Box-Toppers 2025 year-end All-Star teams

Overall Box-Toppers points leader, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, leads the Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2025 regular season.

The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to nine batters in each league are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.

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Four Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2025 All-MLB First Team

Four Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2025’s 16-member “All-MLB” Team. Five other Box-Toppers leaders are among the “All-MLB” Second Team.

The All-MLB team is selected with half the vote coming from fans and half coming from an expert panel. Unlike the selections for baseball’s All-Star Game, players are chosen not based on their affiliation with the American League or National League. Instead, players are selected from all Major League Baseball teams, regardless of league affiliation, and are designated as “First Team” or “Second Team.”

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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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Mariners’ Castillo tops players Wednesday, Sept. 24; Skenes secures NL pitching lead

Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.

Also Wednesday, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to first place among National League pitchers in 2025 Box-Toppers points, passing Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, after earning Player of the Game honors. Skenes, taking his first lead in the category in his final start of 2025, will finish first among NL pitchers for the season. He ranks second overall.

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Kershaw's chance to pass Johnson’s career points record slips away in next-to-last start

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw will not pass Randy Johnson for the Box-Toppers-era career points record after failing to win Player of the Game honors in his next-to-last career start Friday.

Also, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal all but secured 2025 Box-Toppers Player of the Year honors Friday after Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet, who was the only player with a realistic chance of passing him, failed to win Player of the Game honors in his next-to-last start of the season.

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Reds’ Greene tops players for Thursday, Sept. 18; Dodgers’ Yamamoto rises to 7th

Reds pitcher Hunter Greene is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Thursday, Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Mariners’ Kirby tops players for Sunday, Sept. 14; Red Sox’ Crochet maintains 4th overall

Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet, fourth overall in Box-Toppers season player rankings and second among American League pitchers, keeps alive the chance to rise to first place among AL pitchers for 2025, after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Mariners’ Woo tops players for Saturday, Sept. 13, Schwarber rises to lead NL batters

Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.

Also Saturday, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies rises to first place among National League batters in 2025 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.

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