Cubs' Arrieta maintains weekly Box-Toppers player rankings lead; Machado, Suarez rise to lead batters

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of April 28.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Volquez, Edinson 2220 pi sp kc al 4.4 1 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 5.0
2 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 4.4 2 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 4.0
3 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 4.0 3 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 4.0
4 Santiago, Hector 3109 pi sp ana al 3.7 4 De La Rosa, Rubby 3342 pi sp mr ari nl 4.0
5 Latos, Mat 2644 pi sp chi al 3.7 5 Velasquez, Vince 3611 pi sp phi nl 4.0
6 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 3.4 6 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 3.0
7 Price, David 2593 pi sp bos al 3.0 7 Hammel, Jason 2235 pi sp chi nl 3.0
8 Smyly, Drew 3009 pi sp tb al 3.0 8 Morton, Charlie 2503 pi sp phi nl 3.0
9 Quintana, Jose 3040 pi sp chi al 3.0 9 Matz, Steven 3516 pi sp nym nl 3.0
10 Osuna, Roberto 3512 pi cp tor al 3.0 10 Roark, Tanner 3261 pi sp dc nl 3.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Machado, Manny 3087 3b ss bal al 4.2 1 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b cin nl 3.5
2 Davis, Chris 2478 1b bal al 3.5 2 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 cf lf dh ph nym nl 3.0
3 Altuve, Jose 3007 2b hou al 3.5 3 Markakis, Nick 2116 rf atl nl 3.0
4 Cano, Robinson 2092 2b sea al 3.5 4 Belt, Brandon 2943 1b sf nl 3.0
5 Betts, Mookie 3404 rf bos al 3.0 5 Diaz, Aledmys 3612 ss stl nl 3.0
6 Donaldson, Josh 3144 3b tor al 2.5 6 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 2.5
7 Rasmus, Colby 2608 lf hou al 2.5 7 Braun, Ryan J. 2300 lf mil nl 2.5
8 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 2.0 8 Brown, Trevor 3610 ca sf nl 2.5
9 Odor, Rougned 3336 2b tex al 2.0 9 Conforto, Michael 3622 lf nym nl 2.5
10 Souza, Steven Jr. 3461 rf tb al 1.7 10 Rizzo, Anthony 3063 1b chi nl 2.0

Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta leads players in Box-Toppers points for the second week.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of April 28:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 5.0
2 Volquez, Edinson 2220 pi sp kc al 4.4
3 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 4.4
4 Machado, Manny 3087 3b ss bal al 4.2
5 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 4.0
6 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 4.0
7 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 4.0
8 De La Rosa, Rubby 3342 pi sp mr ari nl 4.0
9 Velasquez, Vince 3611 pi sp phi nl 4.0
10 Santiago, Hector 3109 pi sp ana al 3.7
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Meanwhile, there are two new Box-Toppers points leaders this week in batting categories—Manny Machado of the Orioles leads American League batters and Eugenio Suarez of the Reds leads National League batters.

Arrieta leads all players with 5.0 Box-Toppers points, the same total he had a week ago. Arrieta led all players with 29.1 Box-Toppers points in 2015.

American League pitcher—Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez maintains his lead among AL pitchers for the second week with 4.4, the same total as a week ago. He ranks second among all players.

American League batter—Manny Machado of the Orioles is the new leader among AL batters with 4.2 Box-Toppers points, ranked fourth among all players. Last week’s leader Robinson Cano of the Mariners, falls to fourth among AL batters with 3.5 points.

National League batter—Eugenio Suarez of the Reds is the new leader among NL batters with 3.5 Box-Toppers points, ranked 15th among all players. Last week’s leader Ryan Braun of the Brewers, falls to seventh place with 2.5 points.

So far this season, 235 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 46 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points.

About Box-Toppers—Box-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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.

Last week’s player rankings