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

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 June 21.

	AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP			NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	14.7		1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	16.4
2	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	12.4		2	Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	9.7
3	Paxton, James 3280	pi sp	sea al	11.0		3	Pivetta, Nick 3825	pi sp	phi nl	9.7
4	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	11.0		4	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	9.0
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.7		5	Teheran, Julio 3176	pi sp	atl nl	7.7
6	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	hou al	10.1		6	Quintana, Jose 3040	pi sp	chi nl	7.1
7	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	8.7		7	Stripling, Ross 3629	pi sp	lad nl	6.7
8	Happ, J.A. 2536	pi sp	tor al	8.7		8	Mikolas, Miles 3034	pi sp	stl nl	6.7
9	Snell, Blake 3688	pi sp	tb al	8.0		9	Newcomb, Sean 3831	pi sp	atl nl	6.4
10	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	7.7		10	Smith, Caleb 3952	pi sp	fla nl	6.4
	AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP			NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Mazara, Nomar 3614	rf	tex al	7.0		1	Suarez, Eugenio 3355	3b	cin nl	6.5
2	Rosario, Eddie 3542	lf	min al	6.5		2	Freeman, Freddie 2887	1b	atl nl	6.5
3	Haniger, Mitch 3772	rf	sea al	6.5		3	Crawford, Brandon 2878	ss	sf nl	6.0
4	Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	bos al	6.2		4	Shaw, Travis 3544	3b	mil nl	5.0
5	Trout, Mike 2949	cf	ana al	5.5		5	Martinez, Jose 3830	1b	stl nl	5.0
6	Solarte, Yangervis 3304	3b	tor al	5.2		6	Anderson, Brian W. 3954	rf	fla nl	5.0
7	Davidson, Matt 3292	dh 1b 3b	chi al	5.2		7	Peralta, David 3370	lf	ari nl	4.5
8	Segura, Jean 3173	ss	sea al	5.0		8	Arenado, Nolan 3306	3b	col nl	4.0
9	Lindor, Francisco 3586	ss	cle al	4.7		9	Schwarber, Kyle 3536	lf	chi nl	4.0
10	Gattis, Evan 3179	dh	hou al	4.5		10	Realmuto, J.T. 3491	ca	fla nl	4.0

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Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the sixth 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 June 21:  

 

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	16.4
2	Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	14.7
3	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	12.4
4	Paxton, James 3280	pi sp	sea al	11.0
5	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	11.0
6	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.7
7	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	hou al	10.1
8	Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	9.7
9	Pivetta, Nick 3825	pi sp	phi nl	9.7
10	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	9.0

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Meanwhile, American League batters have a new Box-Toppers points leader this week—Nomar Mazara of the Rangers (7.0) passed last week’s leader, Mitch Haniger of the Mariners (6.5).

Yankees pitcher Luis Severino continues to lead American League players for the ninth straight week. And Eugenio Suarez of the Reds leads National League batters for the fifth week.

Scherzer has 16.4 Box-Toppers points to lead all players, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. Scherzer leads overall second-place player Severino (14.7). He also leads all National League players, ahead of second-place player, Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola (9.7 points), who ranks eighth overall.

American League pitchers—Severino has 14.7 Box-Toppers points, earning 1.0 point in the past week. In second place is Twins pitcher Jose Berrios (12.4 points), who ranks third overall.

American League batters—Mazara rises to first place this week with 7.0 points, passing Haniger, who falls to third with 6.5 points. Eddie Rosario of the Twins now ranks second (6.5). Mazara ranks 19th among all players.

National League batters—Suarez leads NL batters with 6.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He ranks 27th among all players. He leads second-place NL batter Freddie Freeman of the Braves (6.5). (Though both Suarez and Freeman have 6.5 Box-Toppers points for the season, Suarez ranks ahead because he had more 2017 Box-Toppers points—3.5 vs. 3.0.)

So far this season, 511 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 206 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 78 players who have made their Box-Toppers debut so far this season (including seven 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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