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Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers, who hit a walk-off, 10th-inning grand slam, is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 1.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 6-3 in 10 innings to take a 1-0 lead over the New York Yankees in the best-of-seven-game series.
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Both National League Division Series begin Saturday.
The San Diego Padres face the Los Angeles Dodgers in one best-of-five game series and the New York Mets face the Philadelphia Phillies in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Dodgers (first) and the Phillies (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
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The Philadelphia Phillies finish 2024 atop Box-Toppers team rankings, leading for the 22nd straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees maintain their lead among American League teams in final Box-Toppers team rankings, while the non-playoff-bound Seattle Mariners are the hottest team over the final days of the season.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 21st straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees continue their lead among American League teams, while the San Diego Padres are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 20th straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees—the week’s hottest team—pass the Baltimore Orioles, rising to regain the lead among American League teams.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 19th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles—the week’s hottest team—pass the New York Yankees, rising to regain the lead among American League teams.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 18th straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees continue leading American League teams and the Atlanta Braves are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 17th straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees regain the lead among American League teams and the New York Mets are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 16th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles lead American League teams for the second week and the Arizona Diamondbacks are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 15th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles rise past the New York Yankees to lead American League teams and the San Francisco Giants are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies maintain the Box-Toppers team rankings lead for the 14th week, despite winning only one game in the past week and making only minimal moves at a trade deadline which shook up team rankings.
Among the changes this week: The New York Yankees rise past the Baltimore Orioles to regain the lead among American League teams and the Los Angeles Dodgers are the hottest team of the week, in part due to landing the top trade deadline acquisition, picking up pitcher Jack Flaherty (9.0 Box-Toppers points) from the Tigers.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 13th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles continue to lead American League teams and the Arizona Diamondbacks are the hottest team of the week.
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The Philadelphia Phillies have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2024 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles have the most players in the top 100 among American League teams.
Read MoreThree of Box-Toppers four main category leaders, including the overall leader in Box-Toppers points for 2024, were not selected to the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil, who leads all players with 14.4 Box-Toppers points, was not selected to participate in the All-Star Game. Joining him as key All-Star snubs are Dylan Cease of the Padres, who leads National League pitchers with 12.4 points and outfielder Brenton Doyle of the Rockies, who leads NL batters with 8.7 points.
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Yankees pitcher Luis Gil leads Box-Toppers season player rankings at the All-Star break, the eighth straight week he’s been atop the list.
Meanwhile, Dylan Cease of the Padres rises to lead National League pitchers in player rankings. All other player rankings leaders remain the same: Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads American League batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters. Gil also continues his lead among AL pitchers.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings at the All-Star break, leading for the 12th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles continue to lead American League teams and the Detroit Tigers are the hottest team since the last report July 4.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Tyler Anderson is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Brenton Doyle of the Rockies earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day, extending his 2024 Box-Toppers points lead among National League batters.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Justin Steele is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Brenton Doyle of the Rockies extended his lead among National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Yankees pitcher Luis Gil continues his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings, topping the list for the seventh straight week.
Meanwhile, there are two new category leaders this week: Chris Sale of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters. Meanwhile, Aaron Judge of the Yankees continues to lead AL batters and Gil continues his lead among AL pitchers
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 11th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles continue to lead American League teams and the Milwaukee Brewers are the week’s hottest team.
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.