Giants’ Snell tops players Tuesday, Sept. 17; Phillies’ Wheeler extends 2024 points lead

Giants pitcher Blake Snell is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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A look at Box-Toppers’ All-Star teams as 1st phase of voting concludes this week

With the first phase of voting wrapping up this week for the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, here’s a look at Box-Toppers points leaders at each position in both leagues, through the games of Tuesday, June 25.

The first phase of fan All-Star voting closes Thursday at noon (Eastern time) and the second phase, with finalist voting only, runs from June 30 to July 3. Here is more information about how that works. The All-Star Game is Tuesday, July 16, in Arlington, Texas.

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Phillies’ Aaron Nola tops players for Monday, April 15, rising to 7th in player rankings

Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.

Nola struck out nine over 7 1/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 2-1, 10-inning win over the Rockies. Nola did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied when he exited.

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Dodgers’ Glasnow tops players Tuesday, April 9; Orioles’ Burnes rises to 1st in rankings

Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.

Also Tuesday, Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray has now earned Box-Toppers points in 12 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2024 Tuesday.

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Nationals’ Irvin, Blue Jays’ Bassitt top players in spring games for Wednesday, March 13

Nationals pitcher Jake Irvin is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.

Meanwhile, Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt, who led American League pitchers in 2023 with 20.1 Box-Toppers points, is Wednesday’s AL Player of the Day.

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Braves’ Spencer Strider tops players in spring training games for Monday, March 11

Braves pitcher Spencer Strider is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.

Strider, who led all players with 21.1 Box-Toppers points in 2023, is the first player to earn Player of the Game honors for the third time this spring training season. He also recorded the highest Box-Toppers game score (+11.0) of any Player of the Game winner this spring.

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Shohei Ohtani leads players in Box-Toppers points over past 2 seasons (2022-23)

Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.

Ohtani has earned 44.1 Box-Toppers points over 2022 and 2023. He ranked second among all players in 2022 with 24.7 Box-Toppers points and third among all players in 2023 with 19.4 points.

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A look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2023

Analyzing 29 years of Box-Toppers points leaders in pitching and batting in both leagues.

In 2023, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, American League Most Valuable Player, was the only player who won a major postseason award and also led his Box-Toppers category (leading AL batters with 19.4). Also, Pete Alonso of the Mets became the ninth batter since 1995 to lead his league’s batters in Box-Toppers points more than once, leading NL batters for the second straight season.

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A detailed look at Box-Toppers points leaders for 2023: Top players by position in each league

Here is a detailed look at Box-Toppers point leaders for 2023.

The chart accompanying this post shows points leaders for the season by several different categories and classifications.

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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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