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Tigers pitcher Casey Mize is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.
Mize struck out six over three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 5-3, seven-inning win over the Yankees. Mize did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Read MoreNationals pitcher Jon Lester is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Lester struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing six hits and no walks, in the 18-1 win over the Marlins.
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Three teams each have six players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2021 player rankings at the All-Star break.
The Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays each have six players on the top 100 list, tied for the most of any team. All teams have at least one player among the top 100. The Milwaukee Brewers, currently Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team with 67.2 accumulated Box-Toppers points in 2021 have three players on the list. The defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers have four players on the list.
Read MorePadres pitcher Yu Darvish is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to third place in season player rankings, taking the 2021 Box-Toppers point lead among National League pitchers.
Darvish struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 7-0 win over the Rockies.
Read MoreRays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to first place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, three other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole, Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta and Padres pitcher Yu Darvish.
Read MoreAlex Rodriguez has the most career Box-Toppers points of all Major League Baseball number-one draft picks since 1990.
Rodriguez, who was the first pick in the 1993 draft, earned 187.0 Box-Toppers points during his career from 1994 to 2016, which is 10th overall since 1995 and second among all batters (behind Albert Pujols of the Angels with 201.8).
Read MoreBox-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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.