Mariners’ Kirby tops players for Saturday, Sept. 10; Mets’ Carrasco tops NL players

Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Kirby struck out eight over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 3-1 win over the Braves.

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Brewers’ Burnes tops players for Thursday, Sept. 8; White Sox’ Cease maintains 3rd place

Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Thursday, White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease becomes the third player this season to reach 20 Box-Toppers points after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Cease maintains his third place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

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Yankees’ Cole tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 7, rising to 9th in player rankings

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth in season player rankings.

Cole struck out 14 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run, five hits and two walks, in the 7-1 win over the Twins.

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White Sox’ Lynn tops players for Monday, Sept. 5; Diamondbacks’ Nelson tops NL players

White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Lynn struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 3-2 win over the Mariners.

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Diamondbacks’ Gallen tops players for Sunday, Sept. 4, rising to 5th in player rankings

Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.

Also Sunday, two other players in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list earned Player of the Game honors—Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon maintained his seventh place spot and Braves pitcher Max Fried rose to eighth.

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White Sox’ Cease tops players for Saturday, Sept. 3, rising to 3rd in player rankings

White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third in season player rankings.

Also Saturday, Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani maintains second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Padres’ Darvish tops players for Friday, Sept. 2; Blue Jays’ Manoah tops AL players

Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Darvish struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 7-1 win over the Dodgers.

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Braves’ Strider tops players for Thursday, Sept . 1, with highest game score of 2022

Braves pitcher Spencer Strider is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, recording the highest Box-Toppers game score for any Player of the Game winner in 2022.

Strider struck out 16 over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Rockies.

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Mets’ deGrom tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 31; Padres’ Musgrove rises to 6th

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Diamondbacks’ Gallen tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 30, rising to 9th place overall

Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth in season player rankings.

Gallen struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 12-3 win over the Phillies.

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Cardinals’ O’Neill tops players for Monday, Aug. 29; Twins’ Thielbar tops AL players

Tyler O'Neill of the Cardinals is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

O’Neill hit two home runs and went 2-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 13-4 win over the Reds.

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Mariners’ Ray tops players for Sunday, Aug. 28; Astros’ Verlander maintains player rankings lead

Mariners pitcher Robbie Ray is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also, three of the top five players in Box-Toppers season player rankings earn Player of the Game honors Sunday, all maintaining their ranking—Astros pitcher Justin Verlander, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels and Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias.

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Red Sox’ Hill tops players for Saturday, Aug. 27; Ohtani, Alcantara maintain top 3 rankings

Red Sox pitcher Rich Hill is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, two of the top three in Box-Toppers season player rankings earned Player of the Game honors—Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani (ranked second) and Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara (ranked third). Both maintained their rankings. Plus, Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to 10th in player rankings after earning National League Player of the Game honors Saturday.

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Yankees’ Cole tops players for Friday, Aug. 26, rising to 10th in player rankings

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.

Cole struck out 11 over 7 1/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 3-2 win over the Athletics.

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