Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth place in season player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Tigers pitcher Jack Flaherty and Ronny Mauricio of the Mets.
Read MoreBrewers’ Woodruff tops players for Monday, July 21, Wheeler, Skenes rise in top 10 list
Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, two players in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list earn Player of the Game honors: Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, first place overall, extends his lead, and Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, rises from ninth to fifth place overall.
Read MoreHigh by team: Pitchers lead 27 of 30 clubs in 2025 Box-Toppers points at All-Star break
On 27 of the 30 Major League clubs, pitchers are the team’s leader in 2025 Box-Toppers points. Batters lead the other three teams.
Pitchers are dominating much the way they are winning the overwhelming majority of Box-Toppers points this season compared to batters. Pitchers are winning 61 percent of all points this season compared to 39 percent for batters. The all-time record-low share of points earned by batters is 37.2 percent set in 2024. (Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.)
Read MoreMets’ Pete Alonso is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in 2025 All-Star Game
Pete Alonso of the Mets is Box-Toppers 2025 All-Star Game Player of the Game.
Alonso hit a sixth-inning, three-run homer, as the National League prevailed Tuesday over the American League, after a nine-inning, 6-6 tie was broken with a home run derby-style swing-off. Alonso went 1-for-2, scoring once and driving in three runs.
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Box-Toppers’ list of worthy but unchosen 2025 All-Stars includes Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs, Christian Yelich of the Brewers, Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta and George Springer of the Blue Jays. Details.
Suzuki, Yelich, Pivetta, Springer lead Box-Toppers list of worthy but unchosen All-Stars
Seiya Suzuki, Christian Yelich, Nick Pivetta, Sonny Gray and George Springer lead Box-Toppers’ list of 2025 “worthy but unchosen” All-Stars.
Read MoreMarlins’ Cabrera tops players for Tuesday, July 1; Skenes, Yamamoto rise in top 10 list
Marlins pitcher Edward Cabrera is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors: Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to third place and Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to eighth place.
Read MoreAthletics’ Springs tops players for Friday, June 20; Wheeler extends rankings lead
Athletics pitcher Jeffrey Springs is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, three players make notable rises in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors:
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Astros pitcher Hunter Brown rises to fifth place overall.
Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to first place among National League batters after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
Wheeler leads player rankings for 6th week; Crochet rises to lead AL pitchers
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the sixth straight week, also leading National League pitchers.
Meanwhile, Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox rises to lead American League pitchers, passing previous leader Tarik Skubal of the Tigers. Also, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs rises to lead National League batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers maintains his lead among AL batters.
Read MoreGiants’ Webb tops players for Thursday, June 19; Pirates’ Skenes rises to 4th place
Giants pitcher Logan Webb is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez, Orioles pitcher Charlie Morton, Xander Bogaerts of the Padres and Ryan Jeffers of the Twins.
Read MorePadres’ Pivetta tops players for Sunday, June 15, rising to 7th; Wheeler extends lead
Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello, Braxton Fulford of the Rockies and gary Sánchez of the Orioles.
Read MoreOrioles’ Morton tops players for Friday, June 13; Skenes, Crochet rise in top 10 list
Orioles pitcher Charlie Morton is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to fourth place and Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet rises to fifth place.
Read MoreMariners’ Kirby tops players for Sunday, June 8; Pirates’ Skenes rises to 6th place
Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. In addition, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extends his streak of earning Box-Toppers points to 18 consecutive seasons Sunday, the longest active streak, and also extends his lead in career Box-Toppers points among active players.
Read MorePirates’ Skenes tops players for Wednesday, May 28, rising to 10th in player rankings
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen, Agustín Ramírez of the Marlins and Andrew Benintendi of the White Sox.
Read MoreRoyals’ Lugo tops players for Friday, April 25; Rays’ Baz rises to 10th in player rankings
Royals pitcher Seth Lugo is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Rays pitcher Shane Baz rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, Byron Buxton of the Twins and Eli White of the Braves.
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Box-Toppers three top-ranked rookies are named to Box-Toppers 2024 All-Rookie Team: Yankees pitcher Luis Gil, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes and Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga.
Box-Toppers 2024 All-Rookie Team includes Rookies of the Year Gil, Skenes
The past season’s Rookie of the Year winners—Yankees pitcher Luis Gil and Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes—are among the Box-Toppers 2024 All-Rookie Team players.
Gil is placed on the Box-Toppers All-Rookie Team as the second starting pitcher and Skenes is placed as the third starter. Gil ranked second among rookie starting pitchers with 17.4 Box-Toppers points and Skenes ranked third with 13.0 Box-Toppers points. Both finished behind Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga, Box-Toppers’ top-ranked rookie pitcher, who earned 20.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024.
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Box-Toppers points leaders Aaron Judge of the Yankees (left), Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers (middle) and Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal (left) also were winners of the 2024 Players Choice Awards as voted by members of the players’ union.
Box-Toppers points leaders Judge, Ohtani, Skubal win 2024 Players Choice Awards
Three Box-Toppers category leaders also won Players Choice Awards for 2024 as voted by the players’ union:
Aaron Judge of the Yankees was voted American League Outstanding Player and also was Box-Toppers’ choice as AL Most Valuable Player.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers was voted National League Outstanding Player and was also Box-Toppers’ choice as NL Most Valuable Player.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal was voted AL Outstanding Pitcher and also was Box-Toppers’ choice as NL Cy Young Award winner.
Imanaga makes biggest leap in Box-Toppers points; 2 others win B-T Comeback Player
While Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga is Box-Toppers’ most improved player in 2024, our choices for Comeback Players of the Year are Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes and Braves pitcher Reynaldo Lopez.
Meanwhile, one of the consensus choices for Comeback Player of the Year—Braves pitcher Chris Sale—ranks 13th among Box-Toppers’ most-improved players in 2024.
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Postseason awards wrap-up: Box-Toppers leaders win 4 of 6 major honors in 2024
Box-Toppers’ choices for baseball’s major postseason player awards won four of six 2024 honors:
Aaron Judge of the Yankees won the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers won the National League Most Valuable Player Award.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal won the AL Cy Young Award.
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil won the AL Rookie of the Year Award.
Box-Toppers batting leaders Judge, Ohtani win Most Valuable Player awards
Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who both led their league’s batters in Box-Toppers points in 2024, won the season’s Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday.
Judge, who led American League batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Ohtani, who led National League batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.
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Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, left, who led American League pitchers in Box-Toppers points, was named AL Cy Young Award winner. Chris Sale of the Braves, middle, who was voted National League Cy Young winner, finished fourth among NL pitchers in Box-Toppers points. Zack Wheeler of the Phillies, right, who led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2024, finished second in NL Cy Young voting.
Cy Young results: Box-Toppers leader Skubal wins AL award, Sale tops Wheeler in NL
One of two Box-Toppers season pitching leaders won their league’s 2024 Cy Young Award while the other fell just short.
Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, who led American League pitchers with 21.1 Box-Toppers points, won the AL Cy Young Award. However, Chris Sale of the Braves won the National League Cy Young Award ahead of Zack Wheeler of the Phillies, the overall season leader in Box-Toppers points.
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