Tigers’ Mize, Diamondbacks’ Beer top players in Thursday’s spring training games

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.

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Diamondbacks’ Kelly, Rangers’ Garver top players in Wednesday’s spring training games

Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.

Kelly struck out eight over three scoreless, hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 5-3 win over the Giants. Kelly did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Giants tied the game after he exited.

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Mets’ deGrom, White Sox’ Giolito top players in Tuesday’s spring training games

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.

deGrom struck out five over two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Astros. deGrom did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

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Marlins’ Meyer, Rangers’ McCarthy top players in Monday’s spring training games

Marlins pitcher Max Meyer is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.

Meyer struck out five over four scoreless and hitless innings of middle relief, walking none, in the 3-0 win over the Mets. Meyer did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because starting pitcher Elieser Hernandez was credited for the win, despite pitching only two innings.

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An overview look at how baseball's 2021 statistical leaders ranked in Box-Toppers points

The leaders in three specific pitching categories—earned run average, wins and strikeouts—were among the overall top 10 players in Box-Toppers points.

However, the leaders in three specific batting categories—batting average, home runs and runs batted in—did not fare well in Box-Toppers points. All three ranked outside the top 200 overall players in Box-Toppers points and also ranked outside the top 10 players among their league’s batters.

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6 of top 10 strikeout leaders also among Box-Toppers’ top 10 players for 2021

Six of the 10 top strikeout leaders in 2021 were also among the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points for the season.

Blue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray led all players with 248 strikeouts. He ranked sixth overall in Box-Toppers points with 17.7, second among American League pitchers. Ray won the AL Cy Young Award.

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5 of 11 top RBI leaders among Box-Toppers’ top 100 players in 2021

Five of the top 11 runs batted in leaders were among the top 100 players in Box-Toppers points in 2021. All five were also among their league’s top 10 batters in Box-Toppers rankings.

However, Salvador Perez of the Royals, who led all players with 121 RBIs, had just 4.5 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 222nd among all players and 44th among American League batters.

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6 of 12 top home run leaders among their league’s top 10 batters in Box-Toppers points

While six of the top 12 home run hitters in 2021 ranked among their league’s top 10 batters in Box-Toppers points for the season, the two top home run hitters ranked low.

Salvador Perez of the Royals and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays led all players with 48 home runs each in 2021, but both were the lowest ranked among the 12 top home run hitters in Box-Toppers points, both ranking outside the overall top 200 players.

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7 of top 10 in earned run average also among top 10 in Box-Toppers points for 2021

Seven of the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points in 2021 also recorded among the 10 lowest earned run averages for the season.

Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes, who had the lowest ERA (2.43), ranked fifth in Box-Toppers points for 2021 (18.1), fourth among National League pitchers. Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer, who led all players with 25.1 Box-Toppers points, had the second-lowest ERA (2.46).

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Castellanos is only top 10 batting average leader among top 100 in Box-Toppers points for 2021

Only one of the top 10 batting average leaders for 2021 is among Box-Toppers’ top 100 ranked players for the season.

Nick Castellanos of the Reds, whose .309 batting average ranked ninth among all players, ranked 35th among all players with 11.5 Box-Toppers points. That also led all NL batters.

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An overview of Box-Toppers category leaders over several time frames after 2021

Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer holds the lead in five of Box-Toppers’ main leaderboards at the end of 2021, most of any player.

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole leads four Box-Toppers leaderboards, second most of any player.

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A look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2020-21 and 2016-21

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over the past two seasons while Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks first in points over the past six seasons.

Cole earned 29.8 Box-Toppers points combined in 2020 and 2021 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 120.3 from 2016-2021, most in that span.

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