Royals pitcher Cole Ragans is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Braves pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver and Jose Barrero of the Cardinals.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Crochet tops players for Sunday, April 13; Mariners’ Gilbert regains 1st place
Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert regained the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRoyals’ Ragans tops players for Tuesday, April 8; Alonso, Carroll rise into top 10
Royals pitcher Cole Ragans is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, two players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to third place and Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks rises to ninth.
Read MoreRoyals’ Ragans, Brewers’ Misiorowski top players in spring games of Thursday, March 6
Royals pitcher Cole Ragans is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski, Bo Naylor of the Guardians and Matt Chapman of the Giants.
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Dodgers, Mets, Phillies among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings
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.
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Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, left, who led American League pitchers in Box-Toppers points, was named AL Cy Young Award winner. Chris Sale of the Braves, middle, who was voted National League Cy Young winner, finished fourth among NL pitchers in Box-Toppers points. Zack Wheeler of the Phillies, right, who led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2024, finished second in NL Cy Young voting.
Cy Young results: Box-Toppers leader Skubal wins AL award, Sale tops Wheeler in NL
One of two Box-Toppers season pitching leaders won their league’s 2024 Cy Young Award while the other fell just short.
Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, who led American League pitchers with 21.1 Box-Toppers points, won the AL Cy Young Award. However, Chris Sale of the Braves won the National League Cy Young Award ahead of Zack Wheeler of the Phillies, the overall season leader in Box-Toppers points.
Read MoreAs Dodgers celebrate championship, a Box-Toppers look back at 2024 postseason
The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2024 World Series after the season’s 12 playoff-qualifying teams played a total of 43 postseason games over 30 days in October.
Here is a recap look at Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in each of the 43 postseason games for 2024.
Read MoreTigers’ Skubal, Royals’ Hampson top players in Monday’s AL Division Series games
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal and Garrett Hampson of the Royals are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Monday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.
Both AL Division Series are now even heading into Tuesday’s travel day before resuming Wednesday.
Read MorePadres’ Tatis, Phillies’ Castellanos top players in Sunday’s NL Division Series games
Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres and Nick Castellanos of the Phillies are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Sunday’s two National League Division Series playoff games.
Both NL Division Series are now even heading into Monday’s travel day before resuming Tuesday.
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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 MorePadres’ King tops players in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card round playoff games
Padres pitcher Michael King tops players in Tuesday’s four Wild Card playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s Wild Card series games:
Royals pitcher Cole Ragans.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal.
Mark Vientos of the Mets.
A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday, Oct. 1
The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday with four best-of-three series.
All series take place at the higher-seed’s home ballpark. The winners of each series will face one of their league’s top-two seeded teams in league divisional series beginning Saturday.
Read MoreTigers’ Skubal tops players Tuesday, Sept. 24, securing 2024 AL B-T Player of the Year
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings and securing 2024 American League Box-Toppers Player of the Year honors.
Skubal struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Rays.
Read MoreYankees’ Gil tops players Friday, Sept. 6; Phillies’ Wheeler regains player rankings lead
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Astros pitcher Framber Valdez rises to seventh place and Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller rises to eighth place.
Read MoreRoyals’ Ragans tops players Wednesday, Aug. 14; Yankees’ Judge rises to 9th overall
Royals pitcher Cole Ragans is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors, extending his 2024 Box-Toppers points lead among American League batters.
Read MoreRays’ Bradley tops players Friday, July 12; Reds’ Hinds tops NL players in B-T debut
Rays pitcher Taj Bradley is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bradley struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits and two walks, in the 2-0 win over the Guardians.
Read MoreRoyals’ Ragans tops players for Monday, June 24; Guardians’ Bibee rises to 2nd
Royals pitcher Cole Ragans is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, Bryce Harper of the Phillies rises to lead National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreRoyals’ Ragans tops players for Wednesday, May 22; Braves’ Fried tops NL players
Royals pitcher Cole Ragans is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Ragans struck out 12 over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and three walks, in the 8-3 win over the Tigers.
Read MoreYankees’ Rizzo, Dodgers’ Glasnow top players in spring games for Friday, March 1
Anthony Rizzo of the Yankees is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Rizzo hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 8-4 win over the Blue Jays.
Read MoreCubs’ Steele tops players for Monday, Sept. 4; Royals’ Ragans tops AL players
Cubs pitcher Justin Steele is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Steele struck out 12 over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 5-0 win over the Giants.
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