Brewers pitcher Logan Henderson is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Twins pitcher Taj Bradley rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBrewers’ Misiorowski tops players for Friday, June 12, with highest game score in 8 years
Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day after recording the highest game score in more than eight years. His dominant shutout performance maintains his second-place spot in the season player rankings.
Other top Friday players include Bo Bichette of the Mets, Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros, Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray and George Springer of the Blue Jays.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players for Wednesday, May 27; Phillies’ Sánchez rises to 1st place
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, earning his first Box-Toppers points in 20 months after recovery from Tommy John surgery.
Also Wednesday, three players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list:
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez jumps to first place overall after winning National League Player of the Day honors.
Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams rises to second place, bolstering his lead among American League pitchers.
Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani climbs to sixth place with his seventh Player of the Game honor of 2026, his fifth as a pitcher.
Box-Toppers picks Yankees over Cubs in 2026 World Series, plus our awards forecasts
The New York Yankees are Box-Toppers’ pick to win the 2026 World Series, defeating the projected National League champion Chicago Cubs.
Box-Toppers projects the Yankees will win 100 games and the American League pennant, ahead of the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, and Boston Red Sox.
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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 MoreYankees’ Weathers, Brewers’ Turang top players in spring games of Wednesday, Feb. 25
Yankees pitcher Ryan Weathers is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Joining him as daily honors recipients are Brice Turang (National League Player of the Day) and Aaron Zavala (American League Batter of the Day).
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Box-Toppers’ big dippers—players whose 2025 point total declined most from 2024: Luis Gil leads list
The 2024 Box-Toppers rookie leaders, Luis Gil and Shota Imanaga, both faltered during sophomore slumps in 2025, recording the two largest year-over-year Box-Toppers point declines.
Yankees pitcher Gil, whose Box-Toppers point total slid 16.4 points and Cubs pitcher Imanaga, whose total slipped 13.7 points, lead this year’s list of Box-Toppers’ big dippers.
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 MoreBlue Jays’ Bieber tops players in Wednesday’s ALCS Game 3 win over Mariners
Blue Jays pitcher Shane Bieber is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s American League Championship Series Game 3.
Bieber struck out eight over six innings, allowing two runs, four hits and one walk in the 13-4 win over the Mariners.
Read MoreMariners’ 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.
Read MoreAngels’ Soriano tops players for Sunday, Aug. 31; Skubal passes Wheeler to lead players
Angels pitcher José Soriano is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors, passing Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who had led since May 11.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Civale tops players for Saturday, Aug. 2; Tigers’ Skubal maintains 2nd place
White Sox pitcher Aaron Civale is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors, maintaining second place overall and extending his lead among American League pitchers. Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff, Francisco Lindor of the Mets, Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer, Rangers pitcher Merrill Kelly and Trevor Story of the Red Sox.
Read MorePhillies’ Sanchez tops players for Tuesday, July 22; Mariners’ Gilbert tops AL players
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom, Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd, Spencer Horwitz of the Pirates and Ty France of the Twins.
Read MoreYankees’ Rodón tops players for Friday, July 11, rising to 6th in player rankings
Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth in player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Cal Raleigh of the Mariners, Rockies pitcher Germán Márquez, Sean Murphy of the Braves, Ceddanne Rafaela of the Red Sox and Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer.
Read MorePhillies’ Wheeler tops players for Monday, June 30, extending player rankings lead
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer has now earned Box-Toppers points in 17 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2025. Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Mariners pitcher George Kirby and Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox.
Read MorePadres’ Pivetta tops players for Wednesday, June 25, rising to 4th in player rankings
Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, two other player rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to eighth place and Yankees pitcher Max Fried rises to ninth place.
Read MoreRangers’ deGrom tops players for Saturday, June 7; Astros’ Brown rises to 6th place
Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners include Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon, Jo Adell of the Angels, Jesús Sánchez of the Marlins and Nolan Arenado of the Cardinals.
Read MoreRangers’ deGrom tops players for Thursday, May 15; Reds’ Martinez tops NL players
Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include Reds pitcher Nick Martinez and Brandon Lowe of the Rays.
Read MoreRangers’ deGrom tops players for Tuesday, April 29; Alonso, Wheeler, Rodón rise in top 10
Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, three players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to second place, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to seventh place and Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises to ninth place.
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