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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 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.
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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole leads players in Box-Toppers points since the start of 2019.
Cole has 104.1 Box-Toppers points over the period 2019-24, 22.5 points ahead of second-ranked player, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who has 81.6 over that span.
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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 MoreIn 2024, teams with the most Box-Toppers points earned by pitchers generally ranked higher in overall Box-Toppers team rankings.
For example, the Philadephia Phillies led all teams with 124.9 Box-Toppers points. Pitchers earned 78.0 of those points, fifth-most among all teams. Box-Toppers’ seven top-ranked teams were all among the top 10 in points earned by pitchers.
However, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers were a notable anomaly. While the team finished eighth overall in Box-Toppers points (113.7), they finished 11th in points earned by pitchers (66.2) and third in points earned by batters (47.5).
Read MoreOverall Box-Toppers points leader, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, leads the Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2024 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.
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Box-Toppers’ choices for baseball’s major postseason player awards won four of six 2024 honors:
Aaron Judge of the Yankees won the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers won the National League Most Valuable Player Award.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal won the AL Cy Young Award.
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil won the AL Rookie of the Year Award.
Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who both led their league’s batters in Box-Toppers points in 2024, won the season’s Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday.
Judge, who led American League batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Ohtani, who led National League batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ top two-ranked batters won the 2024 Hank Aaron Awards for top offensive players.
Aaron Judge of the Yankees, who led American League batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who led National League batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.
Read MoreSeven Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2024’s 16-member “All-MLB” Team announced Thursday.
Three other Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
The All-MLB team was 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 on not selected based on their affiliation with American League or National League. Rather, all players are chosen from all Major League Baseball regardless of league as “First Team” or “Second Team” players.
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.