Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 2nd week; Rangers surge to lead AL teams

Shawn Plank September 12, 2025

The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the second week in row.

But the Texas Rangers, the week’s hottest team, rise to first place among American League teams, passing the Detroit Tigers.

Philadelphia Phillies pass Detroit Tigers to lead Box-Toppers team rankings

Shawn Plank September 5, 2025

The Philadelphia Phillies rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings this week, passing the Detroit Tigers, who have led for the past five weeks.

The Tigers, however, maintain their lead among American League teams, while the Los Angeles Dodgers are the week’s hottest team.

Tigers lead team rankings for 5th straight week; Phillies rise to lead NL teams

Shawn Plank August 29, 2025

The Detroit Tigers lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the fifth straight week.

Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Phillies regain the lead among National League teams and the Texas Rangers are the week’s hottest team.

Tigers extend lead in Box-Toppers team rankings; Padres continue leading NL teams

Shawn Plank August 22, 2025

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.

Tigers lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 3rd week, are also week’s hottest team

Shawn Plank August 15, 2025

The Detroit Tigers lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the third straight week and are the week’s hottest team.

Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres maintain the lead among National League teams.

Tigers lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 2nd week; Padres maintain NL team lead

Shawn Plank August 8, 2025

The Detroit Tigers lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the second straight week.

Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres maintain the lead among National League teams and the Milwaukee Brewers are the week’s hottest team.

Tigers regain Box-Toppers team rankings lead; Padres’ rocket to NL lead with trades

Shawn Plank August 1, 2025

The Detroit Tigers regain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, boosted by trade deadline deals adding pitching depth.

Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres rocket to the lead among National League teams with the biggest collective trade deadline splash, making them the week’s hottest team.

Phillies pass Tigers to lead Box-Toppers team rankings, Mariners rise on Naylor trade

Shawn Plank July 25, 2025

The Philadelphia Phillies rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings this week, passing the Detroit Tigers, who fall to second place.

Team rankings
Here are Box-Toppers 2025 team rankings through games of Thursday, July 24. The column BTP shows the number of Box-Toppers points players on the team accumulated this season. The column BTP/wk shows have many points teams accumulated from July 18 to July 24. The column Wk ago shows the team's rank as of July 17.


     
    Teams
    BTP
    BTP/wk
    Wk ago
  


    1
    Phillies
    74.1
    4.0
    2
  

    2
    Tigers
    73.3
    2.0
    1
  

    3
    Cubs
    72.5
    3.0
    3
  

    4
    Mariners
    71.5
    9.4
    9
  

    5
    Yankees
    71.3
    3.0
    4
  

    6
    Brewers
    70.7
    7.0
    7
  

    7
    Blue Jays
    69.6
    7.7
    10
  

    8
    Dodgers
    69.0
    1.0
    5
  

    9
    Red Sox
    68.4
    2.0
    6
  

    10
    Astros
    68.3
    5.0
    8
  

    11
    Rangers
    67.8
    6.0
    11
  

    12
    Mets
    65.4
    4.0
    12
  

    13
    Reds
    65.3
    4.0
    14
  

    14
    Padres
    65.0
    3.7
    13
  

    15
    Giants
    61.0
    2.5
    16
  

    16
    Rays
    60.7
    3.0
    18
  

    17
    Royals
    59.5
    3.7
    20
  

    18
    Diamondbacks
    59.2
    0.0
    15
  

    19
    Angels
    58.4
    2.0
    19
  

    20
    Cardinals
    57.9
    0.0
    17
  

    21
    Marlins
    56.9
    5.2
    24
  

    22
    Guardians
    56.9
    5.0
    23
  

    23
    Twins
    56.7
    2.5
    21
  

    24
    Orioles
    54.6
    2.0
    22
  

    25
    Braves
    52.1
    2.5
    25
  

    26
    Pirates
    50.8
    3.5
    26
  

    27
    Athletics
    47.6
    1.0
    27
  

    28
    Nationals
    46.6
    3.0
    28
  

    29
    White Sox
    44.1
    6.0
    29
  

    30
    Rockies
    31.8
    4.5
    30
  


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Meanwhile, the Seattle Mariners are the week’s hottest team.

Phillies lead

The Phillies rise from second place overall to first place with 74.1 Box-Toppers points, picking up 4.0 in the past week. They move 0.8 points ahead of last week’s leader, the Detroit Tigers, who fall to second with 73.3 points, picking up 2.0 in the past week.

The Phillies lead National League teams for the second straight week, ahead of the second-place Chicago Cubs (72.5 points, picking up 3.0 in the past week, maintaining third place overall).

The Phillies have baseball’s eighth-best winning percentage (.569) and rank second in the NL East, one-half game behind the New York Mets. Here are the teams with higher winning percentages and their Box-Toppers team rankings:

Milwaukee Brewers (.598), sixth with 70.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 7.0 in the past week.
Toronto Blue Jays (.592), seventh with 69.6 points, picking up 7.7 in the past week.
Chicago Cubs (.588), third with 72.5 points, picking up 3.0 in the past week.
Los Angeles Dodgers (.583), eighth with 69.0 points, picking up 1.0 in the past week.
Houston Astros (.583), 10th with 68.3 points, picking up 5.0 in the past week.
Detroit Tigers (.577), second with 73.3 points, picking up 2.0 in the past week.
New York Mets (.573), 12th with 65.4 points, picking up 4.0 in the past week.

