| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 4.0 | 1 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.0 | |
| 2 | Houck, Tanner 4342 | pi sp | bos al | 4.0 | 2 | Helsley, Ryan 4589 | pi cp | stl nl | 4.0 | |
| 3 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | bal al | 3.7 | 3 | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.0 | |
| 4 | Detmers, Reid 4513 | pi sp | ana al | 3.7 | 4 | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.7 | |
| 5 | Pepiot, Ryan 4714 | pi sp mr | tb al | 3.7 | 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 3.0 | 6 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Singer, Brady 4337 | pi sp | kc al | 3.0 | 7 | Phillips, Evan 4930 | pi cp | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Blackburn, Paul 3869 | pi sp | oak al | 3.0 | 8 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | sd nl | 2.7 | |
| 9 | Yates, Kirby 3628 | pi cp mr | tex al | 3.0 | 9 | Hicks, Jordan 3991 | pi sp cp | sf nl | 2.7 | |
| 10 | Bradford, Cody 4938 | pi sp mr | tex al | 3.0 | 10 | Garrett, Reed 4963 | pi cp mr | nym nl | 2.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Gimenez, Andres 4288 | 2b | cle al | 3.0 | 1 | Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | dh | atl nl | 3.0 | |
| 2 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | dh cf rf | nyy al | 2.5 | 2 | Taylor, Tyrone 4393 | lf rf ph | nym nl | 3.0 | |
| 3 | Soto, Juan 3994 | rf | nyy al | 2.5 | 3 | Gurriel, Lourdes Jr. 4148 | lf | ari nl | 2.7 | |
| 4 | Cabrera, Oswaldo 4747 | 3b lf | nyy al | 2.0 | 4 | Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | rf | chi nl | 2.5 | |
| 5 | Witt, Bobby Jr. 4592 | ss | kc al | 1.7 | 5 | Thomas, Lane 4623 | rf | dc nl | 2.0 | |
| 6 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 1.5 | 6 | Cronenworth, Jake 4380 | 2b 1b | sd nl | 2.0 | |
| 7 | Henderson, Gunnar 4739 | ss 3b dh | bal al | 1.5 | 7 | McMahon, Ryan 4004 | 3b | col nl | 1.7 | |
| 8 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh lf | hou al | 1.5 | 8 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | 1b dh | phi nl | 1.7 | |
| 9 | Garcia, Adolis 4387 | rf | tex al | 1.5 | 9 | Kim, Ha-Seong 4373 | ss 2b | sd nl | 1.7 | |
| 10 | Canha, Mark 3454 | lf | det al | 1.5 | 10 | Contreras, William 4717 | ca dh | mil nl | 1.7 |
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Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week.
Meanwhile, Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to lead American League pitchers, Marcell Ozuna of the Braves rises to lead National League batters and Andres Gimenez of the Guardians maintains his lead among AL batters.
Peralta leads
Peralta has 4.0 Box-Toppers points, rising to lead all players and all NL pitchers. He passes last week’s overall leader, Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes (3.7 points) and last week’s NL pitching leader, Tyler Glasnow of the Dodgers (3.0).
Peralta is one of five players with 4.0 Box-Toppers points but ranks first among them because he has the most 2023 Box-Toppers points (17.7). Among the other players with 4.0 points this season:
Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert ranks second (13.4 points in 2023).
Cardinals closing pitcher Ryan Helsley ranks third (4.0 points in 2023) and second among NL pitchers.
Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez ranks fourth (3.7 points in 2023).
Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck ranks fifth (2.0 points in 2023).
Peralta has earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors three times this season, earning 1.0 point on both March 29 and April 5 and 2.0 points as overall Player of the Day on April 12.
American League pitchers
Logan Gilbert of the Mariners rises to lead AL pitchers this week with 4.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader, Corbin Burnes of the Orioles (3.7 points), who falls to third.
Gilbert leads AL pitchers ahead of second-place Tanner Houck of the Red Sox (4.0 points). While Gilbert and Houck both have 4.0 points on the season, Gilbert ranks ahead because he has more 2023 points—13.4 vs. 2.0.
Gilbert ranks second overall.
National League batters
Marcell Ozuna of the Braves rises to the lead with 3.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs (2.5 points), who falls to fourth place.
Ozuna leads NL batters ahead of second-place Tyrone Taylor of the Mets (3.0 points). Though both Ozuna and Taylor have 3.0 points on the season, Ozuna ranks ahead because he has more 2023 points—7.5 vs. 5.0.
Ozuna ranks 13th overall.
American League batters
Andres Gimenez of the Guardians maintain his lead for the second week with 3.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week.
He ranks ahead of second-place AL batter Aaron Judge of the Yankees (2.5 points).
Gimenez ranks 17th overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2024—226 (last week there were 167).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—31 (last week there were 12).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2024 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—23 (last week there were 17).
Games completed so far in 2023—284, an average of 18.9 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—11.7.
While it’s early in the season, batters are on pace to have their lowest share of Box-Toppers points earned compared to pitchers in any season since tracking began in 1995. Batters currently have earned 112.7 of the total 339.9 points awarded this season, just 33.2 percent of all points. (Pitchers have 227.2 points or 66.8 percent). The all-time low share for batters in a single season is 38.1 percent in 2022. (Batters had 40.7 percent in 2023.) While batters have struggled reach parity with pitchers in recent seasons, it wasn’t always this way: From 1995 to 2009, batters generally won half or more of all Box-Toppers points each season. But their share of points dropped precipitously after 2009.
In the 95 games played in the past week, batters won Player of the Game honors 27 times (28.4 percent) vs. pitchers who won 68 times (71.6 percent). Pitchers’ share of Player of the Game honors won for the entire season grew from 66.1 percent last week to 68.0 percent this week (193 in 284 total games).
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