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 Monday, May 5, rising to 6th in season player rankings
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 MoreMariners’ Woo tops players for Friday, May 2; Yamamoto, Woo, Fried rise in top 10 list
Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors: Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to second place and Yankees pitcher Max Fried rises to ninth place.
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Padres’ Pivetta leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 3rd straight week
Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown is this week’s new leader among American League pitchers. Batting leaders in both leagues are the same as last week—Pete Alonso of the Mets leads National League batters while Alex Bregman of the Red Sox leads AL batters.
Read MoreTwins’ Ryan tops players for Sunday, April 27; Astros’ Brown rises to 2nd place
Twins pitcher Joe Ryan is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners include Reds pitcher Nick Lodolo, Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola, Kristian Campbell of the Red Sox and Josh Naylor of the Diamondbacks.
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Padres’ Pivetta leads player rankings; Red Sox’ Crochet rises to lead AL pitchers
Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report.
Pivetta also led player rankings last week but briefly lost that lead Saturday, when Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet took the top spot before Pivetta regained it Tuesday.
Read MorePirates’ Heaney tops players for Wednesday, April 23, rising to 3rd in player rankings
Pirates pitcher Andrew Heaney is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs wins National League Batter of the Day honors for the second straight day. Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Tigers pitcher Reese Olson and J.P. Crawford of the Mariners.
Read MoreNationals’ Parker tops players for Tuesday, April 22; Padres’ Pivetta regains lead
Nationals pitcher Mitchell Parker is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreNationals’ Gore tops players for Saturday, April 19; Red Sox’ Crochet rise to 1st place
Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreRangers’ Mahle tops players for Tuesday, April 15; Mahle, Bregman, Imanaga rise in top 10
Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, two other players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Alex Bregman of the Red Sox rises to sixth place and Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to ninth place.
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 MoreD-backs’ Gallen tops players for Wednesday, April 2; Phillies’ Wheeler rises to 1st place
Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet, Iván Herrera of the Cardinals, Pete Alonso of the Mets and Dylan Moore of the Mariners.
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Box-Toppers picks Dodgers over Orioles in 2025 World Series, plus our awards forecasts
Box-Toppers picks the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2025 World Series, beating the predicted American League champion Baltimore Orioles.
Box-Toppers projects the Dodgers will have the most wins among all teams—108—and that National League teams will be among the most dominant. Eight of the 15 NL teams are projected to have as many or more wins as the best American League teams (89).
Read MoreTigers’ Skubal, Marlins’ Quantrill top players in spring games of Friday, March 21
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Both league’s 2024 Box-Toppers points leaders and both league’s 2024 Cy Young Award winners won Player of the Game honors on Friday.
Read MoreGiants’ Birdsong, Blue Jays’ Berrios top players in spring games of Sunday, March 16
Giants pitcher Hayden Birdsong is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Blue Jays pitcher José Berríos, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet, Hunter Renfroe of the Royals and Andruw Monasterio of the Brewers.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Crochet, Brewers’ Myers top players in spring games of Wednesday, March 5
Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Brewers pitcher Tobias Myers, Tomás Nido of the Tigers, Oneil Cruz of the Pirates and Sam Huff of the Giants.
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Imanaga makes biggest leap in Box-Toppers points; 2 others win B-T Comeback Player
While Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga is Box-Toppers’ most improved player in 2024, our choices for Comeback Players of the Year are Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes and Braves pitcher Reynaldo Lopez.
Meanwhile, one of the consensus choices for Comeback Player of the Year—Braves pitcher Chris Sale—ranks 13th among Box-Toppers’ most-improved players in 2024.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players Friday, Aug. 16; Brewers’ Civale tops NL players
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Cole struck out eight over six scoreless innnings, allowing four hits and two walks, in the 3-0 win over the Tigers.
Read MorePitchers are Box-Toppers points team leaders on 27 of 30 clubs; batters lead 3 teams
On 27 of the 30 Major League clubs, pitchers are the team’s leader in 2024 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 63 percent of all points this season compared to 37 percent for batters. The all-time record-low share of points earned by batters is 38.1 percent set in 2022. Last year, in 2023, batters won 40.7 percent of all points.
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Phillies, Orioles have most players on Box-Toppers’ top 100 midseason player list
The Philadelphia Phillies have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2024 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles have the most players in the top 100 among American League teams.
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