Cardinals’ Pallante tops players for Monday, July 28; Dodgers’ Yamamoto rises to 6th

Cardinals pitcher Andre Pallante is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to first place among National League batters after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.

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Blue Jays’ Gausman tops players for Saturday, July 26; Pirates’ Heaney tops NL players

Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Pirates pitcher Andrew Heaney, Phillies pitcher Ranger Suárez, Alex Call of the Nationals and Jarren Duran of the Red Sox.

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Athletics’ Kurtz tops players for Friday, July 25 with 2025’s top game score for a batter

Nick Kurtz of the Athletics is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, recording the highest Box-Toppers game score for a batter in 2025 and what seems to be the third-best by a batter since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.

Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Diamondbacks pitcher Ryne Nelson, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies and Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi.

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Reds’ Lodolo tops players for Wednesday, July 23; Royals’ Pasquantino tops AL players

Reds pitcher Nick Lodolo is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Vinnie Pasquantino of the Royals, Rangers pitcher Patrick Corbin, Rafael Devers of the Giants and Mets pitcher Sean Manaea.

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Phillies’ Sanchez tops players for Tuesday, July 22; Mariners’ Gilbert tops AL players

Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom, Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd, Spencer Horwitz of the Pirates and Ty France of the Twins.

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Brewers’ Woodruff tops players for Monday, July 21, Wheeler, Skenes rise in top 10 list

Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, two players in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list earn Player of the Game honors: Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, first place overall, extends his lead, and Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, rises from ninth to fifth place overall.

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Tigers’ Skubal tops players for Sunday, July 20; Skubal, Pivetta rise in top 3 rankings

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, maintaining second place in season player rankings and extending his lead among American League pitchers.

Also Sunday, Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.

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Rangers’ Rocker tops players for Saturday, July 19; Marlins’ Quantrill tops NL players

Rangers pitcher Kumar Rocker is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Marlins pitcher Cal Quantrill, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga, Lenyn Sosa of the White Sox and Ezequiel Tovar of the Rockies.

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Brewers’ Priester tops players for Friday, July 18; Cubs’ Suzuki extends NL batting lead

Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day as regular-season games resume after the All-Star break.

Also Friday, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs extends his lead in Box-Toppers points among National League batters after earning Player of the Game honors.

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High by team: Pitchers lead 27 of 30 clubs in 2025 Box-Toppers points at All-Star break

On 27 of the 30 Major League clubs, pitchers are the team’s leader in 2025 Box-Toppers points. Batters lead the other three teams.

Pitchers are dominating much the way they are winning the overwhelming majority of Box-Toppers points this season compared to batters. Pitchers are winning 61 percent of all points this season compared to 39 percent for batters. The all-time record-low share of points earned by batters is 37.2 percent set in 2024. (Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.)

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Mets’ Pete Alonso is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in 2025 All-Star Game

Pete Alonso of the Mets is Box-Toppers 2025 All-Star Game Player of the Game.

Alonso hit a sixth-inning, three-run homer, as the National League prevailed Tuesday over the American League, after a nine-inning, 6-6 tie was broken with a home run derby-style swing-off. Alonso went 1-for-2, scoring once and driving in three runs.

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Marlins’ Stowers tops players for Sunday, July 13; Yamamoto, Gray rise in top 10 rankings

Kyle Stowers of the Marlins is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to seventh place and Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray rises to 10th place.

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