The Phillies are led by pitcher Zack Wheeler (19.1 points, first overall). Phillies’ top batter is Kyle Schwarber (5.0 points, 15th among NL batters). Eighteen different Phillies players have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2025.

Tigers top AL teams

Tigers players have accumulated 73.3 Box-Toppers points this season, including 2.0 in the past week, falling from first to second place overall, behind the Phillies (74.1 points).

They lead AL teams for the fifth straight week, ahead of the second-place Seattle Mariners (71.5 points, picking up 9.4 in the past week, rising from ninth to fourth place overall).

The Tigers have the third-best winning percentage among AL teams (.577), behind the Blue Jays (.592) and the Astros (.583).

The Tigers are led by pitcher Tarik Skubal (16.4 Box-Toppers points, second among all players, first among AL pitchers). Tigers’ best batter is Riley Greene (9.0 points, first among AL batters). Twenty-two different Tigers players have earned Player of the Game honors so far this season.

Hottest team: Mariners

The Seattle Mariners are the hottest team in the past week, picking up 9.4 Box-Toppers points, most of any team, and rising from ninth to fourth place overall with 71.5 points, second among AL teams. The Mariners’ five-spot rise is the biggest among all teams.

The Mariners picked up 5.9 points by winning four of their seven games this week and the rest by acquiring Josh Naylor Thursday from the Diamondbacks, where he has earned 3.5 points this season. Here is a look at how Mariners earned Box-Toppers points in wins this week:

1.7 points on July 18 by starting pitcher Luis Castillo for winning AL Player of the Day.
1.0 point on July 19 by relief pitcher Casey Legumina for winning Player of the Game.
1.7 points on July 22 by starting pitcher Logan Gilbert for winning AL Player of the Day.
1.5 points on July 24 by left fielder Randy Arozarena for winning AL Batter of the Day.

Biggest fall: Dodgers, Red Sox, Diamondbacks, Cardinals

Four teams fell three spots each this week, tied for the biggest fall among all teams:

The Los Angeles Dodgers fell from fifth to eighth place with 69.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 in the past week.
The Boston Red Sox fell from sixth to ninth place with 68.4 points, picking up 2.0 in the past week.
The Arizona Diamondbacks fell from 15th to 18th place with 59.2 points, with no net gain in points this week. (They gained 3.5 points in three wins this week, but also lost 3.5 points by trading Josh Naylor to the Mariners.)
The St. Louis Cardinals fell from 17th to 20th place with 57.9 points, with no net gain in points this week. (They gained 2.7 points in two wins this week, all earned by first baseman Willson Contreras, but also lost 2.7 points by designating for assignment pitcher Erick Fedde, who had 2.7 points this season).

Last place: Rockies

The Colorado Rockies remain in 30th and last place for the 14th straight week with 31.8 Box-Toppers points, picking up 4.5 points in the past week.

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Previous Box-Toppers team rankings report from July 13

High by team: Pitchers lead 27 of 30 clubs in 2025 Box-Toppers points at All-Star break

Shawn Plank July 18, 2025

On 27 of the 30 Major League clubs, pitchers are the team’s leader in 2025 Box-Toppers points. Batters lead the other three teams.

Pitchers are dominating much the way they are winning the overwhelming majority of Box-Toppers points this season compared to batters. Pitchers are winning 61 percent of all points this season compared to 39 percent for batters. The all-time record-low share of points earned by batters is 37.2 percent set in 2024. (Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.)

Cubs, Rays have most players on Box-Toppers’ top 100 midseason player list

Shawn Plank July 17, 2025

The Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2025 player rankings at the All-Star break.

Both teams each have six players among the top 100. Three other teams each have five players in the top 100—the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Tigers pass Dodgers to regain Box-Toppers team rankings lead, Phillies top NL teams

Shawn Plank July 14, 2025

The Detroit Tigers regain first place in Box-Toppers team rankings at the All-Star break, passing the Los Angeles Dodgers, who led the last team rankings report July 3.

Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Phillies rise to lead National League teams and the Boston Red Sox are the hottest team of the past 10 days.

Dodgers pass Tigers to lead Box-Toppers team rankings, Blue Jays make big jump

Shawn Plank July 4, 2025

The Los Angeles Dodgers rise to first place in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, passing the Detroit Tigers, who have led for the past two weeks.

The Tigers maintain their lead among American League teams while the Toronto Blue Jays are the week’s hottest team.

Tigers lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 2nd week; Dodgers continue NL team lead

Shawn Plank June 27, 2025

The Detroit Tigers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week.

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to lead National League teams and the Tampa Bay Rays are the week’s hottest team.

Tigers pass Yankees in Box-Toppers rankings as teams swap top spot for 4th week

Shawn Plank June 20, 2025

The Detroit Tigers regain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, passing the New York Yankees, as they have swapped leads for the fourth straight week.

