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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third week, also leading National League pitchers.
Meanwhile, Carlos Rodón of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers. Both league’s batting leaders remain the same as last week: Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters and Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings, first among American League pitchers, and recording the highest Box-Toppers game score of 2025.
Also Sunday, Royals pitcher Kris Bubic rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs rises to lead National League batters in 2025 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings and becoming the first player in 2025 to reach 10 Box-Toppers points.
Also Friday, Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs rises to first place in 2025 Box-Toppers points among National League batters after earning NL Batter of the Day honors. He rises to ninth place overall.
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second week, also leading National League pitchers.
Meanwhile, Riley Greene of the Tigers rises to first place among American League batters and Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to first place among NL batters this week. Bryan Woo of the Mariners maintains his first place spot this week among AL pitchers.
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The Detroit Tigers rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings this week, passing the Los Angeles Dodgers, who led for the past three weeks.
The Dodgers, however, maintain their lead among National League teams while the Philadelphia Phillies are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, passing the 100 career Box-Toppers points threshold.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Mets pitcher Tylor Megill, Logan O'Hoppe of the Angels and J.T. Realmuto of the Phillies.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, Riley Greene of the Tigers rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, extending his lead among American League batters, after earning AL Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Joe Ryan is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Riley Greene of the Tigers rises to first place among American League batters after earning AL Batter of the Day honors. In addition, Braves pitcher Chris Sale rises to 10th place among pitchers on Box-Toppers’ “all-time” career points list after earning Player of the Game honors.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, the Detroit Tigers rise to lead American League teams, while the Tigers and the Texas Rangers are the week’s hottest teams.
Read MoreRhys Hoskins of the Brewers is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Yankees pitcher Will Warren, Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo and Riley Greene of the Tigers.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2025 but with player injuries factored in, the New York Mets hold the overall edge.
The current 2025 roster of last year’s World Series champion Dodgers accumulated 118.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, most of any team. However, with several players injured and expected to miss time in 2025, their injury-adjusted Box-Toppers point total drops to 106.7, fifth among all teams.
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Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Detroit Tigers face the Cleveland Guardians in one best-of-five game series and the Kansas City Royals face the New York Yankees in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Yankees (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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The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday with four best-of-three series.
All series take place at the higher-seed’s home ballpark. The winners of each series will face one of their league’s top-two seeded teams in league divisional series beginning Saturday.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Nestor Cortes is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Cortes struck out four over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 8-1 win over the Guardians.
Read MoreNationals pitcher DJ Herz is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to first place among National League pitchers in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors, rising to second place overall. In addition, Mariners pitcher George Kirby rises to fourth place overall in 2024 Box-Toppers points.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Taylor Hearn is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Hearn struck out five, closing the game over three scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 7-0 win over the Twins. Hearn earned the save.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Spencer Strider is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
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.