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.
Read MorePirates’ Skenes tops players for Tuesday, May 12, regaining season player rankings lead
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, regaining the lead in season player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Twins pitcher Bailey Ober, Randy Arozarena of the Mariners, Daylen Lile of the Nationals and Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler.
Read MorePirates’ Skenes tops players for Wednesday, May 6, rising to 1st in 2026 player rankings
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, becoming the new leader in season player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo, Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, Andy Pages of the Dodgers, Marcus Semien of the Mets, Adley Rutschman of the Orioles and Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray.
Read MoreBrewers’ Misiorowski tops players for Friday, May 1; Harris rises to lead NL batters
Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Michael Harris II of the Braves rises to first place among National League batters in 2026 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRangers’ Gore tops players for Wednesday, April 8, rising to 5th in player rankings
Rangers pitcher MacKenzie Gore is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Alec Burleson of the Cardinals rises to seventh place in season player rankings after earning National League Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreNationals’ Gore tops players for Sunday, Aug. 10; Phillies’ Wheeler extends rankings lead
Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings—becoming the first player to 20 Box-Toppers points for the second year in a row—after earning Player of the Game honors.
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How 2025 Hall of Fame candidates fared in Box-Toppers
Three players were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday—Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.
All three received the necessary 75 percent support of voters from the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). Box-Toppers supported Sabathia and Wagner in separate voting by the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA), but notably did not support Suzuki, who was a near-unanimous choice.
Read MoreBox-Toppers selects 4 players for 2025 Hall of Fame induction in internet writers' ballot
Box-Toppers is voting for four players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 2025 Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) ballot.
Box-Toppers is voting for these players: Felix Hernandez, Torii Hunter, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.
Notably, Box-Toppers is not voting for Ichiro Suzuki, who is on the Hall ballot for the first time for 2025. While Suzuki is expected to be a shoo-in for the Hall and to possibly be only the second player inducted on a unanimous vote, I devoted a previous post to why Box-Toppers doesn’t view him as a Hall of Famer. In addition, this post which will show how unfavorably he compares in Box-Toppers rankings to even this year’s Hall candidates, may even make a more stark case why I don’t see Suzuki as a Hall of Famer.
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Box-Toppers analysis: Why Ichiro Suzuki is not a Hall-of-Famer
As baseball writers push for Ichiro Suzuki to not only be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame but to become only the second player voted in unanimously, what chucklehead will oppose that?
It pains me to say: Me. Let me explain.
Despite earning Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year Awards and getting 3,000 hits, Suzuki was not the key player very often in his team’s wins. There was almost always some other teammate outperforming Suzuki in team wins. Suzuki never led his team in a season in Box-Toppers points and never even led his team’s batters.
Read MoreBraves’ Sale tops players Monday, Aug. 12, rising to 6th; Kershaw extends record streak
Braves pitcher Chris Sale is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extended his streak of earning Box-Toppers points to 17 straight seasons—tied for the longest active streak—after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2024.
Read MoreRangers’ Bradford tops players for Friday, April 5; Royals’ Singer rises to 1st in rankings
Rangers pitcher Cody Bradford is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Royals pitcher Brady Singer rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, two players extend significant streaks of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday—Orioles closer Craig Kimbrel (15 seasons) and Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola (10 seasons).
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How 2024 Hall of Fame candidates fared in Box-Toppers
Three players were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday, all of whom Box-Toppers supported for induction.
Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton all received the necessary 75 percent support of voters from the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA).
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Box-Toppers is voting for six players for 2024 Hall of Fame induction on the internet writers’ ballot—Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, Matt Holliday, Torii Hunter, Joe Mauer and Billy Wagner.
Box-Toppers selects 6 players for 2024 Hall of Fame in internet writers’ ballot
Box-Toppers is voting for six players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 2024 Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) ballot.
Box-Toppers is voting for these players, listed alphabetically by last name: Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton, Matt Holliday, Torii Hunter, Joe Mauer and Billy Wagner.
Read MorePadres’ Darvish tops players for Saturday, June 3; Braves’ Strider rises to 9th
Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider rises to ninth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Bassitt tops players for Friday, May 12; Brewers’ Burnes tops NL players
Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bassitt pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout, striking out eight and walking two, in the 3-0 win over the Braves.
Read MoreRockies’ Freeland tops players for Wednesday, May 3; Ohtani, McClanahan rise in top 10
Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani rises to fifth place and Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to sixth place.
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Box-Toppers is voting for four players for 2023 Hall of Fame induction on the internet writers’ ballot—Todd Helton, Torii Hunter, Jeff Kent and Billy Wagner.
Box-Toppers selects 4 players for 2023 Hall of Fame induction in internet writers’ ballot
Box-Toppers is voting for four players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 2023 Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) ballot.
Box-Toppers is voting for these players: Todd Helton, Torii Hunter, Jeff Kent and Billy Wagner.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Cease tops players for Saturday, Sept. 3, rising to 3rd in player rankings
White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third in season player rankings.
Also Saturday, Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani maintains second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players for Thursday, Aug. 25; Rays’ Rasmussen tops AL players
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Nola pitched a complete-game, five-hit shutout, striking out 11 and walking none, in the 4-0 win over the Reds.
Read MoreMets’ deGrom tops players for Saturday, Aug. 13; Astros’ McCullers tops AL players
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
deGrom struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Phillies.
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