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Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovladi struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Rays.
Eovaldi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 2.0 for the season, ranking third among all players.
Eovaldi is one 11 players with 2.0 Box-Toppers points this season, behind overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Evan Phillips with 3.0 points. Eovaldi ranks second among the players with 2.0 points with the second-most 2023 Box-Toppers points among them (9.7), behind Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes (11.7).
National League Player of the Day
Nationals pitcher Hunter Harvey struck out four over 1 2/3 scoreless middle relief innings, allowing no hit and no walks, in the 5-3 win over the Pirates.
Harvey earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 1.7 for the season, 17th among all players.
Nationals closing pitcher Kyle Finnegan (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv) would have been Player of the Game with a +3.0 Box-Toppers game score. But since Harvey pitched more innings and had a higher game score (+5.2), he beat Finnegan for Player of the Game honors despite picking up a no-decision, holding the lead, pitching in the sixth and seventh innings.
American League Batter of the Day
Yordan Alvarez of the Astros hit two home runs, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 8-0 win over the Blue Jays.
National League Batter of the Day
Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs homered and went 3-for-5, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 9-8 win over the Rockies.
Notable
Reds pitcher Alexis Diaz (1IP H 0R 0BB 2K Sv in the 4-1 win over the Phillies) earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second time in 2024 Wednesday. He also did it April 1. He earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 2.0 for the season and ranks sixth among all players.
Debut
Angels closing pitcher Guillo Zuniga makes his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Zuniga (3IP 0H 0R 0BB K Sv in the 10-2 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut May 2, 2023, and was playing in his fifth career game.
Among Wednesday’s 3 starting pitchers with most 2023-24 Box-Toppers points, none earned B-T Player of the Game honors (thread):
— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) April 4, 2024
Spencer Strider @Braves, 22.1 B-T points, 1st overall in ’23-24, did not start because the game was postponed by rain.https://t.co/7dDvvGi9gh
Wednesday’s highest Box-Toppers game scores by players who did not earn B-T points (thread):
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+10.1—Cole Ragans @Royals 6.1IP H 0R 2BB 7K ND
+8.0—Zack Wheeler @Phillies 6IP 3H 3R BB 10K L
+6.0—Aaron Civale @RaysBaseball 6IP 4H R 2BB 8K L
WE B-T top players—https://t.co/7dDvvGi9gh
Wednesday’s lowest Box-Toppers game scores:
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-17.8—George Kirby @Mariners (3.2IP 9H 8R 6ER 0BB 2K L) vs. CLE
-12.9—Chris Bassitt @BlueJays
-11.9—Joel Payamps @Brewers
-10.0—Kent Emanuel @Marlins
-9.9—Tyler Kinley @Rockies
WE’s Player of the Game winners—https://t.co/7dDvvGi9gh
Wednesday’s lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters
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-5.0—Michael Toglia @Rockies 0-5 2K
-5.0—Cody Bellinger @Cubs, Max Kepler @Twins, both 0-5 K
-4.0—Tyler Stephenson @Reds, Christian Walker @Dbacks 0-4 3K
-4.0—11 were 0-4 w/2Ks
WE’s B-T top players—https://t.co/7dDvvGi9gh
Scoring
Eovaldi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Harvey earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Alvarez and Suzuki each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Wednesday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 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).| 4/3 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +10.0 | TEX 4, TB 1 | Nathan Eovaldi (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| +5.2 | CLE 8, SEA 0 | Logan T. Allen (W, 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| NL | +5.2 | `WSH 5, PIT 3 | Hunter Harvey (H, 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| +5.0 | SD 3, STL 2 | Joe Musgrove (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | HOU 8, TOR 0 | Yordan Alvarez DH | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | LAA 10, MIA 2 | Guillermo Zuñiga (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +3.1 | `BAL 4, KC 3 | Danny Coulombe | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | CHC 9, COL 8 | Seiya Suzuki RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | MIN 7, MIL 3 | Ryan Jeffers C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 5, SF 4 | Dinelson Lamet (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | NYY 6, ARI 5 (F/11) | Aaron Judge DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | BOS 1, OAK 0 | Nick Pivetta (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +2.0 | CIN 4, PHI 1 | Alexis Díaz (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 2024 (’24). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’23-24), the period 2019-2024 (’19-24) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2024 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2023 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’24 | ’23‑24 | ’19‑24 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 2.0 | 11.7 | 36.8 | 71.3 | -7.7 |
| Diaz, Alexis 4613 | pi mr cp | cin nl | 2.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | -5.0 |
| Harvey, Hunter 4698 | pi mr cp | dc nl | 1.7 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | -1.3 |
| Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh lf | hou al | 1.5 | 8.0 | 27.2 | 27.2 | -5.0 |
| Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | rf | chi nl | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +0.5 |
| Judge, Aaron 3767 | dh rf | nyy al | 1.0 | 13.0 | 40.2 | 56.4 | -11.0 |
| Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp mr | bos al | 1.0 | 10.0 | 25.7 | 45.4 | -8.0 |
| Allen, Logan T. 4789 | pi sp | cle al | 1.0 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | -6.7 |
| Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 1.0 | 8.0 | 51.5 | 61.2 | -6.0 |
| Jeffers, Ryan 4432 | ca dh | min al | 1.0 | 5.2 | 8.7 | 8.7 | -3.2 |
| Coulombe, Daniel 3720 | pi mr | bal al | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | -2.0 |
| Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | pi cp mr sp | lad nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16.7 | 23.4 | +1.0 |
| Zuniga, Guillermo 4962 | pi cp | ana al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Thursday’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), this year and last year (’23-24), over a six-year period (’19-24) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’24 | ’23-24 | ’19‑24 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | Mize, Casey 4377 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| NYM | Houser, Adrian 4162 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| DET | Manning, Matt 4550 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| NYM | Butto, Jose 4933 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PIT | Perez, Martin 3213 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 17.5 | 34.5 |
| WSH | Gray, Josiah 4503 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| CLE | Bibee, Tanner 4792 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| MIN | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | 1.0 | 14.4 | 46.5 | 48.2 |
| MIA | Weathers, Ryan 4388 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| STL | Lynn, Lance 2992 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 51.9 | 119.5 |
| CHW | Soroka, Mike 3956 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 14.4 |
| KC | Lugo, Seth 3729 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 15.4 | 24.4 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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