Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
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Dodgers, Mets, Phillies among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings
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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A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday, Oct. 1
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 MoreBraves’ Fried tops players Friday, Sept. 27; Ohtani bursts to 1st among NL batters
Braves pitcher Max Fried is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers rises to first place among National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points (11.0) after earning NL Batter of the Day honors, making a meteoric rise from completely outside the top 10 among NL batters until Sept. 19 and earning 6.0 of his 11.0 points for the season in a 13-day explosion.
Read MoreGiants’ Blake Snell tops players for Friday, Aug. 2, pitching a no-hitter
Giants pitcher Blake Snell is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a no-hitter.
Snell pitched a complete-game, no-hit shutout, striking out 11 and allowing three walks, in the 3-0 win over the Reds.
Read MorePadres’ Cease tops players Thursday, July 25, with no-hitter, increasing his rankings lead
Padres pitcher Dylan Cease is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a no-hitter and increasing his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Cease allowed no hits in a complete game shutout, striking out nine and allowing three walks in the 3-0 win over the Nationals. He threw 114 pitches.
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Phillies, Orioles have most players on Box-Toppers’ top 100 midseason player list
The Philadelphia Phillies have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2024 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles have the most players in the top 100 among American League teams.
Read MorePirates’ Skenes tops players for Tuesday, June 11; Phillies’ Wheeler rises to 2nd
Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, rising to lead National League pitchers. In addition, Aaron Judge of the Yankees bolsters his lead among American League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreDodgers’ Glasnow tops players Tuesday, April 9; Orioles’ Burnes rises to 1st in rankings
Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray has now earned Box-Toppers points in 12 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2024 Tuesday.
Read MoreYankees’ Cortes tops players for Monday, April 8; Guardians’ Gimenez rises to 2nd place
Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Andres Gimenez of the Guardians rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Batter of the Day honors. Plus, Lane Thomas of the Nationals earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Monday.
Read MoreRays’ Pepiot tops players for Sunday, April 7; Brewers’ Contreras tops NL players
Rays pitcher Ryan Pepiot is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, two players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn their second Player of the Game honor of 2024—Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco rises to third place and Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to fifth.
Read MoreAstros’ Ronel Blanco tops players for Monday, April 1, pitching 2024’s 1st no-hitter
Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day pitching the season’s first no-hitter and earning his first career Box-Toppers points.
Also Monday, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga earned Box-Toppers National League Player of the Day honors in his Major League debut. Plus, Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers earned Box-Toppers points in his 14th straight season.
Read MoreRays’ Pepiot, Giants’ Roupp top players in spring games for Thursday, March 21
Rays pitcher Ryan Pepiot is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.
Pepiot struck out six over five innings, allowing one run, one hit and no walks, in the 6-5 win over the Phillies. Pepiot did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Phillies took the lead after he exited.
Read MoreAstros’ Blanco, Pirates’ Priester top players in spring games for Friday, March 15
Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Blanco struck out five over four scoreless, hitless innings, walking two, in the 5-3 win over the Phillies.
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