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Rays’ Tyler Glasnow leads Box-Toppers first weekly season player rankings report of 2021

Shawn Plank April 16, 2021
Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2021 season through the games of April 15.

AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Glasnow, Tyler 3948 pi sp tb al 4.0 1 Musgrove, Joe 3705 pi sp sd nl 3.0
2 Barnes, Matt 3466 pi mr cp bos al 4.0 2 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp lad nl 2.7
3 Bieber, Shane 4005 pi sp cle al 3.7 3 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 2.7
4 Civale, Aaron 4173 pi sp cle al 3.7 4 Peralta, Freddy 3965 pi sp mr mil nl 2.7
5 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 3.0 5 Kimbrel, Craig 2825 pi cp mr chi nl 2.7
6 Pineda, Michael 2841 pi sp min al 3.0 6 Darvish, Yu 3003 pi sp sd nl 2.0
7 Rodon, Carlos 3494 pi sp chi al 3.0 7 Woodruff, Brandon 3868 pi sp mil nl 2.0
8 Lynn, Lance 2992 pi sp chi al 2.0 8 Buehler, Walker 3943 pi sp lad nl 2.0
9 Berrios, Jose 3791 pi sp min al 2.0 9 Flaherty, Jack 3971 pi sp stl nl 2.0
10 Means, John 4115 pi sp bal al 2.0 10 Mahle, Tyler 3929 pi sp cin nl 2.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Martinez, J.D. 2922 dh rf bos al 3.2 1 Turner, Justin 2865 3b lad nl 1.7
2 Seager, Kyle 3031 3b dh sea al 2.5 2 Owings, Chris 3347 ss cf col nl 1.7
3 Lowrie, Jed 2437 2b oak al 2.5 3 Duvall, Adam 3573 lf dh rf ph fla nl 1.5
4 Laureano, Ramon 4054 cf oak al 1.5 4 Ruf, Darin 3575 lf dh sf nl 1.5
5 Verdugo, Alex 4129 rf bos al 1.5 5 Realmuto, J.T. 3491 ca phi nl 1.5
6 Olson, Matt 3836 1b oak al 1.5 6 Marte, Starling 3122 cf fla nl 1.5
7 Walsh, Jared 4332 1b ana al 1.5 7 Garcia, Avisail 3256 rf ph mil nl 1.5
8 Soler, Jorge 3403 dh kc al 1.5 8 Polanco, Gregory 3361 rf dh pit nl 1.5
9 Garver, Mitch 3950 ca min al 1.5 9 Shaw, Travis 3544 3b mil nl 1.5
10 Merrifield, Whit 3855 2b rf 1b kc al 1.5 10 Vogt, Stephen 3503 ca dh ari nl 1.5
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Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow leads Box-Toppers first weekly season player rankings report of the 2021 season.

Meanwhile, Pirates pitcher Joe Musgrove leads National League pitchers, J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox leads American League batters and Justin Turner of the Dodgers leads NL batters.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, April 15.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Glasnow, Tyler 3948 pi sp tb al 4.0
2 Barnes, Matt 3466 pi mr cp bos al 4.0
3 Bieber, Shane 4005 pi sp cle al 3.7
4 Civale, Aaron 4173 pi sp cle al 3.7
5 Martinez, J.D. 2922 dh rf bos al 3.2
6 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 3.0
7 Musgrove, Joe 3705 pi sp sd nl 3.0
8 Pineda, Michael 2841 pi sp min al 3.0
9 Rodon, Carlos 3494 pi sp chi al 3.0
10 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp lad nl 2.7
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Glasnow has 4.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021 after earning overall Player of the Day honors twice (April 1 and April 12). While Red Sox relief pitcher Matt Barnes also has 4.0 Box-Toppers points on the season (earned by winning Player of the Game honors four times—April 6, April 10, April 13 and April 14), Glasnow ranks higher because he has more 2020 Box-Toppers points—8.0 vs. 1.0.

National League pitchers—Joe Musgrove of the Pirates leads with 3.0 Box-Toppers points, seventh among all players. He ranks ahead of second-place Trevor Bauer of the Dodgers (2.7 points).

American League batters—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox leads with 3.2 Box-Toppers points, fifth among all players. He ranks ahead of second-place Kyle Seager of the Mariners (2.5 points).

National League batters—No NL batter has earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors more than once. Two of them have earned Box-Toppers NL Player of the Day honors worth 1.7 points—Justin Turner of the Dodgers (on April 15) and Chris Owings of the Rockies (on April 1). Turner ranks higher because he has more 2020 Box-Toppers points—1.0 vs. 0.0.

So far this season, 157 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 15 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 16 players who have made their Box-Toppers debut so far this season, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors. There have been 185 games completed in the 2021 season in which 2,430 are scheduled, meaning 7.6 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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Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

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