Guardians pitcher Joey Cantillo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other top players Saturday include Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies, Ryan Kreidler of the Twins and Sal Stewart of the Reds.
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Phillies’ Sánchez leads player rankings for 4th week; Mariners’ Woo leads AL pitchers
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez leads Box-Toppers player rankings for a fourth consecutive week.
Meanwhile, Bryan Woo of the Mariners rises to lead American League pitchers and batting leaders remain unchanged from last week:
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads National League batters.
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics leads AL batters.
Phillies’ Sánchez leads player rankings for 3rd week; category leaders stay unchanged
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez maintains his hold on the overall Box-Toppers player rankings for a third consecutive week, leading a slate of category leaders that remains entirely unchanged:
Gavin Williams of the Guardians leads AL pitchers.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads National League batters.
Nick Kurtz of the Athleics leads AL batters.
Twins’ Ryan tops players for Tuesday, May 26; Yankees’ Schlittler rises to 5th place
Twins pitcher Joe Ryan is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Pirates’ Ashcraft passes teammate Skenes for overall lead in 2026 Box-Toppers points
Pirates pitcher Braxton Ashcraft is this week’s new Box-Toppers player rankings leader, passing teammate Paul Skenes, who led the past two weeks.
Also, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers rises to lead National League batters, while José Soriano of the Angels continues to lead American League pitchers and Jeremiah Jackson of the Orioles maintains his lead among AL batters.
Read MorePhillies’ Sánchez tops players for Saturday, May 16, rising to 2nd in player rankings
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second in season player rankings.
Also Saturday, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings and White Sox pitcher Davis Martin rises to ninth after both won Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreYankees’ Schlittler tops players for Friday, May 15, rising to 3rd in season player rankings
Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Padres pitcher Randy Vásquez rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Pirates’ Skenes leads Box-Toppers player rankings report for 2nd week
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes leads the Box-Toppers player rankings report for a second week.
While Skenes briefly surrendered the top spot early in the week, he reclaimed it Tuesday to hold the overall lead for a second straight week. In the American League, José Soriano of the Angels returns to the top of the pitching leaderboard, while the league batting leaders remain unchanged.
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Pirates’ Skenes rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Skenes takes the top overall spot and also is the new leader among National League pitchers. Also, Michael Harris II of the Braves is this week’s new leader among NL batters.
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 MorePirates’ Skenes tops players for Friday, April 24, rising to 5th in season player rankings
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Adley Rutschman of the Orioles and Dansby Swanson of the Cubs.
Read MoreYankees’ Weathers top players for Sunday, April 19; Rocchio rises to lead AL batters
Yankees pitcher Ryan Weathers is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Brayan Rocchio of the Guardians rises to first place among American League batters in 2026 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Box-Toppers’ NL Division Series preview: Phillies vs. Braves, Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers
Both National League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Philadelphia Phillies face the Atlanta Braves in one best-of-five game series and the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Braves (first) and the Dodgers (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 MoreMarlins’ Perez tops players for Wednesday, June 14; Padres’ Wacha rises to 8th
Marlins pitcher Eury Perez is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Michael Wacha rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTwins’ Gray, Brewers’ Peralta top players in final spring games of Tuesday, March 28
A look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2022
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2022.
Verlander had 26.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season. Verlander came back after sitting out most of the previous two seasons, recovering from Tommy John surgery. He earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2020 and none in 2021. His 26.0 point gain from 0.0 in 2021 to 26.0 in 2022 is the largest single-season point gain for any player since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
Read MoreAwards wrap-up: Box-Toppers points leaders win 3 of 6 major postseason awards in 2022
Box-Toppers’ choices for baseball’s major postseason awards won three of six of the 2022 honors.
Also, Box-Toppers’ top-ranked American League batter, Aaron Judge of the Yankees, won the AL MVP, though our choice for the award was Shohei Ohtani of the Angels.
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Box-Toppers’ top-ranked AL rookie, Julio Rodriguez of the Mariners (left), also won AL Rookie of the Year honors. Michael Harris II of the Braves (middle) won NL Rookie of the Year honors over Box-Toppers’ top NL rookie, Spencer Strider of the Braves (right).
Box-Toppers’ top AL rookie Rodriguez wins AL Rookie of the Year; top NL rookie Strider finishes 2nd
Julio Rodriguez of the Mariners, Box-Toppers’ choice for 2022 American League Rookie of the Year, was also voted winner of the honor by baseball writers Monday.
But Michael Harris II of the Braves, who won the National League Rookie of the Year honor, was not among Box-Toppers’ top three choices for top NL rookie. Braves pitcher Spencer Strider, Box-Toppers’ choice for top NL rookie, finished second in voting.
Read MoreA look at 2022 awards finalists and how they fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Box-Toppers’ top-ranked players are, for the most part, finalists for 2022 major postseason awards, as announced by baseball writers Monday.
In five of the six major awards, the Box-Toppers points leader for 2022 in that category is among the three finalists for the awards, which will be announced next week.
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Box-Toppers’ choices for major postseason awards: American League Most Valuable Player—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, National League Most Valuable Player—Pete Alonso of the Mets, AL Cy Young Award—Justin Verlander of the Astros and NL Cy Young Award—Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins.
Box-Toppers votes Ohtani AL MVP over Judge—plus our other postseason award picks
Aaron Judge of the Yankees is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked American League batter in 2022. But Shohei Ohtani of the Angels is Box-Toppers’ choice for AL Most Valuable Player.
Box-Toppers cast votes for postseason honors for Ohtani, Justin Verlander, Sandy Alcantara and Pete Alonso, among others, in the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) balloting, completed at the end of the regular season, prior to the start of postseason play.
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