| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 | 1 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 7.7 | |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 8.0 | 2 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 7.7 | |
| 3 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 8.0 | 3 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.0 | |
| 4 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 7.7 | 4 | Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.7 | |
| 5 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 7.7 | 5 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.0 | |
| 6 | Perez, Martin 3213 | pi sp | tex al | 7.1 | 6 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.7 | |
| 7 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 7.0 | 7 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.7 | |
| 8 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 | 8 | Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 | |
| 9 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 6.0 | 9 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.4 | |
| 10 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 5.7 | 10 | Ashby, Aaron 4511 | pi sp cp mr | mil nl | 5.4 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 8.0 | 1 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 7.7 | |
| 2 | France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 6.0 | 2 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | rf | lad nl | 6.5 | |
| 3 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 5.7 | 3 | Pederson, Joc 3621 | rf lf dh ph | sf nl | 4.2 | |
| 4 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | rf | ana al | 4.9 | 4 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b dh | stl nl | 4.0 | |
| 5 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 4.5 | 5 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 4.0 | |
| 6 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 4.2 | 6 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b | sd nl | 4.0 | |
| 7 | Heim, Jonah 4492 | ca | tex al | 4.2 | 7 | Kim, Ha-Seong 4373 | ss 3b | sd nl | 4.0 | |
| 8 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 3.5 | 8 | Chavis, Michael 4127 | 1b | pit nl | 4.0 | |
| 9 | Story, Trevor 3607 | ss 2b | bos al | 3.5 | 9 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | stl nl | 3.5 | |
| 10 | Santander, Anthony 3935 | rf lf | bal al | 3.5 | 10 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | dh | phi nl | 3.5 |
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Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises past Shohei Ohtani of the Angels to take the lead in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report.
Meanwhile, Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara rises to lead National League pitcher and Pete Alonso rises to lead NL batters. Ohtani maintains his lead among American League batters.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2022. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, June 2.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 8.0 |
| 3 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 8.0 |
| 4 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 7.7 |
| 5 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 7.7 |
| 6 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 7.7 |
| 7 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 7.7 |
| 8 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 7.7 |
| 9 | Perez, Martin 3213 | pi sp | tex al | 7.1 |
| 10 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.0 |
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Overall leader—Cortes leads all players with 8.4 Box-Toppers points, passing previous leader Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (8.0), who had held the top spot in weekly rankings five times in a row after taking the lead May 5. Ohtani falls to second place overall. Cortes also passes Ohtani to take the lead among AL pitchers.
National League pitchers—Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins rises this week to lead the category with 7.7 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Joe Musgrove of the Padres (7.0), who falls to third place. Alcantara leads over second-place NL pitcher Kyle Wright of the Braves (7.7). Though Alcantara and Wright both have 7.7 points in 2022, Alcantara ranks higher because he has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points—9.7 vs. 0.0. Alcantara ranks fourth among all players.
National League batters—Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to the lead this week with 7.7 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (6.5), who falls to second place. Alonso ranks seventh among all players.
American League batters—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads the category for the seventh straight week with 8.0 Box-Toppers points, ahead of second-place Ty France of the Mariners (6.0). Ohtani earned no points in the past week and ranks second among all players.
Ohtani’s earned Player of the Game honors five times so far this season, three times as a designated hitter and twice as a starting pitcher. He has 4.0 points as a batter and 4.0 points as a pitcher.
Ohtani earned 16.1 Box-Toppers points in 2021 but was ranked only as a pitcher because he earned such an overwhelming majority of his Player of the Game honors as a pitcher.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2022—447 (there were 401 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—124 (there were 108 as of last week).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2022 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—78 (there were 62 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2021—764, an average of 50.9 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—31.4.
In the 99 games completed in the past week, pitchers won Player of the Game honors 55 times (55.6 percent) compared to 44 times for batters (44.4 percent). Batters improved their overall percentage of Player of the Game honors earned for the season from 36.2 last week to 37.3 this week (285 out of 764 games). That’s still below last year’s near-record low share for batters and the all-time record-low for share of Player of the Game honors won by batters is 39.14 percent in 2014. Last year, batters won just 39.15 percent of all Player of the Game honors, the second-lowest in any season since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
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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