Angels pitcher José Soriano is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Padres pitcher Yu Darvish and Ramón Urías of the Red Sox.
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Cubs, Rays have most players on Box-Toppers’ top 100 midseason player list
The Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2025 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Both teams each have six players among the top 100. Three other teams each have five players in the top 100—the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Box-Toppers’ list of worthy but unchosen 2025 All-Stars includes Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs, Christian Yelich of the Brewers, Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta and George Springer of the Blue Jays. Details.
Suzuki, Yelich, Pivetta, Springer lead Box-Toppers list of worthy but unchosen All-Stars
Seiya Suzuki, Christian Yelich, Nick Pivetta, Sonny Gray and George Springer lead Box-Toppers’ list of 2025 “worthy but unchosen” All-Stars.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Gausman tops players for Wednesday, May 21, passing 100 career B-T points
Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, passing the 100 career Box-Toppers points threshold.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Mets pitcher Tylor Megill, Logan O'Hoppe of the Angels and J.T. Realmuto of the Phillies.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Smith tops players for Thursday, April 24; Royals’ Perez wins twice in twin bill
White Sox pitcher Shane Smith is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Salvador Perez of the Royals wins Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in both games of a doubleheader, becoming the 14th player since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995 to achieve that feat.
Read MoreSeven Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2024 All-MLB First Team
Seven 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 MoreHow 2024 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Eight 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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Box-Toppers’ AL Division Series preview: Tigers vs. Guardians, Royals vs. Yankees
Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Detroit Tigers face the Cleveland Guardians in one best-of-five game series and the Kansas City Royals face the New York Yankees in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Yankees (first) and the Guardians (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
Read MoreMariners’ Miller tops players Monday, Aug. 26, rising to 8th in player rankings
Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Miller struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Rays.
Read MoreRoyals’ Wacha tops players for Saturday, April 6; Dodgers’ Yamamoto tops NL players
Royals pitcher Michael Wacha is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees is Box-Toppers American League Batter of the Day, his second Player of the Game honor of 2024, and rises to fourth place in season player rankings.
Read MoreBrewers’ Peralta tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 12, rising to 3rd in player rankings
Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, Rangers pitcher Max Scherzer maintains his eight place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreYankees’ Severino tops players for Saturday, June 4; Mets’ Alonso rises to player rankings lead
Yankees pitcher Luis Severino is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreBraves’ Fried tops players for Tuesday, April 19; Padres’ Musgrove rises to lead player rankings
Braves pitcher Max Fried is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Two other players—C.J. Cron of the Rockies and Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes—rise into the top 10 in Box-Toppers points for 2022. Plus, two players extend long streaks of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points—Mets pitcher Max Scherzer (14 seasons) and Kurt Suzuki of the Angels (16 seasons).
Read MoreAn overview look at how baseball's 2021 statistical leaders ranked in Box-Toppers points
The leaders in three specific pitching categories—earned run average, wins and strikeouts—were among the overall top 10 players in Box-Toppers points.
However, the leaders in three specific batting categories—batting average, home runs and runs batted in—did not fare well in Box-Toppers points. All three ranked outside the top 200 overall players in Box-Toppers points and also ranked outside the top 10 players among their league’s batters.
Read More5 of 11 top RBI leaders among Box-Toppers’ top 100 players in 2021
Five of the top 11 runs batted in leaders were among the top 100 players in Box-Toppers points in 2021. All five were also among their league’s top 10 batters in Box-Toppers rankings.
However, Salvador Perez of the Royals, who led all players with 121 RBIs, had just 4.5 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 222nd among all players and 44th among American League batters.
Read More6 of 12 top home run leaders among their league’s top 10 batters in Box-Toppers points
While six of the top 12 home run hitters in 2021 ranked among their league’s top 10 batters in Box-Toppers points for the season, the two top home run hitters ranked low.
Salvador Perez of the Royals and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays led all players with 48 home runs each in 2021, but both were the lowest ranked among the 12 top home run hitters in Box-Toppers points, both ranking outside the overall top 200 players.
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These six players were selected for the 16-member All-MLB First Team and were also Box-Toppers’ choices for the All-MLB team: Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres, Aaron Judge of the Yankees, Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer, Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole and White Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks.
Six Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2021 All-MLB First Team
Six Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2021’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced Tuesday.
Another three Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
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These five players were 2021 Silver Slugger Award winners and also led their league’s position in Box-Toppers points for the season: Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox, Aaron Judge of the Yankees, Ozzie Albies of the Braves, Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres and Nick Castellanos of the Reds.
How 2021 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Only five of the 17 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards Thursday also were among the leaders at their positions in 2021 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.
Read MoreHank Aaron Award winners trailed most other finalists in 2021 Box-Toppers points
The two players who won the Hank Aaron Award, given to the best offensive performer in each league, trailed most of the award finalists in 2021 Box-Toppers points.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays and Bryce Harper of the Phillies were chosen Tuesday as winners by a panel of eight Hall of Fame players and a Major League Baseball fan vote.
Read MoreGiants’ Wood tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 29; Red Sox’ Eovaldi tops AL players
Giants pitcher Alex Wood is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, two pitchers with the most Box-Toppers points in 2021 both failed to earn Player of the Game honors. Max Scherzer of the Dodgers (ranked first with 25.1 Box-Toppers points) and Gerrit Cole of the Yankees (ranked second with 22.4 points) both started but did not add to their Box-Toppers point total. With four days remaining in the regular season, it is now extremely unlikely Cole can catch Scherzer, who he trails by 2.7 points, making it extremely likely that Scherzer will be Box-Toppers’ 2021 Player of the Year.
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