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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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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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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.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Carlos Rodón is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings and taking the lead among American League pitchers.
Also Tuesday, Twins pitcher Joe Ryan rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to first place among National League batters after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePhillies 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.
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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.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to first place among National League batters in player rankings after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, two other players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 after both earn Player of the Game honors—Carson Kelly of the Cubs rises to sixth place and Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to seventh place.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season leaders chart for each of the past 30 seasons, including the leaders in Box-Toppers points each season among four main categories—American League and National League pitchers and batters.
Also, a look at how often Box-Toppers leaders win major postseason awards (Cy Young and Most Valuable Player), what players have led a Box-Toppers season category most often since tracking began in 1995 and what teams have had the most category leaders in 30 seasons. Also, a look at the lowest point totals to lead a season category, which includes 2024 leaders.
Read MoreAaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who both led their league’s batters in Box-Toppers points in 2024, won the season’s Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday.
Judge, who led American League batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Ohtani, who led National League batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to first place among American League batters in Box-Toppers rankings and Starling Marte of the Mets earns Box-Toppers points in his 13th consecutive season.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Braxton Garrett is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a complete game, four-hit shutout.
Also Friday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander now has 247.0 career Box-Toppers points—fourth-most since 1995—after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Christian Yelich of the Brewers has now earned Box-Toppers points in 11 straight seasons.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2024 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the San Diego Padres saw the biggest decline.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Carlos Rodon is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Rodon struck out five over 5 2/3 scoreless and hitless innings, allowing one walk, in the 4-3 win over the Phillies.
Read MoreAnalyzing 29 years of Box-Toppers points leaders in pitching and batting in both leagues.
In 2023, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, American League Most Valuable Player, was the only player who won a major postseason award and also led his Box-Toppers category (leading AL batters with 19.4). Also, Pete Alonso of the Mets became the ninth batter since 1995 to lead his league’s batters in Box-Toppers points more than once, leading NL batters for the second straight season.
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The Atlanta Braves are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2024, with a roster mostly intact from 2023 when they had baseball’s best record.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are Box-Toppers’ top two American League teams, with the Mariners having one of the best offseason improvements of any team so far. And also, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have made big offseason splashes adding Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Teoscar Hernandez, their offseason ranking has actually fallen from third place last season to fourth place now.
Read MoreSix of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2023 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2023 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 player most helps his team win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.
Read MoreWhile Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo is Box-Toppers’ most improved player in 2023, our choices for Comeback Players of the Year are Eduardo Rodriguez of the Tigers and Jason Heyward of the Dodgers.
Meanwhile, the consensus choices for Comeback Players of the Year—Cody Bellinger and Liam Hendriks—did not rank very highly among Box-Toppers most improved players in 2023.
Read MoreThe Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2023 regular season are led by overall Box-Toppers points leader, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider.
The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to nine batters in each league are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.
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The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday 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 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.