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Rangers’ Gore tops players for Friday, Aug. 21; Brewers’ Misirowski expands overall lead

Shawn Plank August 22, 2026

Rangers pitcher MacKenzie Gore is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski expands his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.

Reds’ Burns tops players for Tuesday, May 19; Rangers’ Rocker tops AL players

Shawn Plank May 20, 2026

Reds pitcher Chase Burns is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Rangers pitcher Kumar Rocker, Nick Kurtz of the Athletics, James Wood of the Nationals and Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers.

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October 2, 2026

Box-Toppers’ AL Division Series preview: White Sox vs. Guardians, Yankees vs. Rays

October 2, 2026

Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.

The Chicago White Sox face the Cleveland Guardians in one best-of-five game series while the New York Yankees face the Tampa Bay Rays in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Rays (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.

October 2, 2026

Braves’ Kerr tops players in Thursday’s Wild Card Series-clinching win over Phillies

October 2, 2026

Ray Kerr, the pitcher deployed as Atlanta's opener, earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors Thursday as the Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 to win their National League Wild Card Series.

October 2, 2026

October 1, 2026

Yankees’ Fried tops players Wednesday as 3 teams complete Wild Card Series sweeps

October 1, 2026

Max Fried leads all Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s Wild Card playoff games.

Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s Wild Card games: Chase Meidroth of the White Sox, Gavin Sheets of the Padres and Phillies pitcher Andrew Painter.

October 1, 2026

September 30, 2026

Yankees’ Schlittler, Padres’ King top players in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card games

September 30, 2026

Cam Schlittler leads all Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday's opening Wild Card playoff action. Joining him as Tuesday's Players of the Game: Padres pitcher Michael King, Braves pitcher Chris Sale, and White Sox relief pitcher Grant Taylor.

September 30, 2026

September 29, 2026

A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday, Sept. 29

September 29, 2026

Four of the eight starting pitchers in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card round games earned more than 10 Box-Toppers points in 2026, and two are among the season’s top three players.

Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo—whose 23.0 Box-Toppers points rank second overall and second among National League pitchers—leads the way as he takes the mound for Game 1 against the Braves. Meanwhile, Box-Toppers’ top American League pitcher, Cam Schlittler of the Yankees (21.7 points, third overall), starts Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series against the Red Sox.

September 29, 2026

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Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

Box-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.

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