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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 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 MoreSeven 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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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.
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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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.
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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Seven of the eight starting pitchers in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card round games have more than 10 Box-Toppers points in 2025, and are among the season’s top 40 overall players.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, Box-Toppers’ 2025 Player of the Year, leads the way. His 22.1 Box-Toppers points led all players during the regular season, and he starts Game 1 of AL Wild Card Series against the Guardians.
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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is 2025 Box-Toppers Player of the Year, holding the lead in Box-Toppers points since Aug. 31.
Meanwhile, Paul Skenes of the Pirates rises to first place among National League pitchers, passing previous leader Zack Wheeler of the Phillies on Sept. 24.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Rangers pitcher Jack Leiter, Spencer Horwitz of the Pirates, Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees and Lenyn Sosa of the White Sox.
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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third week in a row.
Meanwhile, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies rises this week to lead National League batters, passing the previous leader, Christian Yelich of the Brewers. Additionally, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who is out for the season, continues to lead National League pitchers, as second-place Paul Skenes of the Pirates was again unable to surpass him this week.
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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second week in a row.
Meanwhile, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, out for the season, continues to lead National League pitchers, as second-place Paul Skenes of the Pirates was unable to pass him this week, despite a valiant challenge.
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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who led since mid-May but is now out for the season.
Wheeler, however, still clings to a razor-thin lead among National League pitchers in 2025 Box-Toppers points. Meanwhile, George Springer of the Blue Jays rises this week to first place among American League batters and Christian Yelich of the Brewers maintains his lead among NL batters.
Read MoreAndrew Benintendi of the White Sox is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, George Springer of the Blue Jays rises to first place among American League batters after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Though he’s now out for the season, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 15th straight week.
Meanwhile, all Box-Toppers category leaders remain unchanged since last week: Tarik Skubal of the Tigers leads American League pitchers, Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads National League batters and José Ramírez of the Guardians leads AL batters.
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While Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 14th straight week, his lead has shrunk to less than 1.0 Box-Toppers point and his return date from the injured list is uncertain.
Meanwhile, all Box-Toppers category leaders remain unchanged since last week, with American League pitching leader Tarik Skubal creeping within 0.7 points of Wheeler.
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NOTE: Carlos Rodón has 12.7 Box-Toppers points (not 13.0) but is still in ninth place overall.
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 13th straight week, expanding his lead since last week.
Meanwhile, José Ramírez of the Guardians rises to first place among American League batters in 2025 Box-Toppers points, passing Riley Greene of the Tigers, who had led for the past 11 weeks.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, José Ramírez of the Guardians rises to first among American League batters after earning AL Batter of the Day honors, passing Riley Greene of the Tigers, who led the category for nearly three months.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Jacob Lopez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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 MoreBraves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo rose to third place and Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rose to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after both earned their second Player of the Game honor of 2025.
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.