Padres pitcher Stephen Kolek is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet rises to second place 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 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 MoreGuardians’ Ramirez tops players Thursday, Aug. 1; Royals’ Lugo rises to 10th
Jose Ramirez of the Guardians is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Royals pitcher Seth Lugo rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players for Sunday, Sept. 10, rising to 10th in player rankings
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th in season player rankings.
Cole struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 4-3, 13-inning win over the Brewers. Cole did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Chris Bassitt leads Box-Toppers’ list of worthy but unchosen All-Stars
Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt is the most deserving player not selected to the 2023 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Bassitt has 11.4 Box-Toppers points in 2023, fourth among all players and third among American League pitchers.
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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.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ NL Division Series preview: Padres vs. Dodgers, Phillies vs. Braves
Both National League Division Series begin Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers face the San Diego Padres in one best-of-five game series and the Atlanta Braves face the Philadelphia Phillies in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Dodgers (first) and the Braves (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played over the weekend.
Read MoreTwins’ Smeltzer tops players for Thursday, June 23; Braves’ Swanson tops NL players
Twins pitcher Devin Smeltzer is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Smeltzer struck out three over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Guardians.
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A look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2021
Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2021.
Scherzer had 25.1 Box-Toppers points during the regular season. It is his fourth season with 25.0 or more Box-Toppers points. Only two other players have as many or more seasons with 25.0 or more points.
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A Box-Toppers comparison of Braves title teams from 1995 and 2021
The Braves who won the 2021 World Series seem very different from the last Braves team that won the World Series in 1995. Comparing how each team fared in Box-Toppers points and rankings in their respective seasons.
Read MoreJorge Soler tops players in World Series Game 4 as Braves take 3-1 series lead over Astros
Jorge Soler of the Braves is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s World Series Game 4.
The Atlanta Braves win 3-2 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series over the Houston Astros.
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Graphic corrected Monday, October 4, 2021, to reflect that Robbie Ray is a member of the Blue Jays.
Dodgers’ Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 2nd week
Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, Jose Ramirez of the Indians rises to lead American League batters in rankings. Also, Gerrit Cole of the Yankees continues to lead AL pitchers and Nick Castellanos of the Reds continues to lead National League batters.
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Yankees’ Gerrit Cole regains lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings this week
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler.
Meanwhile, Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Wheeler maintains his lead among NL pitchers and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels maintains his lead among American League batters.
Read MorePhillies’ Moore tops players for Saturday, Aug. 14; Diamondbacks’ Gilbert pitches no-hitter
Phillies pitcher Matt Moore is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Diamondbacks pitcher Tyler Gilbert pitched the season’s eighth nine-inning no-hitter. He earned his first career Player of the Game honor but fell just short of beating Moore for overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day honors.
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Phillies’ Zack Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report, passing deGrom
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers player rankings this week, passing Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom, who had led since late June.
Meanwhile, Adam Duvall of the Braves rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Both American League leaders remain the same as last week—Gerrit Cole of the Yankees leads AL pitchers and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads AL batters.
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deGrom, Cole, Ohtani, Castellanos lead Box-Toppers player ranking categories
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom maintains his lead in Box-Toppers player rankings, despite not playing in nearly a month.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders also remain the same as last week: Gerrit Cole of the Yankees leads American League pitchers, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads AL batters and Nick Castellanos of the Reds leads National League batters.
Read MoreBrewers’ Escobar tops players for Monday, Aug. 2; Indians’ Morgan tops AL players
Eduardo Escobar of the Brewers is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Escobar hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 6-2 win over the Pirates.
Read MoreBraves’ Swanson tops players for Saturday, July 31; Marquez rises, Pujols extends record streak
Dansby Swanson of the Braves is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Rockies pitcher German Marquez rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Albert Pujols of the Dodgers extends his record streak of earning Box-Toppers points in consecutive seasons to 21 after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2021 Saturday.
Read MoreAthletics’ Manaea tops players for Thursday, July 22, rising to 8th in player rankings
Athletics pitcher Sean Manaea is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Manaea struck out 13 over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and three walks, in the 4-1 win over the Mariners.
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