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Skubal leads player rankings for 2nd week; Skenes unable to pass Wheeler for NL lead

Shawn Plank September 12, 2025

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second week in a row.

Meanwhile, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, out for the season, continues to lead National League pitchers, as second-place Paul Skenes of the Pirates was unable to pass him this week, despite a valiant challenge.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Tarik Skubal, Zack Wheeler, Paul Skenes, Christian Yelich, George Springer, Garrett Crochet, Kyle Schwarber, Jose Ramirez, Nolan Arenado, Edwin Encarnacion

Skubal passes Wheeler to lead season player rankings; Skenes challenges for NL lead

Shawn Plank September 5, 2025

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who led since mid-May but is now out for the season.

Wheeler, however, still clings to a razor-thin lead among National League pitchers in 2025 Box-Toppers points. Meanwhile, George Springer of the Blue Jays rises this week to first place among American League batters and Christian Yelich of the Brewers maintains his lead among NL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Tarik Skubal, Zack Wheeler, George Springer, Christian Yelich, Garrett Crochet, Paul Skenes, Jose Ramirez, Kyle Schwarber

Phillies’ Wheeler, though out for season, clings to player rankings lead for 15th week

Shawn Plank August 29, 2025

Though he’s now out for the season, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 15th straight week.

Meanwhile, all Box-Toppers category leaders remain unchanged since last week: Tarik Skubal of the Tigers leads American League pitchers, Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads National League batters and José Ramírez of the Guardians leads AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Tarik Skubal, Christian Yelich, Jose Ramirez, Paul Skenes, Garrett Crochet, Kyle Schwarber, Riley Greene

Wheeler’s player rankings lead shrinks with 2025 return uncertain after blood clot

Shawn Plank August 22, 2025

While Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 14th straight week, his lead has shrunk to less than 1.0 Box-Toppers point and his return date from the injured list is uncertain.

Meanwhile, all Box-Toppers category leaders remain unchanged since last week, with American League pitching leader Tarik Skubal creeping within 0.7 points of Wheeler.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Tarik Skubal, Christian Yelich, Jose Ramirez, Nick Pivetta, Garrett Crochet, Seiya Suzuki, Riley Greene

NOTE: Carlos Rodón has 12.7 Box-Toppers points (not 13.0) but is still in ninth place overall.

Wheeler expands Box-Toppers player rankings lead; Ramírez rises to lead AL batters

Shawn Plank August 15, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 13th straight week, expanding his lead since last week.

Meanwhile, José Ramírez of the Guardians rises to first place among American League batters in 2025 Box-Toppers points, passing Riley Greene of the Tigers, who had led for the past 11 weeks.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Jose Ramirez, Riley Greene, Tarik Skubal, Christian Yelich, Nick Pivetta, Garrett Crochet, Seiya Suzuki

Wheeler’s Box-Toppers player rankings lead narrows with Skubal, Skenes making gains

Shawn Plank August 8, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 12th straight week, but his lead has narrowed.

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, who leads American League pitchers for the fifth week and ranks second overall, is now within 1.7 Box-Toppers points over Wheeler and could pass Wheeler for the overall lead in his next scheduled start Friday.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Tarik Skubal, Christian Yelich, Riley Greene, Paul Skenes, Garrett Crochet, Seiya Suzuki, George Springer

Phillies’ Wheeler leads Box-Toppers player rankings; Yelich rises to lead NL batters

Shawn Plank August 1, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 12th straight week.

Meanwhile, Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to lead National League batters this week, while other category leaders remain the same: Tarik Skubal of the Tigers continues to lead American League pitchers and Riley Greene of the Tigers continues to lead AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Christian Yelich, Tarik Skubal, Riley Greene, Nick Pivetta, Garrett Crochet, Seiya Suzuki, George Springer

Phillies’ Wheeler leads player rankings for 10th week; Tigers’ Skubal leads AL players

Shawn Plank July 25, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 10th straight week.

Meanwhile, all category leaders continue their Box-Toppers points leads since last week: Tarik Skubal of the Tigers leads American League pitchers, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs leads National League batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Tarik Skubal, Seiya Suzuki, Riley Greene, Nick Pivetta, Garrett Crochet, Christian Yelich, George Springer

Cubs, Rays have most players on Box-Toppers’ top 100 midseason player list

Shawn Plank July 17, 2025

The Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2025 player rankings at the All-Star break.

Both teams each have six players among the top 100. Three other teams each have five players in the top 100—the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Zack Wheeler, Tarik Skubal, Matthew Boyd, Seiya Suzuki, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Carson Kelly, Jameson Taillon, Shota Imanaga, Drew Rasmussen, Ryan Pepiot, Shane Baz, Junior Caminero, Taj Bradley, Brandon Lowe, Chicago White Sox, Adrian Houser, Colorado Rockies, Hunter Goodman, Baltimore Orioles, Charlie Morton, Cal Raleigh, Salvador Perez, Ryan Jeffers, Logan O'Hoppe, Will Warren, Agustín Ramírez, Isaac Collins, Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani

Phillies’ Zack Wheeler continues lead in Box-Toppers player rankings at All-Star break

Shawn Plank July 14, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings at the All-Star break, the ninth straight week he has led, going back to May 15.

