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The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2025 World Series after the season’s 12 playoff-qualifying teams played a total of 47 postseason games over 33 days from Sept. 30 to Nov. 1.
Here is a recap look at Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in each of the 47 postseason games for 2025.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s National League Division Series Game 5, as the Milwaukee Brewers win the series, eliminating the Chicago Cubs.
Misiorowski struck out three over four innings of middle relief, allowing one run, three hits, no walks and earning the win.
Read MoreMariners pitcher George Kirby is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s American League Division Series Game 5, as the Seattle Mariners win the series, eliminating the Detroit Tigers.
The game took six extra innings to finish and was tied 2-2 from the seventh inning until Jorge Polanco of the Mariners hit a single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 15th inning to win it, 3-2. However, Player of the Game winner Kirby’s contributions came entirely within the game’s first six innings.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow and Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Thursday’s two National League Division Series games.
The Los Angeles Dodgers eliminate Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team, the Philadelphia Phillies, in one of the series. The Chicago Cubs meanwhile force a deciding Game 5 Saturday with the Milwaukee Brewers, with a win to tie that series.
Read MoreJavier Báez of the Tigers tops players in Wednesday’s four League Division Series playoff games.
Meanwhile, the Toronto Blue Jays advance to the American League Championship Series, eliminating the New York Yankees in four games in the AL Division Series.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Logan Gilbert and Aaron Judge of the Yankees are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s two American League Division Series games.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Blake Snell and Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Monday’s two National League Division Series games.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage tops players in Sunday’s two American League Division Series games.
Meanwhile, Jorge Polanco of the Mariners is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the other ALDS Game 2.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani tops players in Saturday’s four League Division Series opening games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s League Division Series games: Jackson Chourio of the Brewers, Tigers pitcher Will Vest and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays.
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The Philadelphia Phillies are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team while National League top-seed Milwaukee Brewers rank fifth among NL playoff teams in Box-Toppers points.
A Box-Toppers look at both National League Division Series, which begin Saturday.
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Source: MLB.com
The top-seeded American League team, the Toronto Blue Jays face the New York Yankees, Box-Toppers’ top-ranked AL team in one American League Division League Series. In the other, the Detroit Tigers, who led Box-Toppers rankings much of the season before a September collapse, face the second-seed Seattle Mariners.
A Box-Toppers look at both American League Division Series, which begin Saturday.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2024 World Series after the season’s 12 playoff-qualifying teams played a total of 43 postseason games over 30 days in October.
Here is a recap look at Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in each of the 43 postseason games for 2024.
Read MoreLane Thomas of the Guardians is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s American League Division Series Game 5.
The Cleveland Guardians win the series in five games, 3-2, advancing to the AL Championship Series and eliminating the Detroit Tigers.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s National League Division Series Game 5.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win the series in five games, 3-2, advancing to the NL Championship Series and eliminating the San Diego Padres.
Read MoreDavid Fry of the Guardians and Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Thursday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.
The New York Yankees win their division series over the Kansas City Royals and advance to the AL Championship Series. The Cleveland Guardians tie their series with the Detroit Tigers which will conclude with Game 5 Saturday in Cleveland.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jose Quintana tops players in Wednesday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s league division series games:
Beau Brieske of the Tigers.
Tommy Kahnle of the Yankees.
Gavin Lux of the Dodgers.
Mets pitcher Sean Manaea and Padres closing pitcher Robert Suarez are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s two National League Division Series playof games.
The Mets and Padres both take 2-1 leads in their best-of-five game series as both series resume Wednesday with Game 4s. Both American League Division Series also resume Wednesday’s with two Game 3s.
Read MoreFernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres and Nick Castellanos of the Phillies are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Sunday’s two National League Division Series playoff games.
Both NL Division Series are now even heading into Monday’s travel day before resuming Tuesday.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Tanner Bibee tops players in Saturday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s league division series games:
Luke Weaver of the Yankees.
Reed Garrett of the Mets.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers.
Source: MLB.com
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 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.