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Rays’ Tyler Glasnow leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 3rd straight week

Shawn Plank June 11, 2021
Here are standings of the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2021 season through the games of June 10.

AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Glasnow, Tyler 3948 pi sp tb al 12.7 1 Woodruff, Brandon 3868 pi sp mil nl 10.4
2 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 12.4 2 Wheeler, Zack 3204 pi sp phi nl 10.4
3 Manaea, Sean 3637 pi sp oak al 8.7 3 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 10.0
4 Lynn, Lance 2992 pi sp chi al 7.7 4 Peralta, Freddy 3965 pi sp mil nl 8.7
5 Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp oak al 7.0 5 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 8.4
6 Bieber, Shane 4005 pi sp cle al 6.7 6 Rogers, Trevor 4311 pi sp fla nl 8.0
7 Civale, Aaron 4173 pi sp cle al 6.7 7 Darvish, Yu 3003 pi sp sd nl 7.7
8 Cease, Dylan 4231 pi sp chi al 6.7 8 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 7.7
9 Means, John 4115 pi sp bal al 6.0 9 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp lad nl 7.4
10 Turnbull, Spencer 4086 pi sp det al 5.7 10 Walker, Taijuan 3453 pi sp nym nl 6.7
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Bogaerts, Xander 3383 ss bos al 6.5 1 Crawford, Brandon 2878 ss sf nl 5.5
2 Martinez, J.D. 2922 dh bos al 6.2 2 Winker, Jesse 3988 lf cin nl 5.0
3 Abreu, Jose 3308 1b chi al 5.5 3 Duvall, Adam 3573 rf lf fla nl 4.5
4 Olson, Matt 3836 1b oak al 4.5 4 Machado, Manny 3087 3b sd nl 4.2
5 Devers, Rafael 4038 3b bos al 4.0 5 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b stl nl 4.0
6 Walsh, Jared 4332 1b ana al 4.0 6 Castellanos, Nicholas 3349 rf cin nl 4.0
7 Ramirez, Jose 3436 3b cle al 3.5 7 Tatis, Fernando Jr. 4101 ss sd nl 3.5
8 Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 dh nyy al 3.5 8 Story, Trevor 3607 ss col nl 3.2
9 Grichuk, Randal 3474 dh cf tor al 3.0 9 Reynolds, Bryan 4169 cf lf pit nl 3.0
10 Benintendi, Andrew 3815 lf kc al 3.0 10 Cron, C.J. 3338 1b col nl 3.0
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Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings for the third straight week and for the seventh time in the past nine weeks.

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, June 10.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Glasnow, Tyler 3948 pi sp tb al 12.7
2 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 12.4
3 Woodruff, Brandon 3868 pi sp mil nl 10.4
4 Wheeler, Zack 3204 pi sp phi nl 10.4
5 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 10.0
6 Peralta, Freddy 3965 pi sp mil nl 8.7
7 Manaea, Sean 3637 pi sp oak al 8.7
8 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 8.4
9 Rogers, Trevor 4311 pi sp fla nl 8.0
10 Darvish, Yu 3003 pi sp sd nl 7.7
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Meanwhile, Brandon Woodruff of the Brewers continues to lead National League pitchers and both leagues have new Box-Toppers points leaders among batters—Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox rises to lead American League batters and Brandon Crawford of the Giants rises to lead NL batters.

Glasnow has 12.7 Box-Toppers points in 2021, picking up 2.0 points in the past week, leading all players. He also leads all AL pitchers for the third straight week. He ranks ahead of Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (12.4). 

National League pitchers—Brandon Woodruff of the Brewers leads for the second straight week with 10.4 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He ranks third place overall, maintaining his rank from last week. He leads second-place NL pitcher Jacob deGrom of the Mets (10.0).

American League batters—Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox rises to lead AL batters with 6.5 Box-Toppers points, passing teammate J.D. Martinez (6.2), who led for eight straight weeks. Martinez falls to second place. Bogaerts is 20th among all players in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

National League batters—Brandon Crawford of the Giants rises to lead NL batters with 5.5 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Adam Duvall of the Marlins (4.5), who falls to third. Crawford leads second-place NL batter Jesse Winker of the Reds (5.0). Crawford is 34th in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

Top 10 list exits and entrances—Two players rise into Box-Toppers top 10 overall players list this week:

  • Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to sixth place with 8.7 points.

  • Marlins pitcher Trevor Rogers rises to ninth place with 8.0 points.

They displace two players who were on the top 10 list last week—White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn and Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer.

The #BT40—The Box-Toppers 40 (#BT40) is made up of the 40 players on Box-Toppers’ four top 10 category lists—AL and NL pitchers and batters. The #BT40 are listed in the chart at the top of this page.

Four players joined the #BT40 this week:

  • Dylan Cease of the White Sox rises to eighth place among AL pitchers with 6.7 points.

  • Jose Ramirez of the Indians rises to seventh place among AL batters with 3.5 points.

  • Taijuan Walker of the Mets rises to 10th place among NL pitchers with 6.7 points.

  • Manny Machado of the Padres rises to ninth place among NL batters with 4.2 points.

Those four displace these four players: Rays pitcher Ryan Yarbrough, Andrew Benintendi of the Royals, Cubs pitcher Craig Kimbrel and Jake Cronenworth of the Padres.

It should be noted that the #BT40 are not the overall top 40 players, but the top 10 in each of four categories. The lowest-ranking player among the #BT40 is C.J. Cron of the Rockies (3.0 points, 10th among NL batters), who ranks 108th overall.

Box-Toppers almanac

  • Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2021—478

  • Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—155

  • Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2021 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—71

  • Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut in the past week—6

  • Games completed so far in 2021—923

  • Percentage of scheduled season completed—38.0

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.

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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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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