| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 13.4 | 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 14.7 | |
| 2 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 | 2 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 | |
| 3 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 | 3 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 12.4 | |
| 4 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 8.7 | 4 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 | |
| 5 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 8.7 | 5 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 | |
| 6 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 7.7 | 6 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 10.0 | |
| 7 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 6.9 | 7 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 9.7 | |
| 8 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 6.7 | 8 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 9.7 | |
| 9 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | bos al | 6.7 | 9 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.4 | |
| 10 | Yarbrough, Ryan 3962 | pi sp | tb al | 6.7 | 10 | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | nym nl | 9.4 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 8.2 | 1 | Duvall, Adam 3573 | rf | fla nl | 7.0 | |
| 2 | Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss | bos al | 6.5 | 2 | Castellanos, Nicholas 3349 | rf | cin nl | 7.0 | |
| 3 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 6.0 | 3 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf | pit nl | 5.5 | |
| 4 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 5.5 | 4 | Tatis, Fernando Jr. 4101 | ss | sd nl | 5.5 | |
| 5 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 5.5 | 5 | Crawford, Brandon 2878 | ss | sf nl | 5.5 | |
| 6 | Semien, Marcus 3302 | 2b | tor al | 5.2 | 6 | Winker, Jesse 3988 | lf | cin nl | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Walsh, Jared 4332 | 1b | ana al | 5.0 | 7 | Riley, Austin 4144 | 3b | atl nl | 4.5 | |
| 8 | Grichuk, Randal 3474 | dh cf | tor al | 4.5 | 8 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b | sd nl | 4.2 | |
| 9 | Olson, Matt 3836 | 1b | oak al | 4.5 | 9 | Story, Trevor 3607 | ss | col nl | 4.2 | |
| 10 | Laureano, Ramon 4054 | cf dh | oak al | 4.0 | 10 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | lf | mil nl | 4.0 |
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Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom maintains his lead in Box-Toppers weekly player rankings for the second straight week.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, July 1.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 14.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 13.4 |
| 3 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 |
| 4 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 5 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 12.4 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 |
| 7 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 |
| 8 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 10.0 |
| 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 9.7 |
| 10 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 |
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Meanwhile, J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox regains the season Box-Toppers points lead among American League batters. Plus, Gerrit Cole of the Yankees maintains his lead among AL pitchers and Adam Duvall of the Marlins maintains his lead among National League batters.
deGrom now has 14.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week, to maintain his lead ahead of second-place player, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (12.7). deGrom also leads NL pitchers ahead of second-place Brandon Woodruff o the Brewers (13.4).
American League batters—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox regains the lead with 8.2 Box-Toppers points, passing previous leader Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox (6.5), who led for the past three weeks. Martinez ranks 17th among all players.
Martinez led AL batters for eight straight weeks before Bogaerts assumed the lead.
American League pitchers—Cole leads the category for the third straight week with 13.4 points, picking up no points in the past week. He ranks ahead of second-place Tyler Glasnow of the Rays (12.7). He ranks second overall.
National League batters—Adam Duvall of the Marlins maintains the lead in the category with 6.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He ranks ahead of second-place NL batter Nick Castellanos of the Reds, who briefly took the category lead this week. While both Duvall and Castellanos have 7.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, Duvall ranks higher because he has more 2020 Box-Toppers points—4.0 vs. 1.0.
Duvall ranks 27th among all players.
Top 10 list exits and entrances—Two players rise into Box-Toppers top 10 overall players list this week:
Rockies pitcher German Marquez rises to eighth place with 10.0 points.
Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to ninth place with 9.7 points.
They displace two players who were on the top 10 list last week—Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta and Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer.
The #BT40—The Box-Toppers 40 (#BT40) is made up of the 40 players on Box-Toppers’ four top 10 category lists—AL and NL pitchers and batters. The #BT40 are listed in the chart at the top of this page.
Eight players joined the #BT40 this week:
Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to seventh place among AL pitchers with 6.9 points.
Nathan Eovaldi of the Red Sox rises to ninth place among AL pitchers with 6.7 points.
Marcus Semien of the Blue Jays rises to sixth place among AL batters with 5.2 points.
Randal Grichuk of the Blue Jays rises to eighth place among AL batters with 4.5 points.
German Marquez of the Rockies rises to sixth place among NL pitchers with 10.0 points.
Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres rises to fourth place among NL batters with 5.5 points.
Austin Riley of the Braves rises to seventh place among NL batters with 4.5 points.
Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to 10th place among NL batters with 4.0 points.
Those eight displace these eight players: White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon, White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease, Miguel Sano of the Twins, Adolis Garcia of the Rangers, Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez, Nolan Arenado of the Cardinals, Buster Posey of the Giants and Tyler Naquin of the Reds.
It should be noted that the #BT40 are not the overall top 40 players, but the top 10 in each of four categories. The lowest-ranking player among the #BT40 is Christian Yelich of the Brewers (4.0 points, 10th among NL batters), who ranks 99th overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2021—552 (last week 527).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—209 (last week 192).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2021 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—94 (last week 86).
Games completed so far in 2021—1,208, an average of 80.5 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—49.7.
Pitchers have won 64.2 percent of all Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors compared to 35.8 percent won by batters. (Through last week pitchers had won Player of the Game honors in 65.3 percent of all games played.)
About Box-Toppers—Box-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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.
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