| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.0 | 1 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 7.0 | |
| 2 | Soriano, Jose 4884 | pi sp | ana al | 7.0 | 2 | Ashcraft, Braxton 5208 | pi sp | pit nl | 6.7 | |
| 3 | Williams, Gavin 4865 | pi sp | cle al | 6.7 | 3 | Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.0 | |
| 4 | Schlittler, Cam 5261 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.7 | 4 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.7 | |
| 5 | Bradley, Taj 4780 | pi sp | min al | 5.7 | 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.7 | |
| 6 | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | bos al | 5.0 | 6 | Vasquez, Randy 4841 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.4 | |
| 7 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 4.7 | 7 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 5.0 | |
| 8 | Bubic, Kris 4413 | pi sp | kc al | 4.7 | 8 | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.0 | |
| 9 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 4.0 | 9 | Roupp, Landen 5079 | pi sp | sf nl | 4.0 | |
| 10 | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 | 10 | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 3.7 | |
| 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 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | lad nl | 3.7 | |
| 6 | Murakami, Munetaka 5308 | 1b | chi al | 3.5 | 6 | Swanson, Dansby 3751 | ss | chi nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Rutschman, Adley 4659 | ca dh | bal al | 3.2 | 7 | De La Cruz, Elly 4844 | ss dh | cin nl | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Grisham, Trent 4246 | cf ph | nyy al | 2.5 | 8 | Pages, Andy 5123 | cf | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| 9 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf dh | nyy al | 2.5 | 9 | Freeland, Alex 5299 | 2b | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| 10 | Soderstrom, Tyler 5039 | lf 1b | oak al | 2.5 | 10 | Goodman, Hunter 5033 | ca | col nl | 2.7 |
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Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Skenes takes the top overall spot and also is the new leader among National League pitchers. Also, Michael Harris II of the Braves is this week’s new leader among NL batters.
Meanwhile, Max Fried of the Yankees continues his lead among American League pitchers and Jeremiah Jackson of the Orioles again tops AL batters.
Skenes leads
Skenes rises from seventh place last week to first overall this week, passing last week’s leader, Yankees pitcher Max Fried. While three players—Skenes, Fried and Angels pitcher José Soriano—are tied with 7.0 points, Skenes takes the top spot via the tiebreaker (higher 2025 point total). Skenes earned 21.1 points last season (second overall), compared to Fried’s 14.4 and Soriano’s 12.7.
Skenes also rises to first place among National League pitchers, passing last week’s leader, Tyler Glasnow of the Dodgers (5.7 points), who falls to fifth. Skenes leads NL pitchers ahead of second-place Braxton Ashcraft of the Pirates (6.7 points).
This is the first time Skenes has led Box-Toppers season player rankings at any point in a season.
National League batters
Michael Harris II of the Braves rises from fifth place last week to first place this week with 4.5 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader, Sal Stewart of the Reds, who falls to second place with 4.0 points.
Harris ranks 17th among all players.
American League pitchers
Yankees pitcher Max Fried leads for the second week with 7.0 points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place AL pitcher José Soriano of the Angels (7.0 points) on a tiebreaker with more 2025 points—14.4 vs. 12.7.
Fried ranks second overall.
American League batters
Jeremiah Jackson of the Orioles leads for the second 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 18th overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters won 45.3% of all Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors this week, increasing their share of Box-Toppers points won this season to more than 40%.
In the 95 games played this week, batters won Player of the Game honors in 43 games, while pitchers won in 52 games.
Batters have now won 40.5% of Box-Toppers points awarded this season, ahead of their record-low 37.2% share they posted in 2024. Batters have exceeded 40% of points won just once in the past five seasons (2023: 40.7%).
Pitchers have dominated in winning Player of the Game in recent seasons. 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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