Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other top players Friday include Braves pitcher Chris Sale, Tigers pitcher Kenley Jansen and Alex Freeland of the Dodgers.
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Tigers extend lead in Box-Toppers team rankings; Padres continue leading NL teams
The Detroit Tigers extend their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, leading for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres maintain the lead among National League teams for the fourth straight week, while the Atlanta Braves are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Crochet tops players for Sunday, June 1; Crochet, Hunter rise in top 10 rankings
Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Orioles pitcher Charlie Morton, Michael Busch of the Cubs and Josh Smith of the Rangers.
Read MorePhillies’ Wheeler tops players for Friday, May 23, extending season player rankings lead
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings and becoming the first player in 2025 to reach 10 Box-Toppers points.
Also Friday, Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs rises to first place in 2025 Box-Toppers points among National League batters after earning NL Batter of the Day honors. He rises to ninth place overall.
Read MoreTwins’ López tops players for Saturday, May 17; Phillies’ Wheeler extends rankings lead
Twins pitcher Pablo López is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreCardinals’ Gray tops players for Wednesday, May 7; Fried, Greene rise in top 10 rankings
Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors:
Yankees pitcher Max Fried rises to fourth place overall and first place among American League pitchers.
Reds pitcher Hunter Greene rises to fifth place overall.
Rays’ Shane Baz tops players for Monday, April 14; Dodgers’ Dustin May tops NL players
Rays pitcher Shane Baz is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Dodgers pitcher Dustin May, Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray, Tyler Fitzgerald of the Giants and Yankees pitcher Carlos Carrasco.
Read MoreD-backs’ Rodriguez, Red Sox’ Fitts top players in spring games of Friday, March 14
Diamondbacks pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Red Sox pitcher Richard Fitts, Brandon Drury of the White Sox, Orioles pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, Yankees pitcher Carlos Carrasco and Jared Oliva of the Brewers.
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Source: MLB.com
Box-Toppers’ AL Division Series preview: Tigers vs. Guardians, Royals vs. Yankees
Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Detroit Tigers face the Cleveland Guardians in one best-of-five game series and the Kansas City Royals face the New York Yankees in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Yankees (first) and the Guardians (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
Read MoreRays’ Springs tops players Tuesday, Aug. 27; Phillies’ Nola rises to 9th in player rankings
Rays pitcher Jeffrey Springs is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreAstros’ Valdez tops players Sunday, Aug. 18; Brewers’ Rea tops NL players
Astros pitcher Framber Valdez is Sunday's Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Valdez struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk in the 2-0 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreMets’ Quintana tops players for Friday, June 21; Braves’ Sale rises to 2nd in rankings
Mets pitcher Jose Quintana is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Braves pitcher Chris Sale rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings and first place among National League pitchers after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ big dippers—players whose 2023 point total declined most from 2022: Carlos Rodon leads list
Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2022 to 2023.
Rodon had 19.8 Box-Toppers points in 2022 with the Giants, sixth among all players and third among National League pitchers. But moving to the Yankees in 2023, he earned only 1.0 Box-Toppers point. That 18.8-point decline was the biggest among all players.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Berrios tops players for Thursday, July 6; Mets’ Carrasco tops NL players
Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Berrios struck out six over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 6-2, 11-inning win over the White Sox. Berrios did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
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Mets lead 2023 Box-Toppers preseason team rankings; Yankees top AL teams
The New York Mets are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2023 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the World Series champion Houston Astros saw the biggest decline.
Read MoreBraves’ Shuster, Angels’ Lamb top players in spring games for Friday, March 17
Braves pitcher Jared Shuster is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Shuster struck out seven over four scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 8-0 win over the Red Sox.
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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2022 season
Could 2023 be the season Clayton Kershaw passes Randy Johnson for the “all-time” lead in career Box-Toppers points?
Or could this coming season be the year when Kershaw loses the lead among active players in career Box-Toppers points to either Max Scherzer or Justin Verlander?
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Yankees, Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason team rankings, landing biggest free agents
The New York Yankees and New York Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason rankings after landing the winter’s two biggest free agents.
The Yankees rank first after Carlos Rodon Thursday agreed to a free agent deal. Rodon earned 19.8 Box-Toppers points in 2022 with the Giants, sixth overall and third among National League pitchers. He ranked second among all free agents going into the 2023 season.
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Source: MLB.com.
A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series that begin Friday, Oct. 7
The new Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Friday with four best-of-three series. Here is a Box-Toppers look at the eight teams competing in the four Wild Card round series.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Jameson tops players for Thursday, Sept. 15; Rays’ McClanahan rises to 8th
Diamondbacks pitcher Drey Jameson is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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