Padres pitcher Stephen Kolek is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreDodgers’ Yamamoto tops players for Friday, April 18, rising to 2nd in player rankings
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, two other players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 after both earn Player of the Game honors—Carson Kelly of the Cubs rises to sixth place and Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to seventh place.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Story, Dodgers’ Wrobleski top players in spring games of Friday, March 7
Trevor Story of the Red Sox is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski, Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals and Iván Herrera of the Cardinals.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ big dippers—players whose 2023 point total declined most from 2022: Carlos Rodon leads list
Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2022 to 2023.
Rodon had 19.8 Box-Toppers points in 2022 with the Giants, sixth among all players and third among National League pitchers. But moving to the Yankees in 2023, he earned only 1.0 Box-Toppers point. That 18.8-point decline was the biggest among all players.
Read MoreBrewers’ Burnes tops players for Tuesday, April 11; Rangers’ deGrom rises to 6th
Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreDodgers’ Thompson tops players for Saturday, April 1; Red Sox’ Duvall tops AL players
Trayce Thompson of the Dodgers is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Thompson hit three home runs—including a grand slam and a three-run shot—in the 10-1 win over the Diamondbacks. Thompson went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in eight runs.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2021-22 and 2017-22
Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over the past two seasons while Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks first in points over the past six seasons.
Ohtani earned 40.8 Box-Toppers points combined in 2021 and 2022 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 104.6 from 2017-2022, most in that span.
Read MoreSeven Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2022 All-MLB First Team
Seven Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2022’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced Tuesday.
One other Box-Toppers leader was chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ choices for 2022 All-MLB team
How 2022 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Seven of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards Thursday were also among the leaders at their positions in 2022 Box-Toppers point totals.
Read MoreBox-Toppers 2022 year-end All-Star teams
The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2022 regular season are led by overall Box-Toppers points leader, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander.
The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Gallen tops players for Sunday, Sept. 4, rising to 5th in player rankings
Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, two other players in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list earned Player of the Game honors—Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon maintained his seventh place spot and Braves pitcher Max Fried rose to eighth.
Read MoreCardinals’ O’Neill tops players for Monday, Aug. 29; Twins’ Thielbar tops AL players
Tyler O'Neill of the Cardinals is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
O’Neill hit two home runs and went 2-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 13-4 win over the Reds.
Read MorePirates’ Perez tops player for Thursday, June 30; Blue Jays’ Kikuchi tops AL players
Michael Perez of the Pirates is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Perez hit three home runs and went 4-for-4, scoring three times and driving in five runs, in the 8-7 win over the Brewers.
Read MoreYankees’ Carpenter tops players for Sunday, June 12; Astros’ Verlander rises to 2nd
Matt Carpenter of the Yankees is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, becoming the second player to reach 10.0 Box-Toppers points this season.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players for Thursday, May 26; Yankees’ Cortes rises to 2nd in player rankings
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers earns Box-Toppers points in his 20th consecutive season—the second-longest such streak since 1995—after earning his first Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Read MoreTwins’ Gray tops players for Tuesday, May 24; McClanahan, Betts rise in player rankings top 10
Twins pitcher Sonny Gray is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers rises to seventh place in player rankings and rises to the lead among National League batters after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Story tops players for Thursday, May 19; Mets’ Alonso rises to 5th in player rankings
Trevor Story of the Red Sox is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings—first place among National League batters—after earning NL Batter of the Day honors for the second straight day.
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Yankees’ Gerrit Cole regains lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings this week
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler.
Meanwhile, Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Wheeler maintains his lead among NL pitchers and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels maintains his lead among American League batters.
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deGrom, Cole, Ohtani, Castellanos lead Box-Toppers player ranking categories
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom maintains his lead in Box-Toppers player rankings, despite not playing in nearly a month.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders also remain the same as last week: Gerrit Cole of the Yankees leads American League pitchers, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads AL batters and Nick Castellanos of the Reds leads National League batters.
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