Yankees’ Fried tops players Wednesday as 3 teams complete Wild Card Series sweeps

Max Fried leads all Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s Wild Card playoff games.

Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s Wild Card games: Chase Meidroth of the White Sox, Gavin Sheets of the Padres and Phillies pitcher Andrew Painter.

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Pirates’ Jones tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 22; Phillies’ Wheeler rises to 6th place

Pirates pitcher Jared Jones is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Phillies’ Sánchez tops players for Saturday, Aug. 29, rising to 4th in player rankings

Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth place in season player rankings.

Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Red Sox pitcher Jake Bennett, Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs and Josh Rojas of the Royals.

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Brewers’ Harrison tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 5; Mariners’ Woo rises to 10th place

Brewers pitcher Kyle Harrison is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Wednesday, Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Blue Jays’ Cease tops players Saturday, July 25, passing Misiorowski for ’26 points lead

Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.

Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Cardinals pitcher Andre Pallante, Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs and Rafael Devers of the Giants.

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Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in 2026 All-Star Game

Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease is Box-Toppers 2026 All-Star Player of the Game.

Cease started the game Tuesday for the American League, striking out three in his one inning, allowing no runs or hits, walking one, and picking up the win in the 4-0 win over the National League.

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Four Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2025 All-MLB First Team

Four Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2025’s 16-member “All-MLB” Team. Five other Box-Toppers leaders are among the “All-MLB” Second Team.

The All-MLB team is selected with half the vote coming from fans and half coming from an expert panel. Unlike the selections for baseball’s All-Star Game, players are chosen not based on their affiliation with the American League or National League. Instead, players are selected from all Major League Baseball teams, regardless of league affiliation, and are designated as “First Team” or “Second Team.”

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How 2025 Silver Slugger winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings

Seven of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2025 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2025 Box-Toppers point totals.

The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers, analyzing traditional box scores, tracks which players most help their teams win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.

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A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday, Sept. 30

Seven of the eight starting pitchers in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card round games have more than 10 Box-Toppers points in 2025, and are among the season’s top 40 overall players.

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, Box-Toppers’ 2025 Player of the Year, leads the way. His 22.1 Box-Toppers points led all players during the regular season, and he starts Game 1 of AL Wild Card Series against the Guardians.

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Mariners’ Woo tops players for Saturday, Sept. 13, Schwarber rises to lead NL batters

Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.

Also Saturday, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies rises to first place among National League batters in 2025 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Padres’ Darvish tops players for Wednesday, July 30; Athletics’ Springs tops AL players

Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Athletics pitcher Jeffrey Springs, Jose Altuve of the Astros and Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs.

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High 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.)

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