Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreGiants’ Snell tops players Sunday, Sept. 22, Imanaga, Snell rise in top 10 player rankings
Giants pitcher Blake Snell is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga becomes the third player to reach 20 Box-Toppers points in 2024 after earning Player of the Game honors, maintaining third place in season player rankings.
Read MoreCardinals’ Pallante tops players Monday, Sept. 16; Imanaga, Manaea rise in top 10 list
Cardinals pitcher Andre Pallante is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors: Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to second place and Mets pitcher Sean Manaea rises to eighth place.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players for Friday, April 28; Rangers’ deGrom rises to 1st place
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Cease, Cubs’ Stroman top players in Opening Day games of Thursday, March 30
White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Thursday’s Opening Day Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole has now earned Box-Toppers points in 11 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors.
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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2022 season
Could 2023 be the season Clayton Kershaw passes Randy Johnson for the “all-time” lead in career Box-Toppers points?
Or could this coming season be the year when Kershaw loses the lead among active players in career Box-Toppers points to either Max Scherzer or Justin Verlander?
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Verlander rises from 6th to 5th on Box-Toppers’ ‘all-time’ top 10 list during 2022
During the 2022 season, Justin Verlander rose from sixth to fifth place on Box-Toppers “all-time” career points top 10 list.
It was the only player movement among Box-Toppers “all-time” career points top 10 players overall, among the top 10 pitchers and among the top 10 batters. Retired pitcher Randy Johnson still leads all players in career Box-Toppers points with 282.5 (tracking began in 1995).
Read MorePadres’ Snell tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 21; Guardians’ McKenzie tops AL players
Padres pitcher Blake Snell is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Snell struck out 13 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 1-0 win over the Cardinals.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 7, rising to 9th in player rankings
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth in season player rankings.
Cole struck out 14 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run, five hits and two walks, in the 7-1 win over the Twins.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players for Friday, Aug. 26, rising to 10th in player rankings
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.
Cole struck out 11 over 7 1/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 3-2 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreRoyals’ Singer tops players for Saturday, July 23; Verlander, Urias rise in top 10 rankings
Royals pitcher Brady Singer is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Also, Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias rises to ninth place in player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players for Sunday, July 17; Cease, Cole rise in player rankings top 10
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease rises to fourth place and Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to eighth.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Pivetta tops players for Wednesday, May 18; Phillies’ Wheeler tops NL players
Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Pivetta pitched a complete-game two-hitter, allowing one run and no walks, and striking out eight, in the 5-1 win over the Astros.
Read MoreRays’ Kluber tops players for Friday, April 29; Mets’ Megill rises to lead player rankings
Rays pitcher Corey Kluber is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Mets pitcher Tylor Megill rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Two other players also rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 Friday—Jose Ramirez of the Guardians rises to fifth place and Yordan Alvarez of the Astros rises to sixth. Plus, C.J. Cron of the Rockies rises to first place among National League batters in 2022 Box-Toppers points Friday.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Bumgarner, Astros’ Garcia top players in spring training games for Friday, April 1
Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Bumgarner struck out six over five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 6-0 win over the Cubs.
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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2021 season
Randy Johnson leads all players in career Box-Toppers points and the two active players most likely to pass his total won’t likely do it until 2023 at the very earliest.
Johnson earned 282.5 Box-Toppers points from the time Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995 until he retired in 2009.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Bumgarner tops players for Thursday, Aug. 19; Rays’ McClanahan tops AL players
Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bumgarner struck out five over eight innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 6-2 win over the Phillies.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Cease tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 3; Braves’ Fried tops NL players
White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Cease struck out 11 over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 7-1 win over the Royals.
Read MoreAthletics’ Manaea tops players for Wednesday, July 28; Manaea, Ohtani rise in player rankings top 10
Athletics pitcher Sean Manaea is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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White Sox, Rays, Blue Jays each have six players in Box-Toppers’ top 100 for 2021 at All-Star break
Three teams each have six players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2021 player rankings at the All-Star break.
The Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays each have six players on the top 100 list, tied for the most of any team. All teams have at least one player among the top 100. The Milwaukee Brewers, currently Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team with 67.2 accumulated Box-Toppers points in 2021 have three players on the list. The defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers have four players on the list.
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