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Nationals’ Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers player rankings for second week

Shawn Plank May 25, 2018
Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2018 season through the games of May 24.

AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Severino, Luis 3567 pi sp nyy al 10.7 1 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 11.4
2 Morton, Charlie 2503 pi sp hou al 10.1 2 Pivetta, Nick 3825 pi sp phi nl 7.7
3 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp hou al 10.0 3 Corbin, Patrick 3027 pi sp ari nl 7.0
4 Berrios, Jose 3791 pi sp min al 9.4 4 Maeda, Kenta 3609 pi sp lad nl 6.0
5 Paxton, James 3280 pi sp sea al 7.0 5 Ross, Tyson 2840 pi sp sd nl 6.0
6 Verlander, Justin 2112 pi sp hou al 6.7 6 Teheran, Julio 3176 pi sp atl nl 5.7
7 Happ, J.A. 2536 pi sp tor al 6.7 7 Gray, Jon 3634 pi sp col nl 5.7
8 Snell, Blake 3688 pi sp tb al 6.0 8 Hader, Josh 3881 pi cp mil nl 5.7
9 McCullers, Lance 3488 pi sp hou al 5.7 9 Darvish, Yu 3003 pi sp chi nl 5.4
10 Bundy, Dylan 3655 pi sp bal al 5.7 10 Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139 pi sp lad nl 5.4
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Betts, Mookie 3404 rf bos al 5.2 1 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b cin nl 5.0
2 Davidson, Matt 3292 dh 1b 3b chi al 5.2 2 Freeman, Freddie 2887 1b atl nl 5.0
3 Mazara, Nomar 3614 rf tex al 5.0 3 Crawford, Brandon 2878 ss sf nl 5.0
4 Martinez, J.D. 2922 lf bos al 4.0 4 Martinez, Jose 3830 1b stl nl 4.0
5 Haniger, MItch 3772 rf sea al 4.0 5 Belt, Brandon 2943 1b lf sf nl 4.0
6 Goodrum, Niko 3932 1b rf 3b pr det al 4.0 6 Shaw, Travis 3544 3b mil nl 3.5
7 Solarte, Yangervis 3304 3b 2b 1b tor al 3.7 7 Hundley, Nick 2497 ca ph sf nl 3.5
8 Ramirez, Hanley 2119 1b dh bos al 3.5 8 Harper, Bryce 3011 rf dc nl 3.0
9 Sano, Miguel 3527 3b min al 3.0 9 Adams, Matt 3220 1b dc nl 3.0
10 Upton, Justin 2411 lf ana al 3.0 10 Reynolds, Mark 2297 1b dc nl 3.0
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Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second week in a row.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2018 season through the games of May 24:  
 

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 11.4
2 Severino, Luis 3567 pi sp nyy al 10.7
3 Morton, Charlie 2503 pi sp hou al 10.1
4 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp hou al 10.0
5 Berrios, Jose 3791 pi sp min al 9.4
6 Pivetta, Nick 3825 pi sp phi nl 7.7
7 Paxton, James 3280 pi sp sea al 7.0
8 Corbin, Patrick 3027 pi sp ari nl 7.0
9 Verlander, Justin 2112 pi sp hou al 6.7
10 Happ, J.A. 2536 pi sp tor al 6.7
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Meanwhile, Yankees pitcher Luis Severino continues to lead American League players for the fifth straight week, Mookie Betts of the Red Sox continues to lead AL batters for the fifth straight week and Eugenio Suarez of the Reds rises to regain the lead among National League batters.

Scherzer has 11.4 Box-Toppers points to lead all players, picking up no additional points in the past week. Scherzer also leads all National League players, ahead of second-place player, Phillies pitcher Nick Pivetta (7.7 points), who ranks sixth overall.

American League pitchers—Severino has 10.7 Box-Toppers points, earning no points in the past week. In second place is Astros pitcher Charlie Morton (10.1 points), who ranks third overall.

American League batters—Betts of the Red Sox leads AL batters with 5.2 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He ranks 25th among all players. Betts leads second-place AL batter Matt Davidson of the White Sox (5.2). (Though both have 5.2 points, Betts ranks higher because he has more 2017 Box-Toppers points—6.0 vs. 3.0.)

National League batters—Eugenio Suarez of the Reds regains top spot among NL batters with 5.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He passes last week’s leader, Freddie Freeman of the Braves (5.0). (Though both have 5.0 Box-Toppers points, Suarez ranks higher because he has more 2017 Box-Toppers points—3.5 vs. 3.0.) Freeman falls to second among NL batters.

Suarez ranks 30th among all players. He previously led NL batters the week of May 10.

So far this season, 408 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 131 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 51 players who have made their Box-Toppers debut so far this season (including 11 in the past week) the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors.

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.

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Last week’s player rankings report

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Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

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. 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.

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