Astros pitcher Tatsuya Imai is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other top players Thursday include Bryce Harper of the Phillies and Jeff McNeil of the Athletics.
Read MoreMariners’ Kirby tops players for Sunday, June 8; Pirates’ Skenes rises to 6th place
Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. In addition, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extends his streak of earning Box-Toppers points to 18 consecutive seasons Sunday, the longest active streak, and also extends his lead in career Box-Toppers points among active players.
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Box-Toppers’ NL Division Series preview: Padres vs. Dodgers, Mets vs. Phillies
Both National League Division Series begin Saturday.
The San Diego Padres face the Los Angeles Dodgers in one best-of-five game series and the New York Mets face the Philadelphia Phillies in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Dodgers (first) and the Phillies (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
Read MorePirates’ Skenes tops players Thursday, Aug. 22; Blue Jays’ Yarbrough tops AL players
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Skenes struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 7-0 win over the Reds.
Read MorePhillies’ Sánchez tops players for Friday, June 28; Rays’ Eflin tops AL players
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sanchez is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Sanchez pitched a complete game, three-hit shutout, striking out nine and allowing no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreHow 2022 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Seven of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards Thursday were also among the leaders at their positions in 2022 Box-Toppers point totals.
Read MorePadres’ Manaea tops players for Friday, April 8, Rays’ McClanahan tops AL players
Padres pitcher Sean Manaea is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Manaea struck out seven over seven scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreIndians’ Shane Bieber is Box-Toppers’ most deserving player not selected to 2019 All-Star Game
Indians pitcher Shane Bieber is the most deserving player not selected to the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Bieber has 11.1 Box-Toppers points in 2019, eighth among all players and fourth among American League pitchers. Other key players not chosen for the All-Star Game who rank among Box-Toppers top players this season include Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, Marcell Ozuna of the Cardinals and Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox.
Read MoreBox-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Acuña, Ohtani, voted Rookies of the Year by baseball writers
Box-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, were voted 2018 Rookies of the Year Monday.
The honors for the 2018 season were awarded Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America also named both as top rookies for 2018 on Monday.
Read MoreAthletics’ Brett Anderson tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 21; Rays’ Snell rises to 4th in player rankings
Athletics pitcher Brett Anderson is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Rays pitcher Blake Snell rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, David Peralta of the Diamondbacks rises to lead National League batters in 2018 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
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