Yankees pitcher Ryan Weathers is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Brayan Rocchio of the Guardians rises to first place among American League batters in 2026 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Yankees, Cubs rise to top Box-Toppers’ 2026 preseason team power rankings
The New York Yankees enter 2026 as Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team, but their lead is a precarious one.
While the Yankees’ current roster combined for a league-leading 128.5 Box-Toppers points in 2025—narrowly edging out the Chicago Cubs (125.8 points)—the raw totals don't tell the whole story.
Read MoreYankees’ Weathers, Brewers’ Turang top players in spring games of Wednesday, Feb. 25
Yankees pitcher Ryan Weathers is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Joining him as daily honors recipients are Brice Turang (National League Player of the Day) and Aaron Zavala (American League Batter of the Day).
Read MorePitchers are Box-Toppers points team leaders on 27 of 30 clubs; batters lead 3 teams
On 27 of the 30 Major League clubs, pitchers are the team’s leader in 2024 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 63 percent of all points this season compared to 37 percent for batters. The all-time record-low share of points earned by batters is 38.1 percent set in 2022. Last year, in 2023, batters won 40.7 percent of all points.
Read MoreBraves’ Spencer Strider tops players in spring training games for Monday, March 11
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Strider, who led all players with 21.1 Box-Toppers points in 2023, is the first player to earn Player of the Game honors for the third time this spring training season. He also recorded the highest Box-Toppers game score (+11.0) of any Player of the Game winner this spring.
Read MoreMarlins’ Weathers, Mariners’ Polanco top players in spring games for Sunday, March 10
Marlins pitcher Ryan Weathers is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.
Weathers struck out seven over five scoreless innings, allowing three runs hits, walking none, in the 3-0 win over the Astros.
Read MoreAstros’ Javier tops players for Thursday, April 22, Padres’ Weathers tops NL players
Astros pitcher Cristian Javier is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Javier struck out nine over five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 8-2 win over the Angels.
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