Esmerlyn Valdez of the Pirates is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Astros pitcher Peter Lambert, Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish and Ryan Vilade of the Rays.
Read MoreBrewers’ Woodruff tops players for Monday, June 22; Blue Jays’ Cease rises to 6th place
Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease also climbed to sixth place in Box-Toppers' season rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.
Read MoreMets’ McLean tops players for Wednesday, June 17; Orioles’ Bradish tops AL players
Mets pitcher Nolan McLean is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other top players Wednesday include Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish, Kyle Stowers of the Marlins, Cody Bellinger of the Yankees and Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreDodgers’ Ohtani tops players for Wednesday, May 13; Blue Jays’ Cease rises to 7th place
Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease rises to seventh in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Box-Toppers’ big dippers—players whose 2024 point total declined most from 2023: Spencer Strider leads list
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2023 to 2024.
Strider led all players in 2023 with 21.1 Box-Toppers points but earned just 1.0 point in 2024, a 20.1-point decline, which is also the fifth-largest decline (in regular-length seasons) since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
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Phillies, Orioles have most players on Box-Toppers’ top 100 midseason player list
The Philadelphia Phillies have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2024 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles have the most players in the top 100 among American League teams.
Read MoreOrioles’ Bradish tops players for Saturday, June 8; Rockies’ Tovar tops NL players
Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bradish struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 5-0 win over the Rays.
Read MoreOrioles’ Bradish tops players for Sunday, May 26; Braves’ Sale regains rankings lead
Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Braves pitcher Chris Sale regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Dodgers lead 2024 Box-Toppers preseason team rankings; Rays top AL teams
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2024 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the San Diego Padres saw the biggest decline.
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Braves, Astros, Mariners among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings
The Atlanta Braves are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2024, with a roster mostly intact from 2023 when they had baseball’s best record.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are Box-Toppers’ top two American League teams, with the Mariners having one of the best offseason improvements of any team so far. And also, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have made big offseason splashes adding Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Teoscar Hernandez, their offseason ranking has actually fallen from third place last season to fourth place now.
Read MoreA pitchers vs. batters breakdown of each team’s Box-Toppers point total for 2023
The World Series champion Texas Rangers, leaders among all teams in Box-Toppers points in 2023, also led all teams in points earned by pitchers. The Los Angeles Dodgers, meanwhile, which finished third overall among all teams, had the most points won by batters in 2023.
Read MoreFour Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2023 All-MLB First Team
Only four Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2023’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced this month. Three other Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
The All-MLB team players are not selected based on their affiliation with American League or National League. Rather, all players are chosen regardless of league as “First Team” or “Second Team” players.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Kelly tops players in Saturday’s opening league division series games
Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly tops players in Saturday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s league division series games: Ranger Suarez of the Phillies, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros and Evan Carter of the Rangers.
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Source: MLB.com.
Box-Toppers’ AL Division Series preview: Rangers vs. Orioles, Twins vs. Astros
Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Texas Rangers face the Baltimore Orioles in one best-of-five game series and the Minnesota Twins face the Houston Astros in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Orioles (first) and the Astros (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 MoreTwins’ Ober tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 26; Padres’ Lugo tops NL players
Twins pitcher Bailey Ober is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Ober struck out eight over five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 11-3 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Gallen tops players for Friday, Sept. 8, rising to 5th in player rankings
Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Gallen pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out nine and allowing one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Cubs.
Read MorePhillies’ Wheeler tops players for Saturday, Aug. 26; Ohtani regains player rankings lead
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels regains the Box-Toppers season player rankings lead one day after losing it to Braves pitcher Spencer Strider. In addition, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to fifth place and Rangers pitcher Max Scherzer rises to sixth.
Read MoreOrioles’ Bradish tops players for Sunday, Aug. 20; Nationals’ Williams tops NL players
Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bradish struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 12-1 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreOrioles’ Bradish tops players for Sunday, July 16; Mets’ Scherzer rises to 7th place
Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Mets pitcher Max Scherzer rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreOrioles’ Bradish tops players for Thursday, Sept. 22; Urias, Woodruff rise in top 10 list
Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias rises to fifth place and Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to seventh place.
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