Mariners’ Miller tops players Monday, Aug. 26, rising to 8th in player rankings

Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

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Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

Miller struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Rays.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in 2024 Box-Toppers points (BTP) through Monday, Aug. 26:
  Player Pos Team BTP
1 Dylan Cease pi sp Padres 17.4
2 Tarik Skubal pi sp Tigers 17.1
3 Zack Wheeler pi sp Phillies 16.7
4 Shota Imanaga pi sp Cubs 15.7
5 Luis Gil pi sp Yankees 15.4
6 Chris Sale pi sp Braves 14.4
7 Tanner Bibee pi sp Guardians 13.0
8 Bryce Miller pi sp Mariners 12.7
9 Bailey Ober pi sp Twins 12.4
10 Seth Lugo pi sp Royals 12.1
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Miller earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 12.7 for the season, rising to eighth place overall and fourth place among American League pitchers.

With Miller’s rise, Aaron Judge of the Yankees (12.0 Box-Toppers points) falls out of Box-Toppers’ season player rankings top 10 list, falling from 10th to 11th place.

Judge spent 13 days in the top 10 after rising to ninth place on Aug. 14. Judge was the only batter in the top 10. No player serving solely as a batter has finished the season in the overall top 10 since 2013, when Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers finished eighth with 16.9 points. (Shohei Ohtani of the Angels ranked third overall in 2023 with 19.4 points earning 9.7 points as a pitcher and 9.7 as a batter.) Between 1995 and 2009, batters routinely finished in the top 10 each season except 2005.

National League Player of the Day

Miguel Amaya of the Cubs hit two doubles and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 18-8 win over the Pirates.

Amaya earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, 68th among NL batters.

National League Player of the Day is Miguel Amaya of the Cubs.

American League Batter of the Day

Salvador Perez of the Royals hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in the 9-4 win over the Guardians. Perez went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in six runs.

American League Batter of the Day is Salvador Perez of the Royals.

National League Batter of the Day

There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Miguel Amaya.

Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes earns Player of the Game honors Monday.

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Top pitching matchup

▪️Ryan Pepiot, Rays
9.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, 23rd among AL pitchers
▪️Bryce Miller, Mariners
10.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, 14th among AL pitchers
Result—SEA 5, TB 1
Miller was Player of the Game (7IP 2H R 0BB 10K W) with +13.0 B-T game score.
Pepiot had -3.0 B-T game score in loss (6IP 7H 5R 2ER BB 6K L).
Miller earns 2.0 B-T points as overall Player of the Day, giving him 12.7 for 2024, rising to 4th among AL pitchers.

High scores, no points

Highest Box-Toppers game scores for the day among players who did not earn Player of the Game honors:
▪️+7.0—Nick Pivetta, Red Sox (6IP 4H 3R 2ER 0BB 10K L)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. TOR.
Player of the Game—Ryan Yarbrough, Blue Jays (3.1IP 2H 0R BB 4K ND) with +4.0 game score. (From game completed Monday, which officially counts in statistics for June 26, the date it began. It was postponed for weather and concluded Monday.)
▪️+5.0—Zack Kelly, Red Sox (3IP 0H 0R 2BB 4K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. TOR.
Player of the Game—George Springer, Blue Jays (HR 2-4 R 3BI) with +2.0 game score.
▪️+4.0—Dansby Swanson, Cubs (GS 1-3 2R 4BI)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. PIT.
Player of the Game—Teammate Miguel Amaya (2-2B 4-5 2R 4BI) with +5.0 game score.

Lowest Box-Toppers game scores

Out of 323 total players Monday, 102 pitchers
-23.0—Bailey Ober, Twins (2IP 7H 9R 2BB 2K L vs. ATL)
-20.8—Domingo Germán, Pirates
-17.8—Brady Feigl, Pirates
-16.9—Kyle Gibson, Cardinals
-16.0—Logan Allen, Guardians

Lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters

Out of 221 total batters Monday
-5.0—Jarred Kelenic, Braves 0-5 3K
-5.0—Alejandro Kirk, Blue Jays 0-5 K
-5.0—Ramón Laureano, Braves 0-5 K
-5.0—Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees 0-5 K
-5.0—Nolan Arenado, Cardinals 0-5

NOTE: One game completed Monday (TOR at BOS) counts in the official statistics for June 26, since it was begun that day before it was postponed due to rain. However, Box-Toppers counts a player's statistics on the day the game was completed, so that game's results count toward Monday’s games in Box-Toppers stats.
Box-Toppers uses Baseball-Reference.com, MLB.com and other sources to compile this information.

Notable

Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes now has 11.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, 16th among all players, after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.

