D-backs’ Pfaadt tops players Thursday, Sept. 19; Ohtani has best game for batter in 2024

Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Pfaadt is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Thursday, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers records the second-highest Box-Toppers game score for a batter in the 30 years of Box-Toppers player tracking. He did it on the day he became the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season.

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Royals’ Singer tops players for Sunday, March 31; Padres’ Kim tops NL players

Royals pitcher Brady Singer is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Singer struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 11-0 win over the Twins.

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A pitchers vs. batters breakdown of each team’s Box-Toppers point total for 2023

The World Series champion Texas Rangers, leaders among all teams in Box-Toppers points in 2023, also led all teams in points earned by pitchers. The Los Angeles Dodgers, meanwhile, which finished third overall among all teams, had the most points won by batters in 2023.

Here is a look at how pitchers and batters contributed to each teams’ Box-Toppers point totals in 2023, including the share of total points won by pitchers and batters on each team.

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Four Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2023 All-MLB First Team

Only four Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2023’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced this month. Three other Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.

The All-MLB team players are not selected based on their affiliation with American League or National League. Rather, all players are chosen regardless of league as “First Team” or “Second Team” players.

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Box-Toppers points leaders Ohtani, Henderson win 2023 Players Choice Awards

Only two of Box-Toppers category leaders also won Players Choice Awards for 2023 as voted by the players’ union: Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, who was voted American League Outstanding Player and Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles was voted AL Outstanding Rookie.

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Box-Toppers 2023 year-end All-Star teams

The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2023 regular season are led by overall Box-Toppers points leader, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider.

The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to nine batters in each league are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.

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Box-Toppers’ MVP Awards: Ohtani reigns over AL; Alonso edges Acuña in NL

Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, favorite for American League Most Valuable Player, is also Box-Toppers’ choice for the award. But Box-Toppers’ choice for NL MVP, Pete Alonso of the Mets, is not among the finalists for the award, expected to go to Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves, who is second on Box-Toppers’ NL MVP ballot.

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Box-Toppers’ Cy Young Awards: Bassitt over Cole in AL; Strider over Snell in NL

Box-Toppers’ Cy Young Award selections for 2023 are: American League—Chris Bassitt of the Blue Jays and National League—Spencer Strider of the Braves.

Neither pitcher was among the six finalists for the award announced this week, even though they ranked first (Strider) and second (Bassitt) in overall Box-Toppers season player rankings and were the only two players this season to reach 20.0 Box-Toppers points.

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Phillies’ Wheeler tops players in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card round playoff games

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler tops players in Tuesday’s four Wild Card playoff games:

Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s Wild Card series games: Rangers pitcher Jordan Montgomery,, Royce Lewis of the Twins and Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks.

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Blue Jays’ Bassitt tops players for Thursday, Sept. 28, passing Ohtani to lead AL pitchers

Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second in season player rankings and passing Shohei Ohtani to lead American League pitchers.

Bassitt struck out 12 over 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing five hits and one walk, in the 6-0 win over the Yankees.

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Yankees’ Cole tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 27, rising to 7th; Alonso leads NL batters

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

Also Wednesday, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to first place among National League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors, passing previous leader Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves.

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Yankees’ Judge tops players for Friday, Sept. 22; Blue Jays’ Bassitt rises to 4th

Aaron Judge of the Yankees is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Tigers’ Skubal tops players for Thursday, Sept. 21; Yankees’ Cole rises to 10th

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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