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Angels pitcher José Soriano rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, Twins pitcher Taj Bradley.
Meanwhile, Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to first place among National League pitchers, Brayan Rocchio of the Guardians rises to lead American League batters and Alec Burleson of the Cardinals maintains his lead among NL batters.
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Twins pitcher Taj Bradley leads Box-Toppers first weekly player rankings report of the 2026 season.
Bradley also leads American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Randy Vásquez of the Padres leads National League pitchers, Alec Burleson of the Cardinals leads NL batters and Brent Rooker of the Athletics leads AL batters.
Read MorePirates pitcher Braxton Ashcraft is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Brent Rooker of the Athletics, Padres pitcher Mason Miller, Cubs pitcher Edward Cabrera and Graham Pauley of the Marlins.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Cooper Criswell is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.
Other standout players Tuesday include Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom, Reds pitcher Brandon Williamson, Brent Rooker of the Athletics, Pablo Reyes of the Padres and Corey Julks of the Tigers.
Read MoreMets pitcher Nolan McLean is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.
Other standout winners include Luken Baker (Diamondbacks), Brent Rooker (Athletics), and Paul Goldschmidt (Yankees), who earned top honors for the second time in three days.
Read MorePete Alonso of the Mets is Box-Toppers 2025 All-Star Game Player of the Game.
Alonso hit a sixth-inning, three-run homer, as the National League prevailed Tuesday over the American League, after a nine-inning, 6-6 tie was broken with a home run derby-style swing-off. Alonso went 1-for-2, scoring once and driving in three runs.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Brent Rooker of the Athletics, Mets pitcher David Peterson, Jo Adell of the Angels, Tyler Black of the Brewers, Ceddanne Rafaela of the Red Sox and Willson Contreras of the Cardinals.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2025 but with player injuries factored in, the New York Mets hold the overall edge.
The current 2025 roster of last year’s World Series champion Dodgers accumulated 118.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, most of any team. However, with several players injured and expected to miss time in 2025, their injury-adjusted Box-Toppers point total drops to 106.7, fifth among all teams.
Read MoreEight of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2024 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2024 Box-Toppers point totals.
The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers, analyzing traditional box scores, tracks which players most helps their teams win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.
Read MorePadres pitcher Dylan Cease is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.
Cease struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 7-0 win over the Guardians.
Read MoreOn 27 of the 30 Major League clubs, pitchers are the team’s leader in 2024 Box-Toppers points. Batters lead the other three teams.
Pitchers are dominating much the way they are winning the overwhelming majority of Box-Toppers points this season compared to batters. Pitchers are winning 63 percent of all points this season compared to 37 percent for batters. The all-time record-low share of points earned by batters is 38.1 percent set in 2022. Last year, in 2023, batters won 40.7 percent of all points.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Blake Snell is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Snell struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 3-2 win over the Twins.
Read MorePirates pitcher Jared Jones is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to fourth place and Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow rises to fifth place.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Chris Sale is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Twins pitcher Sonny Gray rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBox-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.