The Detroit Tigers lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the third straight week and are the week’s hottest team.
Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres maintain the lead among National League teams.
Read MorePadres’ Pivetta tops players for Sunday, March 30; Yankees’ Chisholm tops AL players
Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the Yankees, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee and Nathaniel Lowe of the Nationals.
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Box-Toppers’ AL Division Series preview: Rangers vs. Orioles, Twins vs. Astros
Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Texas Rangers face the Baltimore Orioles in one best-of-five game series and the Minnesota Twins face the Houston Astros in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Orioles (first) and the Astros (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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A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday, Oct. 3
The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday with four best-of-three series.
Here is a Box-Toppers look at the eight teams competing in the four Wild Card round series.
Read MoreBrewers’ Burnes tops players for Friday, July 14, rising to 9th in player rankings
Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth in season player rankings.
Burnes struck out 13 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 1-0 win over the Reds.
Read MoreGuardians’ Williams tops players for Tuesday, June 27; Angels’ Ohtani extends lead
Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day
Also Tuesday, Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani increases his lead in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to third place in season player rankings and takes the 2023 Box-Toppers points lead among National League pitchers. In addition, Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves rises to first place among NL batters.
Read MoreHow 2022 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Seven of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards Thursday were also among the leaders at their positions in 2022 Box-Toppers point totals.
Read MoreAstros’ Garcia tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 24; Dodgers’ Urias rises to 9th in player rankings
Astros pitcher Luis Garcia is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMets’ Walker tops players for Wednesday, June 9; Yankees’ Cole maintains 2nd place in player rankings
Mets pitcher Taijuan Walker is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole earned American League Player of the Day honors, maintaining his second-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings and Athletics pitcher Sean Manaea rose to fifth place in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTwins’ Waddell tops players in Saturday, March 20’s spring training games
Twins pitcher Brandon Waddell is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Waddell struck out five over two scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Rays, picking up the save.
Read MoreBrewers’ Woodruff tops players for Friday, Sept. 11; deGrom, Nola, Maeda rise in player rankings top 10
Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, three players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 after each earned Player of the Game honors—Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to second, Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola rises to fourth and Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda rises to sixth.
Plus, Luke Voit of the Yankees regains the lead in 2020 Box-Toppers points among American League batters after earning AL Batter of the Day honors Friday.
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