Justin Verlander leads players in Box-Toppers points over past 2 seasons (2018-19)

Astros pitcher Justin Verlander has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.

Box-Toppers points leaders for 2018-19

OVERALL LEADERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Verlander, Justin 2112 pi sp hou al 51.6
2 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp hou al 50.2
3 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 40.5
4 Snell, Blake 3688 pi sp tb al 37.2
5 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 35.9
6 Morton, Charlie 2503 pi sp tb al 33.6
7 Corbin, Patrick 3027 pi sp dc nl 32.4
8 Buehler, Walker 3943 pi sp lad nl 31.5
9 Clevinger, Mike 3707 pi sp cle al 31.1
10 Paxton, James 3280 pi sp nyy al 31.1
AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Verlander, Justin 2112 pi sp hou al 51.6
2 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp hou al 50.2
3 Snell, Blake 3688 pi sp tb al 37.2
4 Morton, Charlie 2503 pi sp tb al 33.6
5 Clevinger, Mike 3707 pi sp cle al 31.1
6 Paxton, James 3280 pi sp nyy al 31.1
7 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 31.1
8 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp hou al 30.9
9 Berrios, Jose 3791 pi sp min al 28.5
10 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 26.8
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Martinez, J.D. 2922 dh rf bos al 21.0
2 Betts, Mookie 3404 rf bos al 19.6
3 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 16.7
4 Bregman, Alex 3721 3b ss hou al 16.2
5 Cruz, Nelson Ramon 2224 dh min al 15.0
6 Garver, Mitch 3950 ca min al 15.0
7 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 dh ana al 14.5
8 Pujols, Albert 1438 1b ana al 14.0
9 Gardner, Brett 2486 cf nyy al 14.0
10 Bogaerts, Xander 3383 ss bos al 13.7
NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 40.5
2 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 35.9
3 Corbin, Patrick 3027 pi sp dc nl 32.4
4 Buehler, Walker 3943 pi sp lad nl 31.5
5 Nola, Aaron 3569 pi sp phi nl 30.8
6 Flaherty, Jack 3971 pi sp stl nl 29.6
7 Hader, Josh 3881 pi cp mil nl 29.4
8 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp cin nl 28.2
9 Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139 pi sp lad nl 27.5
10 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 27.4
NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Yelich, Christian 3334 rf mil nl 23.2
2 Freeman, Freddie 2887 1b atl nl 17.7
3 Harper, Bryce 3011 rf phi nl 15.5
4 Rizzo, Anthony 3063 1b chi nl 15.5
5 Conforto, Michael 3622 rf nym nl 15.2
6 Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 1b stl nl 15.0
7 Ozuna, Marcell 3190 lf stl nl 14.5
8 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 14.0
9 Baez, Javier 3395 ss chi nl 14.0
10 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b cin nl 13.5
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Verlander has earned 51.6 Box-Toppers points over 2018 and 2019. He ranked third in 2018 with 24.1 points and second in 2019 with 27.5.

Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole ranked second overall with 50.2 Box-Toppers points over 2018-19. He led players in 2019 with 32.2 points and ranked eighth in 2018 with 18.0 points.

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranked third overall (and first among National League players) with 40.5 Box-Toppers points over 2018-19. Scherzer led players in the two-year Box-Toppers point total in both of the previous two seasons. In 2017, he led with 50.7 points over 2016-17 and in 2018, he led with 50.1 points over 2017-18. Scherzer had 25.1 points in 2018, second among all players and 15.4 points in 2019, 15th among all players.

The leader in Box-Toppers points for the 2018 season, Rays pitcher Blake Snell, ranks fourth among all players (third among American League pitchers) over 2018-19 with 37.2 points. Snell led players in 2018 with 27.2 points. In 2019, he had 10.0 points, 45th among all players.

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom ranks fifth among all players with 35.9 Box-Toppers points over 2018-19, second among NL pitchers. deGrom ranked 12th overall in 2018 with 16.8 points and fourth overall in 2019 with 19.1 points.

Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters over the past two seasons with 23.2 Box-Toppers points. He led NL batters in 2018 with 11.5 Box-Toppers points and ranked second among NL batters in 2019 with 11.7 points. He leads second-ranked NL batter Freddie Freeman of the Braves, who has 17.7 Box-Toppers points over 2018-19. Marcell Ozuna of the Cardinals, who led NL batters in 2019 (12.0), ranks seventh among NL batters over the past two seasons with 14.5 points.

J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox leads AL batters over the past two seasons with 21.0 Box-Toppers points. Martinez led AL batters in 2018 with 12.5 points and ranked 11th among AL batters in 2019 with 8.5 points. Mookie Betts of the Red Sox ranks second among AL batters with 19.6 points over 2018-19. (Betts has since been traded to the Dodgers). Mike Trout of the Angels ranks third with 16.7 points. Nelson Cruz of the Twins, who led AL batters in 2019 with 12.5 points, ranks fifth among AL batters over the past two seasons with 15.0 points.

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