Three teams each have six players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2021 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Top 100 players of 2021
Here are Box-Toppers Top 100 players of 2021 at the All-Star break, ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP).| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 15.4 |
| 3 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.1 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 6 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 12.7 |
| 7 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 |
| 9 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 9.7 |
| 10 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 9.7 |
| 11 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 |
| 12 | Morton, Charlie 2503 | pi sp | atl nl | 9.7 |
| 13 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 9.7 |
| 14 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | sf nl | 9.7 |
| 15 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 9.7 |
| 16 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.4 |
| 17 | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | fla nl | 9.4 |
| 18 | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | nym nl | 9.4 |
| 19 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.4 |
| 20 | DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | pi sp | sf nl | 9.0 |
| 21 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 9.0 |
| 22 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 8.7 |
| 23 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 8.7 |
| 24 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 8.4 |
| 25 | Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | lad nl | 8.0 |
| 26 | Castellanos, Nicholas 3349 | rf | cin nl | 8.0 |
| 27 | Gomber, Austin 3985 | pi sp | col nl | 8.0 |
| 28 | Wood, Alex 3246 | pi sp | sf nl | 8.0 |
| 29 | Flexen, Chris 4368 | pi sp | sea al | 8.0 |
| 30 | Yarbrough, Ryan 3962 | pi sp | tb al | 7.7 |
| 31 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.7 |
| 32 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 7.4 |
| 33 | Duvall, Adam 3573 | rf | fla nl | 7.0 |
| 34 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf | pit nl | 7.0 |
| 35 | Mahle, Tyler 3929 | pi sp | cin nl | 7.0 |
| 36 | Fedde, Erick 4065 | pi sp | dc nl | 7.0 |
| 37 | Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | nym nl | 7.0 |
| 38 | Ross, Joe 3499 | pi sp | dc nl | 7.0 |
| 39 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 6.7 |
| 40 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 |
| 41 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | bos al | 6.7 |
| 42 | Snell, Blake 3688 | pi sp | sd nl | 6.7 |
| 43 | Gibson, Kyle 3312 | pi sp | tex al | 6.7 |
| 44 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | hou al | 6.7 |
| 45 | Kimbrel, Craig 2825 | pi cp | chi nl | 6.7 |
| 46 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | chi al | 6.7 |
| 47 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 6.7 |
| 48 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 6.5 |
| 49 | Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss | bos al | 6.5 |
| 50 | Urquidy, Jose 4194 | pi sp | hou al | 6.4 |
| 51 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 6.0 |
| 52 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 6.0 |
| 53 | Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 6.0 |
| 54 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | ari nl | 6.0 |
| 55 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | tor al | 6.0 |
| 56 | Montgomery, Jordan 3814 | pi sp | nyy al | 6.0 |
| 57 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b | sd nl | 5.9 |
| 58 | Turnbull, Spencer 4086 | pi sp | det al | 5.7 |
| 59 | Fleming, Josh 4316 | pi sp mr | tb al | 5.7 |
| 60 | Cobb, Alex 2916 | pi sp | ana al | 5.7 |
| 61 | Matz, Steven 3516 | pi sp | tor al | 5.7 |
| 62 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 5.5 |
| 63 | Tatis, Fernando Jr. 4101 | ss | sd nl | 5.5 |
| 64 | Crawford, Brandon 2878 | ss | sf nl | 5.5 |
| 65 | Minor, Mike 2894 | pi sp | kc al | 5.4 |
| 66 | Semien, Marcus 3302 | 2b | tor al | 5.2 |
| 67 | Wacha, Michael 3276 | pi sp | tb al | 5.1 |
| 68 | Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 | pi sp | tor al | 5.0 |
| 69 | Flaherty, Jack 3971 | pi sp | stl nl | 5.0 |
| 70 | Davies, Zach 3581 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.0 |
| 71 | Winker, Jesse 3988 | lf | cin nl | 5.0 |
| 72 | Javier, Cristian 4290 | pi sp | hou al | 5.0 |
| 73 | Pineda, Michael 2841 | pi sp | min al | 5.0 |
| 74 | Ynoa, Huascar 4343 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 |
| 75 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b | stl nl | 5.0 |
| 76 | Hill, Rich 2215 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 |
| 77 | Webb, Logan 4258 | pi sp | sf nl | 5.0 |
| 78 | Barnes, Matt 3466 | pi cp mr | bos al | 5.0 |
| 79 | Lowe, Brandon 4108 | 2b | tb al | 5.0 |
| 80 | Walsh, Jared 4332 | 1b | ana al | 5.0 |
| 81 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.0 |
| 82 | Taillon, Jameson 3658 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.0 |
| 83 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 4.7 |
| 84 | Stripling, Ross 3629 | pi sp | tor al | 4.7 |
| 85 | Velasquez, Vince 3611 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.7 |
| 86 | Reyes, Alex 3706 | pi cp | stl nl | 4.7 |
| 87 | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | dc nl | 4.7 |
| 88 | German, Domingo 3957 | pi sp | nyy al | 4.7 |
| 89 | Kaprielian, James 4416 | pi sp | oak al | 4.7 |
| 90 | Kopech, Michael 4385 | pi sp | chi al | 4.7 |
| 91 | Mize, Casey 4377 | pi sp | det al | 4.7 |
| 92 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 4.7 |
| 93 | Grichuk, Randal 3474 | dh cf | tor al | 4.5 |
| 94 | Riley, Austin 4144 | 3b | atl nl | 4.5 |
| 95 | Olson, Matt 3836 | 1b | oak al | 4.5 |
| 96 | Fletcher, David 4111 | 2b | ana al | 4.5 |
| 97 | Lowrie, Jed 2437 | 2b | oak al | 4.5 |
| 98 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.4 |
| 99 | Arraez, Luis 4219 | 2b lf 3b | min al | 4.2 |
| 100 | Story, Trevor 3607 | ss | col nl | 4.2 |
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The Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays each have six players on the top 100 list, tied for the most of any team. All teams have at least one player among the top 100. The Milwaukee Brewers, currently Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team with 67.2 accumulated Box-Toppers points in 2021 have three players on the list. The defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers have four players on the list.
