| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 | 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.4 | |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.0 | 2 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 5.0 | |
| 3 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 | 3 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 | |
| 4 | Javier, Cristian 4290 | pi sp | hou al | 4.0 | 4 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 4.0 | |
| 5 | Barnes, Matt 3466 | pi mr cp | bos al | 4.0 | 5 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | lad nl | 3.7 | |
| 6 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 | 6 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 3.7 | 7 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Yarbrough, Ryan 3962 | pi mr sp | tb al | 3.0 | 8 | Flaherty, Jack 3971 | pi sp | stl nl | 3.0 | |
| 9 | Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 3.0 | 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 3.0 | |
| 10 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 3.0 | 10 | DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | pi sp | sf nl | 3.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh rf | bos al | 4.7 | 1 | Polanco, Gregory 3361 | rf dh | pit nl | 2.5 | |
| 2 | Mercedes, Yermin 4367 | dh | chi al | 3.0 | 2 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf lf | pit nl | 2.0 | |
| 3 | Seager, Kyle 3031 | 3b dh | sea al | 2.5 | 3 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 2.0 | |
| 4 | Olson, Matt 3836 | 1b | oak al | 2.5 | 4 | Cronenworth, Jake 4380 | 2b ph | sd nl | 2.0 | |
| 5 | Soler, Jorge 3403 | dh | kc al | 2.5 | 5 | Young, Andrew 4381 | lf 2b | ari nl | 2.0 | |
| 6 | Lowrie, Jed 2437 | 2b | oak al | 2.5 | 6 | Turner, Justin 2865 | 3b | lad nl | 1.7 | |
| 7 | Altuve, Jose 3007 | 2b | hou al | 2.0 | 7 | Owings, Chris 3347 | ss cf | col nl | 1.7 | |
| 8 | Mullins, Cedric 4100 | cf | bal al | 2.0 | 8 | Duvall, Adam 3573 | lf dh rf ph | fla nl | 1.5 | |
| 9 | Trammell, Taylor 4374 | cf | sea al | 2.0 | 9 | Ruf, Darin 3575 | lf dh | sf nl | 1.5 | |
| 10 | Guerrero, Vladimir Jr. 4142 | 1b 3b | tor al | 1.7 | 10 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b ph | atl nl | 1.5 |
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Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the third straight week.
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 29.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 |
| 2 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.4 |
| 3 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.0 |
| 4 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 5.0 |
| 5 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 |
| 6 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 |
| 7 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh rf | bos al | 4.7 |
| 8 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 4.0 |
| 9 | Javier, Cristian 4290 | pi sp | hou al | 4.0 |
| 10 | Barnes, Matt 3466 | pi mr cp | bos al | 4.0 |
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Meanwhile, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to lead National League pitchers, Gregory Polanco of the Pirates rises to lead NL batters and J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox maintains his lead among American League batters.
Glasnow has 7.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021, earning 2.0 points in the past week, maintaining his lead among all players and among AL pitchers, ahead of Gerrit Cole of the Yankees (5.0), who ranks third overall.
National League pitchers—Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers rises to the lead with 5.4 Box-Toppers points, second place overall. He passes last week’s NL pitching leader Trevor Rogers of the Marlins, who falls to second with 5.0 points.
American League batters—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox leads for the third week with 4.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 0.0 points in the past week. He falls from third place overall last week to seventh this week. He ranks ahead of second-place AL batter Yermin Mercedes of the White Sox (3.0 points).
National League batters—Gregory Polanco of the Pirates rises to the lead with 2.5 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader, teammate Bryan Reynolds with 2.0 Box-Toppers points, who falls to second place. Polanco is 46th among all players in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
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Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2021—268
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—48
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2021 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—29
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut in the past week—6
Games completed so far in 2021—367
Percentage of scheduled season completed—15.1
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