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Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Chicago White Sox face the Cleveland Guardians in one best-of-five game series while the New York Yankees face the Tampa Bay Rays in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Rays (first) and the Guardians (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
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Four of the eight starting pitchers in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card round games earned more than 10 Box-Toppers points in 2026, and two are among the season’s top three players.
Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo—whose 23.0 Box-Toppers points rank second overall and second among National League pitchers—leads the way as he takes the mound for Game 1 against the Braves. Meanwhile, Box-Toppers’ top American League pitcher, Cam Schlittler of the Yankees (21.7 points, third overall), starts Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series against the Red Sox.
Read MoreRays pitcher Drew Rasmussen earned Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day honors, while Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski reclaimed the lead in overall season player rankings.
Also Sunday, Angels pitcher José Soriano rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez remains atop Box-Toppers player rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, Nick Kurtz of the Athletics rises to first place among American League batters.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Bryan Woo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Also Saturday, Nick Kurtz of the Athletics rises to first place among American League batters in 2026 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez is this week’s new Box-Toppers player rankings leader, passing Pirates pitcher Braxton Ashcraft, who led last week.
Also, Gavin Williams of the Guardians rises to lead American League pitchers and Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox rises to lead AL batters, while Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers continues to lead National League batters.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Gavin Williams is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, taking the lead among American League pitchers in Box-Toppers rankings.
Also Friday, Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox rises to lead AL batters in Box-Toppers rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Ranger Suárez is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Angels pitcher José Soriano extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings and Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow rises to sixth place overall.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Astros pitcher Tatsuya Imai, Garrett Mitchell of the Brewers and Matt Vierling of the Tigers.
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.