Brewers’ Josh Hader rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2019 season through the games of May 9.

	AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP			NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Glasnow, Tyler 3948	pi sp mr	tb al	6.7		1	Hader, Josh 3881	pi cp	mil nl	7.0
2	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	6.4		2	Paddack, Chris 4093	pi sp	sd nl	6.7
3	Snell, Blake 3688	pi sp	tb al	6.0		3	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.2
4	Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	5.4		4	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	5.0
5	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	4.7		5	Weaver, Luke 3719	pi sp	ari nl	5.0
6	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	4.7		6	Quintana, Jose 3040	pi sp	chi nl	4.7
7	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	4.0		7	Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	4.7
8	Clevinger, Mike 3707	pi sp	cle al	4.0		8	Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840	pi sp	cin nl	4.7
9	Fiers, Mike 3029	pi sp	oak al	4.0		9	Eflin, Zach 3679	pi sp	phi nl	4.7
10	Boyd, Matthew 3550	pi sp	det al	4.0		10	Eickhoff, Jerad 3566	pi sp	phi nl	4.7
	AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP			NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Gallo, Joey 3485	lf dh	tex al	4.0		1	Bellinger, Cody 3781	rf 1b	lad nl	6.2
2	Abreu, Jose 3308	1b dh	chi al	4.0		2	Ozuna, Marcell 3190	lf	stl nl	5.5
3	Voit, Luke 4053	1b dh	nyy al	4.0		3	Arenado, Nolan 3306	3b	col nl	5.0
4	Gardner, Brett 2486	cf	nyy al	3.5		4	Marte, Ketel 3630	2b cf ss	ari nl	5.0
5	Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362	3b	tex al	3.5		5	Yelich, Christian 3334	rf	mil nl	4.5
6	Beckham, Tim 3452	ss dh 2b	sea al	3.5		6	Belt, Brandon 2943	1b	sf nl	3.0
7	Vogelbach, Daniel 4070	dh	sea al	3.5		7	Reyes, Franmil 4036	rf	sd nl	3.0
8	Narvaez, Omar 4095	ca	sea al	2.7		8	Albies, Ozzie 3953	2b	atl nl	3.0
9	Garver, Mitch 3950	ca	min al	2.5		9	Aguilar, Jesus 3787	1b	mil nl	2.5
10	Choo, Shin-Soo 2267	rf lf dh	tex al	2.5		10	Muncy, Max 3969	1b 3b lf 2b	lad nl	2.5

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Brewers pitcher Josh Hader rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings through the games of May 9, passing Astros pitcher Justin Verlander, who led the past two weeks.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2019 season through the games of May 9.

 

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Hader, Josh 3881	pi cp	mil nl	7.0
2	Glasnow, Tyler 3948	pi sp	tb al	6.7
3	Paddack, Chris 4093	pi sp	sd nl	6.7
4	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	6.4
5	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.2
6	Bellinger, Cody 3781	rf	lad nl	6.2
7	Snell, Blake 3688	pi sp	tb al	6.0
8	Ozuna, Marcell 3190	lf	stl nl	5.5
9	Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	5.4
10	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	5.0

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Meanwhile, Hader also rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers points and Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is the new leader in points among American League pitchers.

Hader leads all players with 7.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.0 points in the past week. He is ahead of second-place overall player Glasnow (6.7 points). Hader passed Verlander (6.4), who led for the past two weeks, who now ranks fourth overall. Hader also passed last week’s NL pitching leader, Zack Greinke of the Diamondbacks (6.2 points), who falls to third among NL pitchers.

American League pitchers—Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow leads with 6.7 Box-Toppers points and ranks second overall. He passes last week’s AL pitching leader, Justin Verlander of the Astros (6.4), who falls to second among AL pitchers.

National League batters—Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers leads NL batters for the fifth straight week with 6.2 Box-Toppers points, falling from third to sixth place overall, picking up no points in the past week. He’s ahead of second-place NL batter Marcell Ozuna of the Cardinals, who with 5.5 points, ranks eighth overall.

American League batters—Joey Gallo of the Rangers leads AL batters for the third straight week with 4.0 Box-Toppers points, 29th place overall, picking up no points in the past week. He’s ahead of second-place AL batter Jose Abreu of the White Sox (4.0). (Though both Gallo and Abreu have 4.0 points on the season, Gallo ranks ahead because he has more 2017 Box-Toppers points—6.5 vs. 1.0.)

So far this season, 556 games have been played and 349 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 92 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 45 players who have made their Box-Toppers debut so far this season (11 in the past week), the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors.

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Last week’s player rankings report