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Yankees’ Stroman tops players for Saturday, May 25; Giants’ Hicks tops NL players

Shawn Plank May 26, 2024

Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Stroman struck out five over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Padres.

Rangers’ Bradford tops players for Friday, April 5; Royals’ Singer rises to 1st in rankings

Shawn Plank April 6, 2024

Rangers pitcher Cody Bradford is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Royals pitcher Brady Singer rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, two players extend significant streaks of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday—Orioles closer Craig Kimbrel (15 seasons) and Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola (10 seasons).

Orioles’ Rodriguez tops players for Saturday, March 30; Giants’ Hicks tops NL players

Shawn Plank March 31, 2024

Orioles pitcher Grayson Rodriguez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Rodriguez struck out nine over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 13-4 win over the Angels.

Giants’ Hicks, Yankees’ Schmidt top players in spring games for Monday, March 25

Shawn Plank March 26, 2024

Giants pitcher Jordan Hicks is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.

Hicks was one of two players Monday to win Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the third time in the 2024 spring training season, along with Red Sox pitcher Garrett Whitlock.

Yankees’ Stanton, Mets’ Scott top players in spring games for Wednesday, March 20

Shawn Plank March 21, 2024

Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.

Stanton hit three home runs, including a grand slam, a sacrifice fly and went 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in eight runs, in the 12-0 win over the Pirates.

Giants’ Hicks, Twins’ Buxton top players in spring games for Saturday, March 9

Shawn Plank March 10, 2024

Giants pitcher Jordan Hicks is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.

Meanwhile, among Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners for Saturday are two of 2023’s Box-Toppers points leaders: Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo, who ranked fifth among American League pitchers with 16.1 Box-Toppers points and Kyle Tucker of the Astros, who ranked second among AL batters with 12.5 points.

Rangers, boosted by trade deadline deals, rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings

Shawn Plank August 4, 2023

The Texas Rangers, largely on the strength of their trade deadline pitcher acquisitions, rise to lead this week’s Box-Toppers season team rankings.

The Rangers gained the most Box-Toppers points by far of any team in the past week (21.1) thanks mostly to acquiring Max Scherzer (10.4 points) from the Mets and Jordan Montgomery (6.7 points) from the Cardinals.

Royals’ Danny Duffy tops players for Saturday, June 9; Cubs’ Lester tops NL players

Shawn Plank June 10, 2018

Royals pitcher Danny Duffy is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Duffy struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks, in the 2-0 win over the Athletics.

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

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. 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.