Middle relievers, led by Guardians’ Griffin, sweep LDS top player honors Wednesday

Middle relievers swept Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors Wednesday across all four Division Series games, as three teams advanced to the League Championship Series.

Guardians pitcher Foster Griffin led all winners in Cleveland's ALDS Game 3 victory over the White Sox, staving off elimination and forcing a Game 4.

Wednesday’s other Player of the Game winners:

  • Aaron Ashby, Brewers: Earned top player honors in Milwaukee’s NLDS Game 4 victory, eliminating San Diego.

  • Tanner Scott, Dodgers: Earned top player honors in Los Angeles' NLDS Game 4 victory, eliminating Atlanta.

  • Ian Seymour, Rays: Earned top player honors in Tampa Bay's ALDS Game 3 victory, completing a three-game sweep of New York.

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Dodgers’ Yamamoto, Padres’ Cronenworth top players in Tuesday’s NLDS games

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto leads Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s National League Division Series games.

Yamamoto won top player honors in the Game 3 win over the Braves. Meanwhile, Jake Cronenworth is Box-Toppers’ top player in Tuesday’s other NL Division Series game, keeping the Padres alive with their win over the Brewers.

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Giants’ Ray, Red Sox’ Buehler top players in spring training games of Sunday, March 2

Giants pitcher Robbie Ray is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.

Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Braves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach, Red Sox pitcher Walker Buehler, Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer, Freddy Fermin of the Royals and Alec Bohm of the Phillies.

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As Dodgers celebrate championship, a Box-Toppers look back at 2024 postseason

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2024 World Series after the season’s 12 playoff-qualifying teams played a total of 43 postseason games over 30 days in October.

Here is a recap look at Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in each of the 43 postseason games for 2024.

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Reliever Treinen tops players as Dodgers win World Series over Yankees in 5 games

Relief pitcher Blake Treinen is Box-Toppers Player of the Game Wednesday as the Dodgers defeat the Yankees to win the 2024 World Series in five games.

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 to win the best-of-seven game series, 4-1.

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Dodgers’ Walker Buehler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in World Series Game 3

Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s World Series Game 3.

The Los Angeles Dodgers win 4-2 to take a 3-0 lead over the New York Yankees in the best-of-seven-game series. Buehler struck out five over five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks.

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Dodgers’ Yamamoto is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in World Series Game 2

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s World Series Game 2.

The Los Angeles Dodgers win 4-2 to take a 2-0 lead over the New York Yankees in the best-of-seven-game series. Yamamoto struck out four over 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run, one hit and two walks.

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Edman tops players Sunday as Dodgers win NL Championship Series in sixth game

Tommy Edman of the Dodgers is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s National League Championship Series Game 6.

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets in the series four games to two and advance to the World Series. Edman homered, doubled and went 2-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs.

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Dodgers’ Buehler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s NLCS Game 3

Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s National League Championship Series Game 3.

Buehler struck out six over four scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks in the 8-0 win over the Mets. The Los Angeles Dodgers take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series over the New York Mets.

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Yankees’ Aaron Judge tops players in Tuesday’s AL Championship Series Game 2

Aaron 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.

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NLCS Preview: Surging Mets favored over injury-depleted Dodgers

Box-Toppers favors the surging New York Mets in the National League Championship Series over the injury-depleted Los Angeles Dodgers.

While the Dodgers are the NL’s highest seed in the postseason and while they feature Shohei Ohtani, the NL Box-Toppers points leader among batters, their starting pitching lineup, once considered their greatest asset, has become threadbare this postseason due to numerous injuries.

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Mets’ Manaea, Padres’ Suarez top players in Tuesday’s NL Division Series games

Mets pitcher Sean Manaea and Padres closing pitcher Robert Suarez are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s two National League Division Series playof games.

The Mets and Padres both take 2-1 leads in their best-of-five game series as both series resume Wednesday with Game 4s. Both American League Division Series also resume Wednesday’s with two Game 3s.

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Tigers’ Skubal, Royals’ Hampson top players in Monday’s AL Division Series games

Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal and Garrett Hampson of the Royals are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Monday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.

Both AL Division Series are now even heading into Tuesday’s travel day before resuming Wednesday.

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Yankees’ Gil tops players for Saturday, May 18; Cubs’ Imanaga rises to 1st in rankings

Yankees pitcher Luis Gil is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings and rising to lead American League pitchers.

Also Saturday, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to the overall lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Royals pitcher Seth Lugo rises to sixth place.

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