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Box-Toppers’ list of worthy but unchosen 2026 All-Stars includes Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo and Logan Gilbert and Dansby Swanson of the Cubs.
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler and Mariners pitchers Bryan Woo and Logan Gilbert are Box-Toppers’ most worthy but unchosen players for the 2026 All-Star Game.
Joining them as key All-Star snubs are Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams, Dansby Swanson of the Cubs, Jake McCarthy of the Rockies, Sal Stewart of the Reds and Michael Harris II of the Braves.
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Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski rises to lead Box-Toppers player rankings, passing previous leader Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez.
Also, Dylan Cease of the Blue Jays climbs to first place among American League pitchers in 2026 Box-Toppers points, passing Cam Schlittler of the Yankees.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease, who came within three outs of pitching a no-hitter, is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, taking the lead among American League pitchers in season player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Nationals pitcher Foster Griffin, Elly De La Cruz of the Reds and Kody Clemens of the Twins.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Eury Pérez is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching seven perfect innings before the bullpen surrendered eight runs, turning a blowout into a 9-8 nail-biter.
Other top players Sunday include Twins pitcher Joe Ryan, Riley Greene of the Tigers and Henry Davis of the Pirates.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.
He leads a Saturday slate where three other top-10 players also captured Player of the Game honors: Pirates pitcher Braxton Ashcraft (moves to third), Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo (holds eighth), and Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray (climbs to 10th).
Read MoreNationals pitcher Cade Cavalli is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, recording the third-highest Box-Toppers game score of the season.
Also Tuesday, Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo bolsters his sixth-place spot in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day after recording the highest game score in more than eight years. His dominant shutout performance maintains his second-place spot in the season player rankings.
Other top Friday players include Bo Bichette of the Mets, Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros, Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray and George Springer of the Blue Jays.
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The 2024 Box-Toppers rookie leaders, Luis Gil and Shota Imanaga, both faltered during sophomore slumps in 2025, recording the two largest year-over-year Box-Toppers point declines.
Yankees pitcher Gil, whose Box-Toppers point total slid 16.4 points and Cubs pitcher Imanaga, whose total slipped 13.7 points, lead this year’s list of Box-Toppers’ big dippers.
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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 MoreOverall Box-Toppers points leader, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, leads the Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2024 regular season.
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. In addition to nine batters in each league are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.
Read MoreAaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who both led their league’s batters in Box-Toppers points in 2024, won the season’s Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday.
Judge, who led American League batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Ohtani, who led National League batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ top two-ranked batters won the 2024 Hank Aaron Awards for top offensive players.
Aaron Judge of the Yankees, who led American League batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who led National League batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.
Read MoreSeven Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2024’s 16-member “All-MLB” Team announced Thursday.
Three other Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
The All-MLB team was selected with half the vote coming from fans and half coming from an expert panel. Unlike the selections for baseball’s All-Star Game, players on not selected based on their affiliation with American League or National League. Rather, all players are chosen from all Major League Baseball regardless of league as “First Team” or “Second Team” players.
Read MoreEight of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2024 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2024 Box-Toppers point totals.
The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers, analyzing traditional box scores, tracks which players most helps their teams win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.
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The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday with four best-of-three series.
All series take place at the higher-seed’s home ballpark. The winners of each series will face one of their league’s top-two seeded teams in league divisional series beginning Saturday.
Read MoreOrioles pitcher Zach Eflin is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, two players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors: Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola rises to seventh place and Twins pitcher Bailey Ober rises to ninth place.
Read MoreOrioles pitcher Dean Kremer is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Braves pitcher Chris Sale rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, first among National League pitchers, after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreWith the first phase of voting wrapping up this week for the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, here’s a look at Box-Toppers points leaders at each position in both leagues, through the games of Tuesday, June 25.
The first phase of fan All-Star voting closes Thursday at noon (Eastern time) and the second phase, with finalist voting only, runs from June 30 to July 3. Here is more information about how that works. The All-Star Game is Tuesday, July 16, in Arlington, Texas.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Nathan Eovladi is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovladi struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Rays.
Read MoreThe World Series champion Texas Rangers, leaders among all teams in Box-Toppers points in 2023, also led all teams in points earned by pitchers. The Los Angeles Dodgers, meanwhile, which finished third overall among all teams, had the most points won by batters in 2023.
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.