NLCS preview: Brewers hold Box-Toppers advantages, but Dodgers bring experience

Box-Toppers favors the top-seed Milwaukee Brewers over the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 National League Championship Series.

The Dodgers are the third-seeded NL playoff team but rank higher than the Brewers in final 2025 Box-Toppers team rankings—in fifth place overall with their players accumulating 117.9 Box-Toppers points during the season, third among NL teams and most among surviving postseason teams. Brewers players have a combined 112.6 Box-Toppers points in 2025, ninth among all teams and fifth among NL teams.

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Dodgers’ Yamamoto tops players in Wednesday’s Wild Card round playoff games

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto tops players in Wednesday’s four Wild Card playoff games.

Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s Wild Card series games: Padres pitcher Dylan Cease, Yankees closing pitcher David Bednar and Guardians closing pitcher Cade Smith.

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Tigers’ Skubal tops players in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card round playoff games

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal tops players in Tuesday’s four Wild Card playoff games.

Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s Wild Card series games: Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet, Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell and Cubs relief pitcher Daniel Palencia.

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A pitchers vs. batters breakdown of each team’s Box-Toppers point total for 2024

In 2024, teams with the most Box-Toppers points earned by pitchers generally ranked higher in overall Box-Toppers team rankings.

For example, the Philadephia Phillies led all teams with 124.9 Box-Toppers points. Pitchers earned 78.0 of those points, fifth-most among all teams. Box-Toppers’ seven top-ranked teams were all among the top 10 in points earned by pitchers.

However, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers were a notable anomaly. While the team finished eighth overall in Box-Toppers points (113.7), they finished 11th in points earned by pitchers (66.2) and third in points earned by batters (47.5).

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