Cortes (6.2IP 4H R 2BB 5K W in the 5-2 win over the Nationals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point and now ranks eighth among AL pitchers.

Scoring

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

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

  • Perez earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day.

  • All of Monday’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).
8/26 BTG Game Player AB R H BI   IP H R ER BB K
MLB +13.0 SEA 5, TB 1 Bryce Miller (W, 10‑7) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   7.0 2 1 1 0 10
BAT +6.0 KC 9, CLE 4 Salvador Perez DH 4 2 2 6   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
NL +5.0 CHC 18, PIT 8 Miguel Amaya C 5 2 4 4   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  +5.0 ATL 10, MIN 6 Matt Olson 1B 5 2 3 5   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  +4.1 `TOR 4, BOS 1 Ryan Yarbrough ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   3.1 2 0 0 1 4
  +4.0 SD 7, STL 4 Manny Machado 3B 4 3 2 3   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  +3.2 NYY 5, WSH 2 Nestor Cortes (W, 8‑10) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   6.2 4 1 1 2 5
  +3.0 COL 3, MIA 2 Tyler Kinley (S, 7) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  +2.2 KC 4, CLE 3 John Schreiber (W, 4‑3) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  +2.0 DET 6, CHW 3 Spencer Torkelson 1B 5 1 3 3   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  +2.0 TOR 7, BOS 3 George Springer DH 4 1 2 3   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  +2.0 PHI 3, HOU 2 (F/10) Matt Strahm (W, 6‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.0 0 0 0 0 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 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 (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’24 ’23‑24 ’19‑24 Career +/‑
Miller, Bryce 4797 pi sp sea al 12.7 25.8 25.8 25.8 -0.4
Cortes, Nestor 4160 pi sp nyy al 11.7 13.7 36.1 36.1 +9.7
Springer, George 3337 rf tor al 6.0 8.0 27.9 47.9 +4.0
Machado, Manny 3087 3b sd nl 5.5 8.5 22.9 59.3 +2.5
Olson, Matt 3836 1b atl nl 4.5 8.7 24.7 31.4 +0.3
Kinley, Tyler 4617 pi cp col nl 4.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 +4.0
Yarbrough, Ryan 3962 pi mr tor al 3.7 6.7 33.8 40.8 +0.7
Perez, Salvador 2972 1b dh kc al 3.5 8.0 16.5 48.7 -1.0
Strahm, Matt 3724 pi mr cp phi nl 3.0 8.0 12.0 17.0 -2.0
Amaya, Miguel 4836 ca dh chi nl 2.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 +1.7
Schreiber, John 4598 pi mr cp kc al 2.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 +1.0
Torkelson, Spencer 4637 1b det al 1.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 -2.0
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A Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’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.
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Game Starter ’24 ’23‑24 ’19‑24 Career
LAA Cueto, Johnny 2400 0.0 0.0 14.4 118.2
DET Hurter, Brant* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHC Steele, Justin 4415 8.0 19.1 27.1 27.1
PIT Jones, Jared 4956 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
HOU Verlander, Justin 2112 2.0 14.4 68.9 247.0
PHI Nola, Aaron 3569 10.7 22.7 66.8 112.4
KC Lorenzen, Michael 3479 4.0 12.7 19.7 27.2
CLE Williams, Gavin 4865 2.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
OAK Spence, Mitch 4986 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7
CIN Undecided 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NYY Cole, Gerrit 3232 5.0 22.0 99.4 160.3
WSH Corbin, Patrick 3027 3.0 10.1 37.2 95.4
TOR Rodriguez, Yariel 4979 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
BOS Criswell, Cooper 4840 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
ATL Schwellenbach, Spencer 5035 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
MIN Woods Richardson, Simeon 4974 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7
SD Cease, Dylan 4231 17.4 27.4 64.2 64.2
STL Mikolas, Miles 3034 4.0 10.7 25.8 40.2
SF Webb, Logan 4258 10.0 22.4 50.3 50.3
MIL Myers, Tobias 5026 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
TEX Heaney, Andrew 3515 7.0 18.4 39.8 54.5
CHW Crochet, Garrett 4434 10.7 10.7 11.7 11.7
MIA Munoz, Roddery 4994 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
COL Quantrill, Cal 4195 5.0 7.0 22.7 22.7
NYM Manaea, Sean 3637 9.7 13.4 40.8 63.6
ARI Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 0.0 13.0 34.4 67.2
TB Springs, Jeffrey 4372 2.0 5.7 19.4 19.4
SEA Gilbert, Logan 4439 11.0 24.4 45.5 45.5
BAL Irvin, Cole 4140 3.0 6.0 21.4 21.4
LAD Flaherty, Jack 3971 11.0 15.0 43.2 56.3
Starters subject to change.
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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