The New York Yankees lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the third straight week and are also the week’s hottest team for the second straight week.
Team rankings
Here are Box-Toppers 2022 team rankings through games of Thursday, June 23. The column BTP shows the number of Box-Toppers points players on the team accumulated this season. The column BTP/wk shows have many points teams accumulated from June 17 to June 23. The column Wk ago shows the team's rank on June 16.| Teams | BTP | BTP/wk | Wk ago | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yankees | 68.1 | +8.0 | 1 |
| 2 | Padres | 55.4 | +3.5 | 2 |
| 3 | Brewers | 53.9 | +5.7 | 4 |
| 4 | Mets | 53.1 | +3.0 | 3 |
| 5 | Dodgers | 51.7 | +4.0 | 5 |
| 6 | Astros | 51.6 | +4.0 | 6 |
| 7 | Braves | 50.3 | +6.4 | 8 |
| 8 | Twins | 49.5 | +3.7 | 7 |
| 9 | Cardinals | 46.4 | +4.0 | 9 |
| 10 | Red Sox | 46.1 | +5.7 | 14 |
| 11 | Angels | 45.9 | +5.0 | 13 |
| 11 | Giants | 45.9 | +5.0 | 12 |
| 13 | Rays | 44.7 | +2.5 | 10 |
| 14 | Phillies | 43.9 | +5.0 | 15 |
| 15 | Blue Jays | 43.7 | +2.0 | 11 |
| 16 | Guardians | 41.1 | +4.0 | 16 |
| 17 | Marlins | 38.6 | +4.0 | 18 |
| 18 | White Sox | 38.2 | +4.5 | 19 |
| 19 | Rangers | 37.5 | +2.0 | 17 |
| 20 | Mariners | 36.6 | +4.7 | 18 |
| 21 | Rockies | 36.0 | +3.5 | 21 |
| 22 | Diamondbacks | 35.0 | +2.0 | 20 |
| 23 | Orioles | 34.5 | +4.5 | 23 |
| 24 | Pirates | 31.0 | +5.0 | 28 |
| 25 | Tigers | 30.2 | +3.0 | 24 |
| 26 | Nationals | 29.6 | +2.7 | 25 |
| 27 | Royals | 29.2 | +3.0 | 26 |
| 28 | Cubs | 28.9 | +3.0 | 29 |
| 29 | Reds | 26.0 | 0.0 | 27 |
| 30 | Athletics | 23.0 | +1.0 | 30 |
Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres lead National League teams for the second week in a row.
Yankees players have accumulated 68.1 Box-Toppers points, picking up 8.0 in the past week, most among all teams. They were also last week’s hottest team, picking up 8.4 points from June 10 to 16. They lead AL teams in Box-Toppers points for the seventh straight week and have baseball’s best winning percentage (.743).
The Yankees are led by pitcher Gerrit Cole (10.4 Box-Toppers points, fourth among all players and third among AL pitchers). The Yankees top batter is Aaron Judge (5.5 Box-Toppers points, fourth among AL batters). There are 20 different Yankees players who have earned Player of the Game honors so far in 2022.
The Padres lead NL teams with 55.4 Box-Toppers points, picking up 3.5 points in the past week and maintain their overall second-place ranking.
The Padres have the third-best winning percentage among NL teams (.611), behind the New York Mets (.634) and Los Angeles Dodgers (.632). The Mets are fourth in Box-Toppers team rankings with 53.9 Box-Toppers points and the Dodgers are fifth with 51.7 points.
The Padres are led by pitcher Joe Musgrove (11.4 Box-Toppers points, second among all players and first among NL pitchers). The Padres top batter is Manny Machado (5.5 Box-Toppers points, fifth among NL batters). There are 16 different Padres players who have earned Player of the Game honors so far in 2022.
Two teams each made four-spot jumps in Box-Toppers team rankings, tied for the biggest jump in the past week:
The Boston Red Sox rose from 14th to 10th place with 46.1 Box-Toppers points, picking up 5.7 points in the past week.
The Pittsburgh Pirates rose from 28th to 24th place with 31.0 points, picking up 5.0 in the past week.
The Toronto Blue Jays had the biggest drop in Box-Toppers team rankings, falling four spots from 11th to 15th with 43.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.0 points in the past week.
The Oakland Athletics rank in 30th and last place in Box-Toppers team rankings for the third straight week with 23.0 points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week.
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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