| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 8.7 | 1 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 6.0 | |
| 2 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 6.0 | 2 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 | |
| 3 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 | 3 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.7 | |
| 4 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 5.7 | 4 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.7 | |
| 5 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 5.4 | 5 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.7 | |
| 6 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 4.0 | 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 4.7 | |
| 7 | Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 | 7 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.7 | |
| 8 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 3.7 | 8 | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 4.0 | |
| 9 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 3.7 | 9 | Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | pi sp | sd nl | 4.0 | |
| 10 | Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 | pi sp | tor al | 3.0 | 10 | Chatwood, Tyler 2856 | pi sp cp mr | chi nl | 3.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 4.5 | 1 | Heyward, Jason 2695 | rf | chi nl | 3.7 | |
| 2 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 4.0 | 2 | Realmuto, J.T. 3491 | ca | phi nl | 3.5 | |
| 3 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | lf | hou al | 4.0 | 3 | Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362 | 1b dh 3b 2b | dc nl | 3.0 | |
| 4 | Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | lf | chi al | 3.5 | 4 | Tatis, Fernando Jr. 4101 | ss | sd nl | 3.0 | |
| 5 | Kepler, Max 3664 | rf | min al | 3.5 | 5 | Grisham, Trent 4246 | cf | sd nl | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Biggio, Cavan 4183 | 2b rf | tor al | 3.5 | 6 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b ss | sd nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Cruz, Nelson Ramon 2224 | dh | min al | 3.0 | 7 | Belt, Brandon 2943 | 1b | sf nl | 2.7 | |
| 8 | Anderson, Tim 3659 | ss | chi al | 3.0 | 8 | Gosselin, Philip 3398 | dh 2b lf ph | phi nl | 2.7 | |
| 9 | Tellez, Rowdy 4078 | 1b dh | tor al | 3.0 | 9 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | rf | lad nl | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Piscotty, Stephen 3570 | rf | oak al | 2.7 | 10 | Ahmed, Nick 3520 | ss | ari nl | 2.5 |
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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber maintains his lead in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the second week.
Meanwhile, Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer continues to lead National League pitchers, Luke Voit of the Yankees continues to lead American League batters and Jason Heyward of the Cubs maintains his lead among NL batters.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2020. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, Aug. 27.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 8.7 |
| 2 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 6.0 |
| 3 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 6.0 |
| 4 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 |
| 5 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 |
| 6 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 5.7 |
| 7 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.7 |
| 8 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.7 |
| 9 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 5.4 |
| 10 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.7 |
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Bieber has 8.7 Box-Toppers points through the games of Aug. 27, gaining 1.0 Box-Toppers point in the past week.
Bauer leads NL pitchers with 6.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He maintains his rank in second place overall.
Luke Voit of the Yankees continues to lead AL batters with 4.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He fell out of the overall top 10 in player rankings this week, falling from eighth to 13th place.
Jason Heyward of the Cubs maintains his lead among NL batters with 3.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. Heyward ranks 24th among all players.
So far this season, 318 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 62 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 47 players who have made their Box-Toppers debut so far this season—16 in the past week—the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors. There have been 451 games completed in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season in which 900 are scheduled, meaning 50.1 percent of scheduled games have been played.
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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