Meanwhile, all category leaders continue their Box-Toppers points leads since the last player rankings report July 3: Tarik Skubal of the Tigers leads American League pitchers, Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters and Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs leads National League batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Tarik Skubal, Riley Greene, Seiya Suzuki, Nick Pivetta, Garrett Crochet, George Springer, Christian Yelich

Wheeler leads player rankings for 8th week; Skubal rises to lead AL pitchers

Shawn Plank July 4, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the eighth straight week, also leading National League pitchers.

Meanwhile, Tarik Skubal of the Tigers rises to lead American League pitchers, passing previous leader Hunter Brown of the Astros. Also, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs rises to lead National League batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers maintains his lead among AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Tarik Skubal, Hunter Brown, Seiya Suzuki, Riley Greene, Nick Pivetta, Christian Yelich, George Springer

Wheeler leads player rankings for 7th week; Brown rises to lead AL pitchers

Shawn Plank June 27, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the seventh straight week, also leading National League pitchers.

Meanwhile, Hunter Brown of the Astros rises to lead American League pitchers, passing previous leader Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox. Also, Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to lead National League batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers maintains his lead among AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Hunter Brown, Garrett Crochet, Christian Yelich, Riley Greene, Nick Pivetta, Seiya Suzuki, Wilyer Abreu

Wheeler leads player rankings for 6th week; Crochet rises to lead AL pitchers

Shawn Plank June 20, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the sixth straight week, also leading National League pitchers.

Meanwhile, Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox rises to lead American League pitchers, passing previous leader Tarik Skubal of the Tigers. Also, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs rises to lead National League batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers maintains his lead among AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Garrett Crochet, Tarik Skubal, Seiya Suzuki, Riley Greene, Paul Skenes, Christian Yelich, Wilyer Abreu

Zack Wheeler leads player rankings for 5th week; Tarik Skubal rises to lead AL pitchers

Shawn Plank June 13, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fifth straight week, also leading National League pitchers.

Meanwhile, Tarik Skubal of the Tigers rises to lead American League pitchers, passing previous leader Carlos Rodón of the Yankees. Christian Yelich of the Brewers continues to lead NL batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers continues to lead AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Tarik Skubal, Carlos Rodon, Christian Yelich, Riley Greene, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Seiya Suzuki, Wilyer Abreu

Phillies’ Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for 4th straight week

Shawn Plank June 6, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fourth straight week, also leading National League pitchers.

Meanwhile, all other Box-Toppers team rankings category leaders remain the same as last week: Carlos Rodón of the Yankees leads American League pitchers, Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Carlos Rodon, Christian Yelich, Riley Greene, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Max Fried, Seiya Suzuki, Wilyer Abreu

Wheeler leads player rankings for 3rd week; Rodón rises to lead AL pitchers

Shawn Plank May 30, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third week, also leading National League pitchers.

Meanwhile, Carlos Rodón of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers. Both league’s batting leaders remain the same as last week: Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters and Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Carlos Rodon, Riley Greene, Christian Yelich, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Bryan Woo, Tarik Skubal, Seiya Suzuki, Wilyer Abreu

Wheeler maintains player rankings lead; Greene, Yelich rise to lead league batters

Shawn Plank May 23, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second week, also leading National League pitchers.

Meanwhile, Riley Greene of the Tigers rises to first place among American League batters and Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to first place among NL batters this week. Bryan Woo of the Mariners maintains his first place spot this week among AL pitchers.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Riley Greene, Christian Yelich, Bryan Woo, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Wilyer Abreu, Pete Alonso, Carlos Rodon

Phillies’ Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers player rankings; Mariners’ Woo leads in AL

Shawn Plank May 16, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report, passing Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta, who led for the last four weeks.

Wheeler also rises to lead National League pitchers. In addition, Bryan Woo of the Mariners rises to lead American League pitchers, while Pete Alonso of the Mets continues to lead NL batters and Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox continues to lead AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Nick Pivetta, Bryan Woo, Pete Alonso, Wilyer Abreu, Max Fried, Hunter Brown, Carson Kelly, Alex Bregman

Padres’ Pivetta leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 4th week; Fried leads AL pitchers

Shawn Plank May 9, 2025

Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fourth straight week.

Meanwhile, Max Fried of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers, Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox rises to lead AL batters and Pete Alonso of the Mets maintains his lead among National League batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Nick Pivetta, Max Fried, Wilyer Abreu, Pete Alonso, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hunter Brown, Kris Bubic, Alex Bregman, Carson Kelly

Padres’ Pivetta leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 3rd straight week

Shawn Plank May 2, 2025

Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the third straight week.

Meanwhile, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown is this week’s new leader among American League pitchers. Batting leaders in both leagues are the same as last week—Pete Alonso of the Mets leads National League batters while Alex Bregman of the Red Sox leads AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Nick Pivetta, Hunter Brown, Pete Alonso, Alex Bregman, Andrew Heaney, Garrett Crochet, Carson Kelly, Aaron Judge
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Box-Toppers

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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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