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Chicago Cubs hold slim edge over Los Angeles Dodgers in Box-Toppers team rankings report

Shawn Plank August 5, 2016

With trade deadline acquisitions, Dodgers are hottest team of the week. Other teams strengthened by trades include Mets, Blue Jays, Rangers, Giants, Twins, Orioles.

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Tags Team power rankings, Box-Toppers Team Power Rankings, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester, Kris Bryant, Rich Hill, Josh Reddick, Oakland Athletics, Drew Pomeranz, Aaron Hill, New York Mets, Jay Bruce, Jonathon Niese, Toronto Blue Jays, Francisco Liriano, Texas Rangers, Carlos Beltran, New York Yankees, Jonathan Lucroy, Milwaukee Brewers, Lucas Harrell, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, Matt Moore, Eduardo Nunez, Minnesota Twins, Hector Santiago, Los Angeles Angels, Ricky Nolasco, Baltimore Orioles, Wade Miley, Steve Pearce, Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Rays, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds

Chicago Cubs regain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings after acquiring Aroldis Chapman

Shawn Plank July 29, 2016

Cubs, week's hottest team, thanks to Chapman trade, regain lead after Red Sox hold it for one week. Red Sox, despite down week, still lead AL teams.

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Tags Team power rankings, Box-Toppers Team Power Rankings, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, Aroldis Chapman, New York Yankees, Jake Arrieta, Jon Lester, Kris Bryant, Drew Pomeranz, Aaron Hill, Atlanta Braves, Lucas Harrell, Dario Alvarez, Texas Rangers

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Box-Toppers

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

Box-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.

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