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Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to first place among National League batters in player rankings after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Read MorePadres pitcher Nick Pivetta is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the Yankees, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee and Nathaniel Lowe of the Nationals.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Jonathan India of the Royals, Giants pitcher Justin Verlander and Yuli Gurriel of the Padres.
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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.
Read MoreIn 2024, teams with the most Box-Toppers points earned by pitchers generally ranked higher in overall Box-Toppers team rankings.
For example, the Philadephia Phillies led all teams with 124.9 Box-Toppers points. Pitchers earned 78.0 of those points, fifth-most among all teams. Box-Toppers’ seven top-ranked teams were all among the top 10 in points earned by pitchers.
However, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers were a notable anomaly. While the team finished eighth overall in Box-Toppers points (113.7), they finished 11th in points earned by pitchers (66.2) and third in points earned by batters (47.5).
Read MorePete Alonso of the Mets and Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Friday’s two League Championship Series games.
In the National League, the New York Mets extend their best-of-seven-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, now trailing 3-2. In the American League, the New York Yankees take a 3-1 lead in their best-of—seven game series against the Cleveland Guardians.
Read MoreAaron Judge of the Yankees is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s American League Championship Series Game 2.
Judge hit a two-run homer, a sacrifice fly and went 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in three runs. The New York Yankees take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven game series over the Cleveland Guardians.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Carlos Rodon and Mets closing pitcher Edwin Diaz are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Monday’s two League Championship Series games.
The Yankees take a 1-0 lead over the Guardians in the American League, while in the National League, the Mets tie the series with the Dodgers, 1-1.
Read MoreThe New York Yankees, Box-Toppers’ top-ranked American League team and the top seed among AL teams in the postseason, are favored over the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Championship Series.
The Yankees have the edge in overall Box-Toppers points and in starting and relief pitchers. However, the Guardians hold a surprising edge among the likely starting nine batters.
Read MoreDavid Fry of the Guardians and Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Thursday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.
The New York Yankees win their division series over the Kansas City Royals and advance to the AL Championship Series. The Cleveland Guardians tie their series with the Detroit Tigers which will conclude with Game 5 Saturday in Cleveland.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jose Quintana tops players in Wednesday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s league division series games:
Beau Brieske of the Tigers.
Tommy Kahnle of the Yankees.
Gavin Lux of the Dodgers.
Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee tops players in Saturday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s league division series games:
Luke Weaver of the Yankees.
Reed Garrett of the Mets.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers.
Source: MLB.com
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.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings and securing 2024 American League Box-Toppers Player of the Year honors.
Skubal struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Rays.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees has now earned Box-Toppers points in 15 straight seasons after winning his first 2024 Player of the Game honor.
Read MoreRoyals pitcher Michael Wacha is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRoyals pitcher Cole Ragans is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, Bryce Harper of the Phillies rises to lead National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
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Yankees pitcher Luis Gil continues his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings, topping the list for the fifth straight week.
Meanwhile, there are two new category leaders this week: Shota Imanaga of the Cubs rises to lead National League pitchers and Francisco Lindor of the Mets rises to lead NL batters. Meanwhile, Aaron Judge of the Yankees continues to lead AL batters and Gil continues his lead among AL pitchers.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Bibee struck out 12 over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 8-0 win over the Mariners.
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.