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead National League teams and the Atlanta Braves are the week’s hottest team.

New York Yankees regain Box-Toppers team rankings lead, passing Detroit Tigers

Shawn Plank June 13, 2025

The New York Yankees regain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, the Detroit Tigers.

Meanwhile, the Chicago Cubs maintain their lead among National League teams and the Los Angeles Angels are the week’s hottest team.

Detroit Tigers narrowly edge New York Yankees to lead Box-Toppers team rankings

Shawn Plank June 6, 2025

The Detroit Tigers regain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, just edging last week’s leader the New York Yankees on a tiebreaker.

Team rankings
Here are Box-Toppers 2025 team rankings through games of Thursday, June 5. The column BTP shows the number of Box-Toppers points players on the team accumulated this season. The column BTP/wk shows have many points teams accumulated from May 30 to June 5. The column Wk ago shows the team's rank as of May 29.


     
    Teams
    BTP
    BTP/wk
    Wk ago
  


    1
    Tigers
    49.9
    5.0
    3
  

    2
    Yankees
    49.9
    4.0
    1
  

    3
    Cubs
    47.9
    5.7
    5
  

    4
    Dodgers
    47.1
    4.5
    4
  

    5
    Phillies
    46.2
    1.0
    2
  

    6
    Mets
    42.7
    5.5
    9
  

    7
    Diamondbacks
    41.3
    7.2
    15
  

    8
    Padres
    41.3
    4.0
    8
  

    9
    Mariners
    40.4
    2.0
    6
  

    10
    Twins
    40.2
    4.5
    11
  

    11
    Royals
    40.1
    4.2
    10
  

    12
    Cardinals
    39.7
    2.0
    7
  

    13
    Brewers
    38.7
    4.5
    13
  

    14
    Reds
    38.6
    3.0
    12
  

    15
    Astros
    38.3
    4.7
    18
  

    16
    Blue Jays
    38.0
    5.0
    20
  

    17
    Guardians
    37.9
    3.7
    14
  

    18
    Red Sox
    37.8
    4.0
    17
  

    19
    Rays
    37.2
    6.0
    21
  

    20
    Rangers
    36.4
    2.5
    16
  

    21
    Giants
    36.1
    2.7
    19
  

    22
    Nationals
    32.6
    2.0
    22
  

    23
    Angels
    30.5
    3.0
    24
  

    24
    Braves
    30.4
    0.0
    23
  

    25
    Orioles
    29.4
    6.0
    28
  

    26
    Pirates
    29.1
    2.0
    25
  

    27
    Marlins
    26.2
    1.0
    26
  

    28
    Athletics
    26.0
    1.5
    27
  

    29
    White Sox
    23.9
    2.0
    29
  

    30
    Rockies
    14.4
    3.7
    30
  


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Meanwhile, the Chicago Cubs rise to lead National League teams and the Arizona Diamondbacks are the week’s hottest team.

Tigers lead

Tigers players have accumulated 49.9 Box-Toppers points this season, rising from third place last week to first place this week. Though the Tigers have the same Box-Toppers point total as last week’s leader, the Yankees (49.9), they hold the tiebreaking edge because they earned more points in the past week (5.0 vs. 4.0). The Tigers also pass the Yankees to lead American League teams. The Yankees fall from first to second place overall and among AL teams.

The Tigers have baseball’s best winning percentage (.641) and are led by pitcher Tarik Skubal (8.0 Box-Toppers points, sixth among all players and fourth among AL pitchers). Tigers top batter is Riley Greene (6.5 points, first among AL batters). Seventeen different Tigers players have earned Player of the Game honors so far this season.

Cubs lead NL teams

The Cubs rise from fifth to third place overall with 47.9 Box-Toppers points, picking up 5.7 in the past week. They pass last week’s NL team leader, the Philadelphia Phillies, who fall from second to fifth place overall and third among NL teams with 46.2 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week.

The Cubs have the best winning percentage among NL teams (.629), second-best among all teams behind the Tigers (.641).

The Cubs are led by designated hitter/outfielder Seiya Suzuki and outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, both with 6.5 Box-Toppers points. Suzuki ranks second among NL batters and Crow-Armstrong ranks third. Cubs top pitcher is Matthew Boyd (5.0 Box-Toppers points, 15th among NL pitchers). Nineteen different Cubs players have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2025.

Hottest team: Diamondbacks

The Arizona Diamondbacks are the week’s hottest team, picking up 7.2 Box-Toppers points in the past week, most of any team. The Diamondbacks now have 41.3 Box-Toppers points for the season, rising from 15th to seventh place overall. That eight-spot rise is the biggest jump in rankings among all teams.

The Diamondbacks picked up 6.2 of those points by winning four of their six games in the past week and another 1.0 point by signing Tayler Scott, who had earned Player of the Game honors earlier this season when pitching for the Houston Astros.

Last week, the Diamondbacks had the biggest drop in rankings among all teams, falling five spots from 10th to 15th place overall with 34.1 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the previous week.

Biggest fall: Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals fell from seventh to 12th place overall with 39.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.0 points in the past week. That five-spot fall was biggest among all teams this week.