Indians' Carlos Carrasco tops players for Wednesday, June 21, rises to 6th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to sixth place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 21:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	13.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	11.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	10.1
5	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	10.0
6	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	9.4
7	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	8.2
8	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	8.0
9	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	8.0
10	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7

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Carrasco struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing seven hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Orioles.

Carrasco earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.4 for the season, rising to sixth place among all players and third among American League pitchers, behind Ervin Santana of the Twins (11.4) and Chris Sale of the Red Sox (10.1).

National League Player of the Day—Marlins pitcher Dan Straily struck out six over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Nationals. Straily picked up a no-decision and did not earn the win because the Marlins trailed, 1-0, when he exited.

Straily earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 7.7 for the season, rising to sixth place among NL pitchers, 12th overall.

Opposing pitcher Max Scherzer of the Nationals had a no-hitter going into the eighth inning, but gave up two hits and two unearned runs that inning, picking up the loss. Had the Nationals won, Scherzer (8IP 2H 2R 0ER BB 11K L) would have been overall Player of the Day with a Box-Toppers game score of +14.0, beating out Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco’s Box-Toppers game score of +9.0. But Scherzer picks up no Box-Toppers points in the loss.

Scherzer ranks second in Box-Toppers points on the season with 13.0, behind overall leader Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (14.4).

National League Batter of the Day—Brandon Drury of the Diamondbacks doubled and went 4-for-6, scoring once and driving in six runs, in the 16-5 win over the Rockies.

American League Batter of the Day—Salvador Perez of the Royals hit a go-ahead, eighth-inning grand slam in the 6-4 win over the Red Sox. Perez also went 3-for-3.

Notable—Craig Stammen of the Padres (2B 1-1 R in the 3-2 win over the Cubs) became the fourth pitcher this season to earn Player of the Game honors for batting.

Debuts—Four players made their Box-Toppers debut Wednesday with their first career Player of the Game honors:

• Jose Martinez of the Cardinals (HR 2B 2-2 2R BI in the 7-6, 10-inning win over the Phillies) made his Major League debut Sept. 6, 2016, and was playing in his 48th career game. He is the 3,830th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
• Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb (6IP 3H R BB 3K ND in the 5-3, 11-inning win over the Giants) made his Major League debut June 10 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,831st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
• Austin Romine of the Yankees (3-4 R 2BI in the 8-4 win over the Angels) made his Major League debut Sept. 11, 2011, and was playing in his 177th career game. He is the 3,832nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
• Mariners pitcher Tony Zych (1.2IP 0H 0R BB K W in the 7-5 win over the Tigers) made his Major League debut Sept. 4, 2015, and was playing in his 48th career game. He is the 3,833rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Carrasco earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Straily earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Drury and Perez each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) 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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Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 

6/21	Score	Game	Player of the Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	9.0	CLE 5, BAL 1	Carlos Carrasco (W,8-3)	-	-	-	-		6.0	7	0	0	0	10
	7.0	MIN 4, CHW 2	Jose Berrios (W,7-1)	-	-	-	-		8.0	4	2	2	1	8
NL	6.0	`MIA 2, WSH 1	Dan Straily	-	-	-	-		6.0	3	1	1	1	6
BAT	5.0	ARI 16, COL 5	Brandon Drury, 2B	6	1	4	6		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	5.0	KC 6, BOS 4	Salvador Perez, C	3	1	3	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	LAD 8, NYM 2	Rich Hill (W,4-3)	-	-	-	-		5.0	4	1	1	3	8
	3.0	STL 7, PHI 6 (F/10)	Jose Martinez, PH-RF	2	2	2	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	HOU 5, OAK 1	Mike Fiers (W,5-2)	-	-	-	-		6.0	3	1	1	3	5
	3.0	`ATL 5, SF 3 (F/11)	Sean Newcomb	-	-	-	-		6.0	3	1	1	1	3
	2.2	TB 8, CIN 3	Chase Whitley (S,2)	-	-	-	-		1.2	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	NYY 8, LAA 4	Austin Romine, C	4	1	3	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	MIL 4, PIT 3	Domingo Santana, RF	4	1	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	TOR 7, TEX 5	Steve Pearce, LF	3	1	3	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.2	SEA 7, DET 5	Tony Zych (W,3-2)	-	-	-	-		1.2	0	0	0	1	1
	1.0	SD 3, CHC 2	Craig Stammen, P	1	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’17). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’16-17), the period 2012-2017 (’12-17) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2017 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2016 total (+/-).  

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	9.4	21.8	50.5	55.9	-3.0
Straily, Dan 3080	pi sp	fla nl	7.7	14.7	25.4	25.4	0.7
Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Perez, Salvador 2972	ca	kc al	3.5	7.5	22.7	25.2	-0.5
Drury, Brandon 3744	2b	ari nl	3.5	5.0	5.0	5.0	2.0
Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	lad nl	3.0	17.4	21.4	41.1	-11.4
Whitley, Chase 3352	pi cp mr	tb al	3.0	3.0	6.7	6.7	3.0
Fiers, Michael 3029	pi sp	hou al	2.7	7.7	28.8	28.8	-2.3
Pearce, Steve 2371	lf	tor al	2.0	4.0	16.0	18.0	0.0
Santana, Domingo 3507	rf	mil nl	2.0	2.0	3.5	3.5	2.0
Stammen, Craig 2506	pi mr	sd nl	1.0	1.0	9.0	13.0	1.0
Martinez, Jose 3830	rf ph	stl nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Newcomb, Sean 3831	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Romine, Austin 3832	ca	nyy al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Zych, Tony 3833	pi mr	sea al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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