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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report, passing Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta, who led for the last four weeks.
Wheeler also rises to lead National League pitchers. In addition, Bryan Woo of the Mariners rises to lead American League pitchers, while Pete Alonso of the Mets continues to lead NL batters and Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox continues to lead AL batters.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Bryan Woo is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings and first among American League pitchers.
Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Javier Báez of the Tigers, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease and Drake Baldwin of the Braves.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Ronel Blanco is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MorePadres 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 MoreTigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown becomes the new leader in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Cardinals pitcher Erick Fedde, Jasson Domínguez of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers.
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Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, Max Fried of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers, Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox rises to lead AL batters and Pete Alonso of the Mets maintains his lead among National League batters.
Read MoreCardinals pitcher Sonny Gray is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors:
Yankees pitcher Max Fried rises to fourth place overall and first place among American League pitchers.
Reds pitcher Hunter Greene rises to fifth place overall.
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 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 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 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.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Max Meyer is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Nestor Cortes is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreReds pitcher Brady Singer is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Astros pitcher Hunter Brown, Griffin Conine of the Marlins, Wyatt Langford of the Rangers, Gavin Sheets of the Padres and Oneil Cruz of the Pirates.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2025 but with player injuries factored in, the New York Mets hold the overall edge.
The current 2025 roster of last year’s World Series champion Dodgers accumulated 118.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, most of any team. However, with several players injured and expected to miss time in 2025, their injury-adjusted Box-Toppers point total drops to 106.7, fifth among all teams.
Read MorePadres pitcher Joe Musgrove tops players in Wednesday’s four Wild Card playoff games.
Three teams swept the best-of-three-game series Wednesday and will advance to their league division series beginning Saturday—the Padres, Tigers and Royals. The Brewers and Mets will play a decisive Game 3 in their Wild Card series on Thursday.
Read MorePadres pitcher Michael King tops players in Tuesday’s four Wild Card playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s Wild Card series games:
Royals pitcher Cole Ragans.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal.
Mark Vientos of the Mets.
The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday with four best-of-three series.
All series take place at the higher-seed’s home ballpark. The winners of each series will face one of their league’s top-two seeded teams in league divisional series beginning Saturday.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovaldi struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 2-1 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreMets pitcher Luis Severino is Saturday's Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Severino pitched a complete-game, four-hit shutout, striking out eight and walking one, in the 4–0 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreBox-Toppers tracks 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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.