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Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include White Sox pitcher Martín Pérez, Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the Yankees, Ildemaro Vargas of the Diamondbacks and Joey Wiemer of the Royals.
Player of the Day
Pivetta struck out five over five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 5-3 win over the Rangers.
Pivetta had a +7.0 Box-Toppers game score, best among all Padres players and highest among all Thursday Player of the Game winners.
Pivetta earned 9.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024 with the Red Sox, 30th among American League pitchers and most among Thursday’s Player of the Game winners.
American League Player of the Day
White Sox pitcher Martín Pérez struck out five over four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Angels.
This is the second time this spring Pérez has won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. He also did it Feb. 27 in the 4-2 win over the Guardians (2IP H 0R 0BB 2K ND).
Perez earned 5.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024 with the Pirates and the Padres, 64th among National League pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the Yankees hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring once and driving in five runs, in the 9-7 win over the Orioles.
This is the second straight day Chisholm has won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. He also did it Wednesday in the 9-7 win over the Phillies (HR 2-3 R 3BI).
Chisholm earned 2.5 Box-Toppers points in 2024 with the Marlins and Yankees.
National League Batter of the Day
Ildemaro Vargas of the Diamondbacks doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in one run, in the 11-3 win over the Athletics.
Vargas earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2024 with the Nationals, playing in 97 games.
Notable
Joey Wiemer of the Royals Thursday earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for a second time during the 2025 spring training season.
Wiemer (2B 2-2 2R 2BI in the 11-8 win over the Reds) was also Player of the Game March 13 in the 6-5 win over the Padres (HR 1-2 R 3BI).
Wiemer earned 0.0 Box-Toppers points in 2024 with the Brewers and Reds, playing in 21 Major League games. He earned 1.5 career Box-Toppers points in his 2023 rookie season with the Brewers, when he played in 132 games.
Thursday’s games
There were 11 completed spring training games between two Major League teams Thursday. In the 11 games, there were 10 Player of the Game winners who had previously earned Box-Toppers points in regular season games. In one of Thursday’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:
Pivetta would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Pérez would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
Chisholm and Vargas would have each earned 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Thursday’s other Player of the Game winners (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).| 3/20 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.0 | SD 5, TEX 3 | Nick Pivetta (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| +6.2 | NYM 10, WSH 3 | Kodai Senga (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| AL | +6.0 | CHW 2, LAA 1 | Martín Pérez (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| BAT | +5.0 | NYY 9, BAL 7 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | ATL 7, PHI 0 | Zach Thompson (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | ARI 11, ATH 3 | Ildemaro Vargas 2B | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | KC 11, CIN 8 | Joey Wiemer CF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.2 | `MIN 2, BOS 1 | Chris Paddack | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +3.0 | HOU 11, MIA 0 | Zack Short SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.1 | TOR 4, TB 1 | Bowden Francis (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| +2.0 | COL 7, TEX 4 | Jordan Beck LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 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.
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 2025. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2024 (’24). Also shown is their point total for the period 2020-2024 (’20-24) 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 | ’25 | ’24 | ’20‑24 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | sd nl | 0.0 | 9.7 | 32.4 | 54.1 |
| Francis, Bowden 5034 | pi sp | tor al | 0.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Perez, Martin 3213 | pi sp mr | chi al | 0.0 | 5.7 | 20.5 | 40.2 |
| Paddack, Chris 4093 | pi sp | min al | 0.0 | 5.7 | 15.7 | 31.5 |
| Chisholm, Jazz Jr. 4364 | cf | nyy al | 0.0 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 |
| Senga, Kodai 4762 | pi sp | nym nl | 0.0 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| Vargas, Ildemaro 3924 | 2b 3b ph | ari nl | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 6.0 |
| Short, Zack 4453 | 3b 2b ph | hou al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Wiemer, Joey 4804 | cf | kc al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Thompson, Zach R. 4437 | pi sp | atl nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Friday’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 2025 (’25)†, last year (’24), over a five-year period (’20-24) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’25† | ’24 | ’20‑24 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOU | Valdez, Framber 4048 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 51.1 | 56.8 |
| STL | Gray, Sonny 3259 | 0.0 | 12.4 | 46.0 | 110.3 |
| MIN | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 51.2 | 58.9 |
| PHI | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | 0.0 | 21.4 | 72.6 | 105.0 |
| ATL | Sale, Chris 2806 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 29.8 | 172.4 |
| TB | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 21.5 | 21.5 |
| PHI | Ross, Joe 3499 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 25.7 |
| TOR | Berrios, Jose 3791 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 41.5 | 79.0 |
| STL | McGreevy, Michael 5113 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| NYM | Holmes, Clay 4022 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 |
| TEX | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 46.8 | 82.3 |
| LAA | Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 25.4 | 79.3 |
| KC | Ragans, Cole 4889 | 0.0 | 12.0 | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| ATH | Severino, Luis 3567 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 19.1 | 64.9 |
| SD | King, Michael 4549 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 27.4 | 27.4 |
| CHC | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| SEA | Evans, Logan* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| KC | Lorenzen, Michael 3479 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 19.7 | 28.2 |
| CLE | Lively, Ben 3903 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 |
| SF | Webb, Logan 4258 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 49.6 | 51.3 |
| CHW | Burke, Sean 5124 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| CIN | Singer, Brady 4337 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 33.7 | 33.7 |
| LAA | Kikuchi, Yusei 4136 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 34.1 | 38.1 |
| COL | Senzatela, Antonio 3760 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 13.0 |
| CIN | Greene, Hunter 4651 | 0.0 | 9.7 | 21.4 | 21.4 |
| SEA | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 47.5 | 47.5 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 0.0 | 21.1 | 51.2 | 51.2 |
| BAL | Suarez, Albert 3870 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| PIT | Keller, Mitch 4230 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 30.7 | 31.7 |
| BOS | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| MIA | Quantrill, Cal 4195 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 20.7 | 22.7 |
| WSH | Soroka, Michael 3956 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| NYY | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 45.2 | 70.3 |
| DET | Montero, Keider 5057 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| ARI | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 64.6 | 67.6 |
| MIL | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | 0.0 | 13.4 | 53.2 | 69.9 |
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 2025.
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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