Five teams are tied for the next-most players among the top 100 with five each—the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants.
The list is led by Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom with 16.7 Box-Toppers points. Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole ranks second overall and leads American League players with 15.4.
Here are the six White Sox players in the All-Star break top 100, with their overall rank shown, their position and their season Box-Toppers point total:
22. Lance Lynn, starting pitcher 8.7
46. Carlos Rodon, starting pitcher, 6.7
47. Dylan Cease, starting pitcher, 6.7
62. Jose Abreu, first baseman, 5.5
83. Lucas Giolito, starting pitcher, 4.7
90. Michael Kopech, starting pitcher, 4.7
Here are the six Rays players in the All-Star break top 100, with their overall rank shown, their position and their season Box-Toppers point total:
5. Tyler Glasnow, starting pitcher, 12.7
30. Ryan Yarbrough, starting pitcher, 7.7
59. Josh Fleming, starting pitcher, 5.7
67. Michael Wacha, starting pitcher, 5.1
76. Rich Hill, starting pitcher, 5.0
79. Brandon Lowe, second baseman, 5.0
Here are the six Blue Jays players in the All-Star break top 100, with their overall rank shown, their position and their season Box-Toppers point total:
55. Robbie Ray, starting pitcher, 6.7
61. Steven Matz, starting pitcher, 6.0
66. Marcus Semien, second baseman, 5.2
68. Hyun Jin Ryu, starting pitcher, 5.0
84. Ross Stripling, starting pitcher 4.7
93. Randal Grichuk, designated hitter, 4.5
All teams have at least one representative on the top 100 list, but six teams have just one:
Diamondbacks (Madison Bumgarner, starting pitcher, ranked 54th with 6.0 points)
Orioles (John Means, starting pitcher, ranked 53rd with 6.0 points)
Royals (Mike Minor, starting pitcher, ranked 65th with 5.4 points)
Pirates (Bryan Reynolds, centerfielder, ranked 34th with 7.0 points)
Mariners (Chris Flexen, starting pitcher, ranked 29th with 8.0 points)
Rangers (Kyle Gibson, starting pitcher, ranked 43rd with 6.7 points)
Most players in the top 100 are starting pitchers. Here is the position-by-position breakdown of players (if a player played more than one position, then their primary position—the one at which they most often earned Player of the Game honors—is used):
74—Starting pitcher
5—Second base
5—Third base
4—Shortstop
4—Outfielder
3—First base
3—Closing pitcher
2—Designated hitter
0—Catcher
0—Middle reliever
Of note here, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels ranks 24th overall with 8.4 Box-Toppers points. While he has served as both a starting pitcher and designated hitter this season, Box-Toppers lists him primarily as a starting pitcher because he has won four of his six Player of the Game honors as a starting pitcher this season. Note in the chart elsewhere on this page (Top 100 players for 2021) that Ohtani’s position is listed “pi sp dh,” meaning both starting pitcher and designated hitter, but he is included among the 74 starting pitchers, not among the two designated hitters in the top 100 (15th-ranked J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox with 9.7 points and 93rd-ranked Randal Grichuk of the Blue Jays with 4.5 points).
Buster Posey of the Giants is the highest-ranking catcher. With 4.0 Box-Toppers points, he ranks 124th overall.
Scott Barlow of the Royals is the highest-ranking player who serves primarily as a middle reliever. With 4.0 Box-Toppers points, he ranks 119th overall. There are two players with more 2021 Box-Toppers points than Barlow who are listed as middle relievers, though it is not their primary position. They are Matt Barnes of the Red Sox (ranked 78th with 5.0 points, who primarily serves as a closing pitcher) and Josh Fleming of the Rays (ranked 59th with 5.7 points, who primarily serves as a starting pitcher).
There are 77 total pitchers among the top 100 players (74 starters and three closers) which is tied for the most (with 2019) at the All-Star break since we started keeping track of such things back in 2015.
In 2015, there were 74 pitchers among the top 100 players at the All-Star break (67 starters and seven closers).
In 2016, there were 65 pitchers (64 starters and one closer).
In 2017, there were 60 pitchers (55 starters, four closers and one middle reliever).
In 2018, there were 72 pitchers (64 starters, six closers and two middle relievers).
In 2019, there were also 77 pitchers (70 starters and seven closers).
In 2020, there was no All-Star Game (pandemic, as you may recall), so no actual All-Star break.
There are five players on the top 100 list who have made their Box-Toppers debut in 2021, each having earned Player of the Game honors for the first time in their career this season:
29. Mariners starting pitcher Chris Flexen–8.0 Box-Toppers points.
89. Athletics starting pitcher James Kaprielian—4.7 points.
90. White Sox starting pitcher Michael Kopech—4.7 points.
91. Tigers starting pitcher Casey Mize—4.7 points.
92. Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal—4.7 points.
So far this season, 111 players have made their Box-Toppers debut.
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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