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Orioles pitcher Asher Wojciechowski is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers rises to third place among National League batters in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Jordan Yamamoto is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg increases his lead among National League pitchers in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Brewers pitcher Josh Hader rises to eighth place in player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Zack Greinke is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Rays pitcher Charlie Morton maintains his fifth-place spot in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, increasing his lead in season player rankings and becoming just the fourth player to reach 30 Box-Toppers points in a season.
Cole struck out 14 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Mariners.
Read MoreJorge Alfaro of the Marlins is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Nationals pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Luis Severino is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
In addition, Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole wraps up Box-Toppers Player of the Year honors after the only other player in contention for the season Box-Toppers points lead—teammate Justin Verlander—did not earn Player of the Game honors Sunday. With only one start remaining for Verlander and only 2.0 Box-Toppers points possible, Cole’s 2.7-point lead is now all but insurmountable.
Read MoreYankees pitcher James Paxton is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg extended his lead among National League pitchers in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Strasburg maintains his third-place overall rank.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to sixth place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, two players in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 earned Player of the Game honors—Indians pitcher Shane Bieber (ranked fourth) and Rays pitcher Charlie Morton (ranked fifth).
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Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, Nelson Cruz of the Twins regains the Box-Toppers points lead among American League batters and Marcell Ozuna of the Cardinals rises to lead National League batters in 2019 points. Plus, Stephen Strasburg of the Nationals continues to lead NL pitchers in Box-Toppers points.
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The Houston Astros maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, leading for the ninth straight week, and are also the hottest team of the past week.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals maintain their lead among National League teams in the penultimate (and also next-to-last) weekly team rankings report of the 2019 season. The final team rankings report will be posted after the completion of regular season games Sunday, Sept. 29.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Nelson Cruz of the Twins regains the Box-Toppers points lead among American League batters after earning AL Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Homer Bailey is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole increased his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Cole now has 29.2 Box-Toppers points for the season, the eighth-highest single-season total since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
Read MoreMets pitcher Marcus Stroman is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to fifth place on Box-Toppers “all-time” career points list, passing Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, after earning AL Player of the Day honors. Verlander also becomes the second player this season to reach 25 Box-Toppers points (26.5), maintaining his second-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Marcell Ozuna of the Cardinals rises to lead National League batters in 2019 Box-Toppers points, passing previous leader Christian Yelich of the Brewers, after earning National League Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreReds pitcher Trevor Bauer is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bauer struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Zack Greinke rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Gerrit Cole, Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extends his lead in season player rankings and now has the 11th-best single-season Box-Toppers point total in 25 seasons.
Cole struck out 11 over eight innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Royals.
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Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report for the third straight week.
Gleyber Torres of the Yankees rises this week to lead American League batters in 2019 Box-Toppers points, passing previous leader Nelson Cruz of the Twins.
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The Houston Astros maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, leading for the eighth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals maintain their lead among National League teams and the Milwaukee Brewers are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Yu Darvish is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Darvish struck out 14 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Padres.
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.