| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Soriano, Jose 4884 | pi sp | ana al | 8.0 | 1 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 9.0 | |
| 2 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.0 | 2 | Ashcraft, Braxton 5208 | pi sp | pit nl | 7.7 | |
| 3 | Williams, Gavin 4865 | pi sp | cle al | 6.7 | 3 | Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.0 | |
| 4 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | tor al | 6.4 | 4 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.0 | |
| 5 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 5.7 | 5 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.7 | |
| 6 | Schlittler, Cam 5261 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.7 | 6 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.7 | |
| 7 | Bradley, Taj 4780 | pi sp | min al | 5.7 | 7 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.7 | |
| 8 | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | bos al | 5.0 | 8 | Vasquez, Randy 4841 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.4 | |
| 9 | Martin, Davis 4657 | pi sp | chi al | 5.0 | 9 | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.0 | |
| 10 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 4.7 | 10 | Misiorowski, Jacob 5200 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Jackson, Jeremiah 5277 | 2b | bal al | 4.2 | 1 | Harris, Michael 4682 | cf ph | atl nl | 4.5 | |
| 2 | Okamoto, Kazuma 5331 | 3b | tor al | 4.0 | 2 | Stewart, Sal 5288 | 1b | cin nl | 4.0 | |
| 3 | Greene, Riley 4675 | lf dh | det al | 3.5 | 3 | Burleson, Alec 4874 | 1b | stl nl | 4.0 | |
| 4 | Walker, Christian 3958 | 1b | hou al | 3.5 | 4 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 3.7 | |
| 5 | Rocchio, Brayan 5100 | ss | cle al | 3.5 | 5 | Swanson, Dansby 3751 | ss | chi nl | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Raley, Luke 4868 | rf cf | sea al | 3.5 | 6 | De La Cruz, Elly 4844 | ss dh | cin nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Murakami, Munetaka 5308 | 1b | chi al | 3.5 | 7 | Pages, Andy 5123 | cf | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Rutschman, Adley 4659 | ca dh | bal al | 3.2 | 8 | Freeland, Alex 5299 | 2b | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| 9 | Clemens, Kody 4679 | 1b 2b ph | min al | 3.0 | 9 | Wetherholt, JJ 5320 | 2b | stl nl | 3.0 | |
| 10 | Valenzuela, Brandon 5343 | ca | tor al | 3.0 | 10 | Goodman, Hunter 5033 | ca | col nl | 2.7 |
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Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes leads the Box-Toppers player rankings report for a second week.
While Skenes briefly surrendered the top spot early in the week, he reclaimed it Tuesday to hold the overall lead for a second straight week. In the American League, José Soriano of the Angels returns to the top of the pitching leaderboard, while the league batting leaders remain unchanged.
Skenes leads
Skenes maintains his #1 ranking with 9.0 Box-Toppers points, adding 2.0 over the past week. He holds a one-point edge over Angels pitcher José Soriano (8.0 points) and remains the top-ranked NL pitcher, ahead of teammate Braxton Ashcraft (7.7 points).
American League pitchers
Angels pitcher José Soriano rises from second to first place with 8.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader, Max Fried of the Yankees, who falls to second place with 7.0 points. Fried is expected to miss at least two to three weeks with left elbow posterior soreness after exiting his Monday start following three innings of work.
Soriano ranks second overall.
National League batters
Michael Harris II of the Braves leads for the second week with 4.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place Sal Stewart of the Reds (4.0 points).
Harris ranks 26th among all players.
American League batters
Jeremiah Jackson of the Orioles leads for the third week with 4.2 points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place Kazuma Okamoto of the Blue Jays (4.0 points).
Jackson ranks 27th overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Pitchers dominated the week, winning 59 of the 91 Player of the Game honors (64.8%), dropping the season-long share for batters to 39.9%. Though this remains above the record-low 37.2% set in 2024, it marks a continuation of a bleak era for hitters: they are on track to finish below the 40% mark for the fifth time in six seasons (having surpassed it only in 2023 at 40.7%).
While batters have struggled to 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.
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