Cubs pitcher Cade Horton is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Other top players Monday include Brandon Lockridge of the Brewers, Luke Keaschall of the Twins and George Springer of the Blue Jays.
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Yankees, Cubs rise to top Box-Toppers’ 2026 preseason team power rankings
The New York Yankees enter 2026 as Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team, but their lead is a precarious one.
While the Yankees’ current roster combined for a league-leading 128.5 Box-Toppers points in 2025—narrowly edging out the Chicago Cubs (125.8 points)—the raw totals don't tell the whole story.
Read MoreTwins’ Abel tops players in Monday’s spring games; Padres’ Sanabria tops NL players
Twins pitcher Mick Abel is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Other top performers include Romeo Sanabria (Padres), the National League Player of the Day, and José Ramírez (Guardians), the American League Batter of the Day.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ 2026 daily coverage begins with Friday’s first spring training games
Box-Toppers coverage of the 2026 Major League Baseball season begins with the first spring training games Friday.
Since 1995, Box-Toppers has tracked each Major League game played, tracking who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.
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Peers vs. points: 5 Box-Toppers leaders win 2025 Players Choice Awards
Five Box-Toppers category leaders were also 2025 Players Choice Award winners, headlined by the surprising National League Outstanding Player selection, Kyle Schwarber, who beat out unanimous NL MVP Shohei Ohtani for the honor.
But while the players and Box-Toppers data found common ground for the top NL player, a massive disparity emerged for the game’s overall top honor. Players voted Cal Raleigh of the Mariners as Player of the Year, even though he earned just 6.0 Box-Toppers points—ranking 24th among American League batters and 139th among all players.
Read MoreBox-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.
Read MoreJudge, Ohtani repeat as Hank Aaron Award winners in 2025, despite lower B-T rankings
Both Hank Aaron Award-winners for 2025—Aaron Judge of the Yankees in the American League and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers in the National League—won the honor for the second straight season.
However, neither player led their league’s batters in Box-Toppers points in 2025, though both ranked first in 2024.
Read MoreFour 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.”
Read MoreHow 2025 Silver Slugger winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Seven of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2025 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2025 Box-Toppers point totals.
The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers, analyzing traditional box scores, tracks which players most help their teams win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.
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Three of six Box-Toppers’ choices won major postseason honors and three did not. Top row players all won: Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal won AL Cy Young, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes won NL Cy Young and Drake Baldwin of the Braves won NL Rookie of the Year. Box-Toppers choices in the bottom row all lost: Skubal for AL MVP, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies for NL MVP and Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez for AL Rookie of the Year.
Postseason awards wrap-up: Box-Toppers leaders win 3 of 6 major honors in 2025
Box-Toppers’ choices for baseball’s major postseason player awards won three of six 2025 honors.
However, for three other awards announced in the past week, voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), Box-Toppers leaders were not among the winners.
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Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers won 2025 Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday over Box-Toppers’ choices for the awards, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal and Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies.
Judge, Ohtani win 2025 MVP awards, ahead of Box-Toppers’ picks, Skubal, Schwarber
Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers won 2025 Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday over Box-Toppers’ choices for the awards, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal and Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies.
Both Judge and Ohtani won their league’s award for the second straight year—Judge in the American League and Ohtani in the National League.
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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, who led all players with 22.1 Box-Toppers points, won the American League Cy Young Award. Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, who led National League players with 21.1 Box-Toppers points, won the NL Cy Young Award.
Box-Toppers leaders Tigers’ Skubal, Pirates’ Skenes win 2025 Cy Young Awards
Both pitchers who led their leagues in Box-Toppers points for the season won the 2025 Cy Young Awards on Wednesday.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, who led all players with 22.1 Box-Toppers points, won the American League Cy Young Award. Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, who led National League players with 21.1 Box-Toppers points, won the NL Cy Young Award.
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These four are both Box-Toppers top-ranked players and finalists for major 2025 postseason awards: Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, Paul Skenes of the Pirates, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies and Drake Baldwin of the Braves.
Box-Toppers points leaders are finalists in 4 of 6 major postseason player awards
In four of the six major postseason player awards, the 2025 Box-Toppers points leader for each honor is among the finalists announced by baseball writers.
There are two awards in which the Box-Toppers leader is not among the finalists: AL Most Valuable Player and AL Rookie of the Year.
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Here are Box-Toppers’ picks for major postseason awards: Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez and Nick Baldwin of the Braves.
Box-Toppers points leaders in 2025 seem likely to win 2 of 4 major postseason awards
Box-Toppers’ points leaders for 2025 seem likely to win two of the four major postseason awards.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, who led all players with 22.1 Box-Toppers points, seems likely to win the American League Cy Young Award. Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, who led National League pitchers with 21.1 Box-Toppers points, is likely to win the NL Cy Young Award.
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2025 MVP contenders Aaron Judge of the Yankees, Cal Raleigh of the Mariners, George Springer of the Blue Jays, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies and Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal.
Why Judge, Raleigh, Ohtani don’t appear on Box-Toppers’ 2025 MVP ballots
Baseball’s Most Valuable Player Award favorites did not perform well in the Box-Toppers metric in 2025.
Aaron Judge of the Yankees, Cal Raleigh of the Mariners and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers all hit more than 50 home runs, racking up impressive statistics. However, all three were comparatively rarely the player who contributed most to their team’s wins.
Read MoreDodgers’ Yamamoto tops players in Friday’s World Series Game 6, forcing Game 7
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 6, his fourth such win this postseason, more than all players.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 3-1 to tie the best-of-seven-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-3, forcing Game 7 Saturday.
Read MoreDodgers’ Yamamoto, pitching a complete game, tops players in World Series Game 2
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, pitching a complete game, is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s World Series Game 2.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 5-1 to tie the best-of-seven-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at 1-1.
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Dodgers hold Box-Toppers points advantages over Blue Jays in 2025 World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers hold Box-Toppers points advantages over the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2025 World Series.
The American League champion Blue Jays are the higher-seeded postseason team and have home-field advantage, hosting up to four of the possible seven games of the World Series. But that comes by virtue of only one more win than the Dodgers, the National League champion. The Blue Jays won 94 games in the 2025 regular season while the Dodgers won 93.
However, the Dodgers hold a Box-Toppers points advantage in key player categories, notably in starting pitching.
Read MoreCloser Hoffman tops players in Monday’s ALCS Game 7, as Blue Jays eliminate Mariners
Blue Jays closing pitcher Jeff Hoffman is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s American League Championship Game 7.
The Toronto Blue Jays win the best-of-seven-game series over the Seattle Mariners, 4-3, to advance to the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning Friday in Toronto.
Read MoreMariners’ Miller tops players in Sunday’s ALCS Game 1 win over Blue Jays
Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s American League Championship Series Game 1.
Miller struck out three over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and three walks in the 3-1 win over the Blue Jays.
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