Twins pitcher Pablo López is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreCardinals’ Gray tops players for Wednesday, May 7; Fried, Greene rise in top 10 rankings
Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors:
Yankees pitcher Max Fried rises to fourth place overall and first place among American League pitchers.
Reds pitcher Hunter Greene rises to fifth place overall.
Box-Toppers selects 4 players for 2025 Hall of Fame induction in internet writers' ballot
Box-Toppers is voting for four players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 2025 Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) ballot.
Box-Toppers is voting for these players: Felix Hernandez, Torii Hunter, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.
Notably, Box-Toppers is not voting for Ichiro Suzuki, who is on the Hall ballot for the first time for 2025. While Suzuki is expected to be a shoo-in for the Hall and to possibly be only the second player inducted on a unanimous vote, I devoted a previous post to why Box-Toppers doesn’t view him as a Hall of Famer. In addition, this post which will show how unfavorably he compares in Box-Toppers rankings to even this year’s Hall candidates, may even make a more stark case why I don’t see Suzuki as a Hall of Famer.
Read MoreRays’ Springs tops players Tuesday, Aug. 27; Phillies’ Nola rises to 9th in player rankings
Rays pitcher Jeffrey Springs is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreAstros’ Valdez tops players Sunday, Aug. 18; Brewers’ Rea tops NL players
Astros pitcher Framber Valdez is Sunday's Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Valdez struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk in the 2-0 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreAthletics’ Kaprielian tops players for Sunday, Oct. 2; Phillies’ Wheeler tops NL players
Athletics pitcher James Kaprielian is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Kaprielian struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 10-3 win over the Mariners.
Read MoreMariners’ Kirby tops players for Saturday, Sept. 10; Mets’ Carrasco tops NL players
Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Kirby struck out eight over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 3-1 win over the Braves.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Manoah tops players for Monday, June 13; Padres’ Darvish tops NL players
Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Manoah struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 11-1 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreBrewers’ Peralta tops players for Monday, May 16, rising to 9th in player rankings
Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.
Peralta struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Braves.
Read MoreHow 2022 Hall of Fame candidates fared in Box-Toppers
Though Box-Toppers would not have voted David Ortiz as a first-ballot Hall of Famer, it’s hard to argue that his performance on the field was not worthy.
Yet, several other candidates with Hall-of-Fame worthy careers were not voted for induction Tuesday because of their ties to the steroid era. In fact, it can be argued that righteous baseball writers did a noble thing Tuesday by blocking three such candidates—Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa—for their 10th and final time on the ballot.
Read MoreInternet writers vote David Ortiz for Hall of Fame; none of Box-Toppers’ 9 choices made the cut
David Ortiz is the only player inducted into internet baseball writers’ Hall of Fame for 2022.
None of the nine candidates Box-Toppers voted for Hall induction received the necessary 75 percent support. And Box-Toppers also did not vote for Ortiz.
Read MoreBox-Toppers selects 9 players for 2022 Hall of Fame induction in internet writers’ ballot
Box-Toppers is voting for nine players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 2022 Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) ballot.
Of the nine players, three are in their first year on the ballot—Tim Lincecum, Jake Peavy and Mark Teixeira. The other six all return after not receiving the necessary votes to make the hall last year, including Curt Schilling, who is on the ballot for his 10th and final year.
Read MoreReds’ Mahle tops players for Wednesday, June 16; Yankees’ Cole rises to lead player rankings
Reds pitcher Tyler Mahle is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to second place in player rankings and Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintained his fifth-place spot in rankings after both earned Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMets’ Walker tops players for Wednesday, June 9; Yankees’ Cole maintains 2nd place in player rankings
Mets pitcher Taijuan Walker is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole earned American League Player of the Day honors, maintaining his second-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings and Athletics pitcher Sean Manaea rose to fifth place in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMets’ deGrom tops players for Monday, May 31, rising to 6th in player rankings
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
deGrom struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 6-2 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreYankees’ Kluber, pitching a no-hitter, tops players for Wednesday, May 19
Yankees pitcher Corey Kluber, pitching a no-hitter, is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to fourth place and Marlins pitcher Trevor Rogers rises to fifth.
Read MoreHow 2021 Hall of Fame candidates fared in Box-Toppers
No players were voted for induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday.
None of the 25 players eligible received the necessary 75 percent of the vote from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Pitcher Curt Schilling came the closest to reaching 75 percent—he received 71.1 percent of the vote, falling 16 votes short.
Read MoreBox-Toppers selects seven players for 2021 Hall of Fame induction in internet writers’ ballot
Box-Toppers is voting for seven players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) ballot—Todd Helton, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Jeff Kent, Aramis Ramirez, Curt Schilling and Billy Wagner.
Read MoreHow 2020 Hall of Fame candidates fared in Box-Toppers
Derek Jeter and Larry Walker were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday.
Both received the necessary 75 percent of the vote from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and will be inducted in the Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y., in July.
Read MoreBox-Toppers selects six players for Hall of Fame in internet writers’ ballot
Box-Toppers votes Todd Helton, Derek Jeter, Jeff Kent,, Curt Schilling, Billy Wagner and Larry Walker into the Hall of Fame on Internet Baseball Writers of America ballot.
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