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Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers won 2025 Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday over Box-Toppers’ choices for the awards, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal and Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies.
Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers won 2025 Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday over Box-Toppers’ choices for the awards, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal and Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies.
Both Judge and Ohtani won their league’s award for the second straight year—Judge in the American League and Ohtani in the National League.
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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, who led all players with 22.1 Box-Toppers points, won the American League Cy Young Award. Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, who led National League players with 21.1 Box-Toppers points, won the NL Cy Young Award.
Both pitchers who led their leagues in Box-Toppers points for the season won the 2025 Cy Young Awards on Wednesday.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, who led all players with 22.1 Box-Toppers points, won the American League Cy Young Award. Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, who led National League players with 21.1 Box-Toppers points, won the NL Cy Young Award.
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Box-Toppers’ top-ranked NL rookie Drake Baldwin of the Braves was voted NL Rookie of the Year. However, Nick Kurtz of the Athletics was voted AL Rookie of the Year over Box-Toppers’ top AL rookie, Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez.
Drake Baldwin of the Braves, Box-Toppers’ choice for 2025 National League Rookie of the Year, was also voted winner of the honor by baseball writers Monday.
But Nick Kurtz of the Athletics, who won the American League Rookie of Year Award, was fourth among Box-Toppers’ top five choices for top AL rookie. Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez, Box-Toppers’ choice for top AL rookie, received no votes from baseball writers in Monday’s balloting.
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These four are both Box-Toppers top-ranked players and finalists for major 2025 postseason awards: Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, Paul Skenes of the Pirates, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies and Drake Baldwin of the Braves.
In four of the six major postseason player awards, the 2025 Box-Toppers points leader for each honor is among the finalists announced by baseball writers.
There are two awards in which the Box-Toppers leader is not among the finalists: AL Most Valuable Player and AL Rookie of the Year.
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Here are Box-Toppers’ picks for major postseason awards: Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez and Nick Baldwin of the Braves.
Box-Toppers’ points leaders for 2025 seem likely to win two of the four major postseason awards.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, who led all players with 22.1 Box-Toppers points, seems likely to win the American League Cy Young Award. Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, who led National League pitchers with 21.1 Box-Toppers points, is likely to win the NL Cy Young Award.
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2025 MVP contenders Aaron Judge of the Yankees, Cal Raleigh of the Mariners, George Springer of the Blue Jays, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies and Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal.
Baseball’s Most Valuable Player Award favorites did not perform well in the Box-Toppers metric in 2025.
Aaron Judge of the Yankees, Cal Raleigh of the Mariners and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers all hit more than 50 home runs, racking up impressive statistics. However, all three were comparatively rarely the player who contributed most to their team’s wins.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Dodgers won the 2025 World Series after the season’s 12 playoff-qualifying teams played a total of 47 postseason games over 33 days from Sept. 30 to Nov. 1.
Here is a recap look at Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in each of the 47 postseason games for 2025.
Read MoreYoshinobu Yamamoto is Box-Toppers Player of the Game as the Los Angeles Dodgers complete a dramatic, extra-innings Game 7 comeback Saturday to win the 2025 World Series in seven games over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Yamamoto, normally a starter who came in as a closing pitcher Saturday, won his fifth Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor of the 2025 postseason, his third in the Dodgers’ four World Series wins and also won top player honors in back-to-back games, having won as the team’s starting pitcher in Game 6.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 6, his fourth such win this postseason, more than all players.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 3-1 to tie the best-of-seven-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-3, forcing Game 7 Saturday.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s World Series Game 5.
The Toronto Blue Jays win 6-1 to lead the best-of-seven-game series over the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2.
Read MoreVladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s World Series Game 4.
The Toronto Blue Jays win 6-2 to tie the best-of-seven-game series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-2.
Read MoreShohei Ohtani of the Dodgers is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s marathon World Series Game 3.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 6-5 in 18 innings to lead the best-of-seven-game series over the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, pitching a complete game, is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s World Series Game 2.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 5-1 to tie the best-of-seven-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at 1-1.
Read MoreAlejandro Kirk of the Blue Jays, who homered and went 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in two runs, is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 1.
The Toronto Blue Jays win 11-4 to take a 1-0 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven-game series.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays, meeting in the World Series beginning Friday, also met during the regular season for three games in Los Angeles, with the Dodgers winning two of the three games:
On Aug. 8, the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays, 5-1.
On Aug. 9, the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays, 9-1.
On Aug. 10, the Blue Jays beat the Dodgers, 5-4.
The Los Angeles Dodgers hold Box-Toppers points advantages over the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2025 World Series.
The American League champion Blue Jays are the higher-seeded postseason team and have home-field advantage, hosting up to four of the possible seven games of the World Series. But that comes by virtue of only one more win than the Dodgers, the National League champion. The Blue Jays won 94 games in the 2025 regular season while the Dodgers won 93.
However, the Dodgers hold a Box-Toppers points advantage in key player categories, notably in starting pitching.
Read MoreBlue Jays closing pitcher Jeff Hoffman is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s American League Championship Game 7.
The Toronto Blue Jays win the best-of-seven-game series over the Seattle Mariners, 4-3, to advance to the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning Friday in Toronto.
Read MoreAddison Barger of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s American League Championship Series Game 6.
The Toronto Blue Jays tie the best-of-seven-game series with the Seattle Mariners at three games apiece, forcing a deciding Game 7 on Monday.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani and Eugenio Suárez of the Mariners are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Friday’s league championship series games.
Ohtani, the 10-strikeout pitcher, beat Ohtani, the three home-run hitter, for Player of the Game honors in the National League Championship Series Game 4 win, as the Los Angeles Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers in a four-game series sweep. Suárez hit a pair of homers, including a grand slam, as the Seattle Mariners won Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, taking a 3-2 series lead over the Toronto Blue Jays.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow and Andrés Giménez of the Blue Jays are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Thursday’s league championship series games.
The Los Angeles Dodgers take a commanding 3-0 lead over the Milwaukee Brewers in the best-of-seven-game National League Championship Series, while the Toronto Blue Jays tie the American League Championship Series with the Seattle Mariners at two games apiece.
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.