | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| KC | Zerpa, Angel 4939 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| LAD | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CHW | Kopech, Michael 4385 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 22.7 | 22.7 |
| MIL | Wilson, Bryse 4048 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| CIN | Williamson, Brandon 4813 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| OAK | Boyle, Joe 4948 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| LAA | Sandoval, Patrick 4357 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| CIN | Ashcraft, Graham 4645 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| SD | Vasquez, Randy 4841 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| TEX | Heaney, Andrew 3515 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 32.8 | 47.5 |
| COL | Freeland, Kyle 3763 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 20.7 | 39.1 |
| CLE | McKenzie, Triston 4303 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 32.1 | 32.1 |
| MIL | Rea, Colin 3582 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 8.7 |
| PIT | Keller, Mitch 4230 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| BAL | Teheran, Julio 3176 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 10.7 | 74.9 |
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.
What are those numbers after players' names?
Chart is sortable. Click a column header to re-sort the chart by the values in that column. Refresh page to restore chart to default, game-by-game view.
Back to top