Meanwhile, the Chicago Cubs rise to lead National League teams and the Arizona Diamondbacks are the week’s hottest team.
Tigers lead
Tigers players have accumulated 49.9 Box-Toppers points this season, rising from third place last week to first place this week. Though the Tigers have the same Box-Toppers point total as last week’s leader, the Yankees (49.9), they hold the tiebreaking edge because they earned more points in the past week (5.0 vs. 4.0). The Tigers also pass the Yankees to lead American League teams. The Yankees fall from first to second place overall and among AL teams.
The Tigers have baseball’s best winning percentage (.641) and are led by pitcher Tarik Skubal (8.0 Box-Toppers points, sixth among all players and fourth among AL pitchers). Tigers top batter is Riley Greene (6.5 points, first among AL batters). Seventeen different Tigers players have earned Player of the Game honors so far this season.
Cubs lead NL teams
The Cubs rise from fifth to third place overall with 47.9 Box-Toppers points, picking up 5.7 in the past week. They pass last week’s NL team leader, the Philadelphia Phillies, who fall from second to fifth place overall and third among NL teams with 46.2 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week.
The Cubs have the best winning percentage among NL teams (.629), second-best among all teams behind the Tigers (.641).
The Cubs are led by designated hitter/outfielder Seiya Suzuki and outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, both with 6.5 Box-Toppers points. Suzuki ranks second among NL batters and Crow-Armstrong ranks third. Cubs top pitcher is Matthew Boyd (5.0 Box-Toppers points, 15th among NL pitchers). Nineteen different Cubs players have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2025.
Hottest team: Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks are the week’s hottest team, picking up 7.2 Box-Toppers points in the past week, most of any team. The Diamondbacks now have 41.3 Box-Toppers points for the season, rising from 15th to seventh place overall. That eight-spot rise is the biggest jump in rankings among all teams.
The Diamondbacks picked up 6.2 of those points by winning four of their six games in the past week and another 1.0 point by signing Tayler Scott, who had earned Player of the Game honors earlier this season when pitching for the Houston Astros.
Last week, the Diamondbacks had the biggest drop in rankings among all teams, falling five spots from 10th to 15th place overall with 34.1 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the previous week.
Biggest fall: Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals fell from seventh to 12th place overall with 39.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.0 points in the past week. That five-spot fall was biggest among all teams this week.
Last place: Rockies
The Colorado Rockies remain in 30th and last place for the eighth straight week with 14.4 Box-Toppers points, picking up 3.7 points in the past week.
About Box-Toppers
Box-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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.
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