The New York Yankees rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings after acquiring pitcher J.A. Happ from the Blue Jays.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Cubs rise to lead National League teams.
Read MoreDodgers’ Rich Hill tops players for Thursday, July 26; Twins’ Gibson tops AL players
Nationals’ Tanner Roark tops players for Wednesday, July 25; Indians’ Bauer rises to 10th in player rankings
Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreYankees’ Masahiro Tanaka tops players for Tuesday, July 24; Berrios, Cole rise in top 10 rankings
Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, two players in the top 10 of Box-Toppers season player rankings earned Player of the Game honors—Twins pitcher Jose Berrios maintained his fourth-place ranking and Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole rose to seventh place.
Read MoreCleveland Indians had most players—seven—among Box-Toppers’ top 100 at the All-Star break
The Cleveland Indians had the most players—seven–among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2018 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Five teams were tied for the second-most players with six players each among the top 100—the Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies and Seattle Mariners.
Read MoreBrewers’ Jhoulys Chacin tops players for Monday, July 23; Diamondbacks’ Corbin rises to 10th in player rankings
Brewers pitcher Jhoulys Chacin is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreDbacks’ Greinke tops players for Sunday, July 22, rises to 7th on ‘all-time’ career points list; Red Sox’ Sale rises to 3rd in season rankings
Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to seventh place in “all-time” career Box-Toppers points, passing Alex Rodriguez.
Also Sunday, Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreAstros’ Justin Verlander tops players for Saturday, July 21, rises to 5th in player rankings
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fifth place in season player rankings.
Verlander also rises to 12th place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995.
Read MoreCardinals’ Matt Carpenter tops players for Friday, July 20; Mariners’ LeBlanc tops AL players
Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals is Box-Toppers Player of the Day for games played Friday, July 20.
Carpenter hit three homers, two doubles and went 5-for-5, scoring four time and driving in seven runs, in the 18-5 win over the Cubs. Carpenter’s Box-Toppers of +11.0 Friday is the second highest of the season, behind only the +13.0 game score recorded July 7 by Mark Reynolds of the Nationals.
Read MoreCubs’ Victor Caratini tops players for Thursday, July 19, in the day's only scheduled game
Victor Caratini of the Cubs is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day in the day’s only scheduled game.
Caratini went 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in one run, in the 9-6 win over the Cardinals.
Read MoreAll-Star Game honors show why Box-Toppers is antidote to shortsighted baseball thinking
The 2018 All-Star Game is an almost perfect example of why Box-Toppers is an antidote to shortsighted baseball thinking.
Two players were honored in the game—one who earned the game’s Most Valuable Player award and the other who earned the win. But Box-Toppers metrics say neither of those players really deserve the honors.
Read MoreMariners’ Jean Segura is Box-Toppers Player of the Game as AL wins 2018 All-Star Game
Jean Segura of the Mariners is Box-Toppers 2018 All-Star Player of the Game.
Segura hit a go-ahead, eighth-inning, three-run, pinch-hit homer, in the American League’s 8-6, 10-inning win over the National League. Segura went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in three runs.
Read MoreMariners’ James Paxton is Box-Toppers’ most deserving player not selected to 2018 All-Star Game
Mariners pitcher James Paxton is the most deserving player not selected to the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Paxton has 14.0 Box-Toppers points in 2018, fifth among all players and fourth among American League pitchers.
Read MoreBraves’ Freddie Freeman leads Home Run Derby participants in 2018 Box-Toppers points
Freddie Freeman of the Braves may be seeded seventh among the eight players in Monday’s Home Run Derby, but he has the most 2018 Box-Toppers points in the group.
Freeman has 6.5 Box-Toppers points this season and ranks third among National League batters in Box-Toppers season player rankings. However, his 16 home runs this season is seventh-most among the eight derby participants and has him seeded seventh in the tournament-style derby.
Read MoreYankees' Luis Severino leads 2nd straight Box-Toppers season player rankings report
Yankees pitcher Luis Severino maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Severino has 16.7 Box-Toppers points at the All-Star break through the game of July 15. He picked up no points since the last player rankings report July 5 and continues his lead over second-place player, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (16.4 points).
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Houston Astros lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 5th straight week
The Houston Astros maintain top spot in Box-Toppers team rankings for the fifth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks regain a slim lead among National League teams and the Boston Red Sox are the hottest team since July 5.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Giolito tops players for Sunday, July 15; Nationals’ Hellickson tops NL players
White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day as teams now take an All-Star break from the regular season before returning Friday.
Giolito struck out six over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and three walks, in the 10-1 win over the Royals.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Greinke tops players for Saturday, July 14; Astros’ Cole rises to 7th in player rankings
Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Pillar tops players for Friday, July 13; Diamondbacks’ Godley tops NL players
Kevin Pillar of the Blue Jays is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Pillar hit two doubles and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 13-7 win over the Red Sox.
Read MoreTwins’ Kyle Gibson tops players for Thursday, July 12; Pujols earns Box-Toppers points in 18th straight season
Twins pitcher Kyle Gibson is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Albert Pujols of the Angels has now earned Box-Toppers points in 18 consecutive seasons, tied with Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia for the longest active season streak; it is tied for the third-longest streak since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.
In addition Thursday, Box-Toppers’ two top-ranked players for 2018 started Thursday but neither earned Player of the Game honors in their teams’ wins. Neither top-ranked Luis Severino of the Yankees nor second-ranked Max Scherzer of the Nationals were top players in their games.
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