| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 | 1 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 3.7 | |
| 2 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 5.0 | 2 | Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.7 | |
| 3 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 4.0 | 3 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 3.7 | |
| 4 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 | 4 | Freeland, Kyle 3763 | pi sp | col nl | 2.7 | |
| 5 | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | pi sp | tb al | 3.7 | 5 | DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | pi sp | sf nl | 2.7 | |
| 6 | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | sea al | 3.7 | 6 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.0 | |
| 7 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 3.0 | 7 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 2.0 | |
| 8 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 3.0 | 8 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 2.0 | |
| 9 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | min al | 3.0 | 9 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 2.0 | |
| 10 | Heaney, Andrew 3515 | pi sp | tex al | 2.7 | 10 | Wacha, Michael 3276 | pi sp | sd nl | 2.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Franco, Wander 4630 | ss | tb al | 3.0 | 1 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf lf | pit nl | 3.7 | |
| 2 | Rizzo, Anthony 3063 | 1b | nyy al | 2.7 | 2 | Acuna, Ronald Jr. 3947 | rf | atl nl | 3.5 | |
| 3 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh lf | hou al | 2.5 | 3 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| 4 | Mateo, Jorge 4669 | ss ph | bal al | 2.5 | 4 | Winker, Jesse 3988 | dh lf | mil nl | 2.5 | |
| 5 | Heim, Jonah 4492 | ca | tex al | 2.5 | 5 | Turner, Trea 3730 | ss 2b | phi nl | 2.5 | |
| 6 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 2.5 | 6 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 2.0 | |
| 7 | Diaz, Yandy 3896 | 1b 3b dh | tb al | 2.5 | 7 | Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss | nym nl | 2.0 | |
| 8 | Torres, Gleyber 3972 | 2b ph | nyy al | 2.5 | 8 | Thompson, Trayce 4567 | cf lf | lad nl | 2.0 | |
| 9 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | cf rf | nyy al | 2.0 | 9 | Wisdom, Patrick 4042 | 3b rf | chi nl | 2.0 | |
| 10 | Crawford, J.P. 3937 | ss | sea al | 2.0 | 10 | Soto, Juan 3994 | lf | sd nl | 2.0 |
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Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2023. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, April 20.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 |
| 2 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 5.0 |
| 3 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 4.0 |
| 4 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 |
| 5 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 3.7 |
| 6 | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | pi sp | tb al | 3.7 |
| 7 | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | sea al | 3.7 |
| 8 | Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.7 |
| 9 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf lf | pit nl | 3.7 |
| 10 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 3.7 |
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Rasmussen also leads American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks leads National League pitchers, Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates leads NL batters and Wander Franco of the Rays leads AL batters.
Rasmussen has 5.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023, passing last week’s leader, Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman (4.0 points), who falls to fourth overall and also fourth among AL pitchers. Rasmussen leads the overall second-place player, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom. Though both Rasmussen and deGrom have 5.0 Box-Toppers points this season, Rasmussen ranks higher because he has more 2022 Box-Toppers points—11.1 vs. 9.4.
deGrom also ranks second among AL pitchers. Rasmussen ranked second overall in last week’s player rankings.
National League pitchers—Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks rises to first place with 3.7 Box-Toppers points, fifth among all players. He passes last week’s NL pitching leader, Jesus Luzardo of the Marlins (3.7), who falls to third among NL pitchers. Though Gallen has the same 3.7 Box-Toppers point total as two other NL pitchers (Marcus Stroman of the Cubs and Luzardo), he ranks ahead because he has more 2022 Box-Toppers points (Gallen—18.7, Stroman—5.7, Luzardo—4.0).
National League batters—Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates leads for the second straight week with 3.7 Box-Toppers points, ninth among all players. He ranks ahead of second-place NL batter Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves (3.5 points).
American League batters—Wander Franco of the Rays leads for the second week with 3.0 Box-Toppers points, 16th among all players. He ranks ahead of second-place AL batter Anthony Rizzo of the Yankees (2.7 points).
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Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2023—234 (there were 161 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—28 (there were 20 as of last week).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2023 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—23 (there were 12 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2023—286, an average of 19.1 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—11.8.
In the 286 games completed so far this season, batters have won Player of the Game honors in 130 games (45.5 percent) while pitchers won in 156 (54.5 percent). In the past week, batters won Player of the Game honors in 41 of the 94 games (43.6 percent) while pitchers won in 53 of the 94 (56.4 percent). Pitchers increased their share of Player of the Game honors won this season from 53.6 percent last week to 54.5 percent this week. While pitchers are still winning a majority of Player of the Game honors in 2023, batters are doing better than last year when they won a record-low 38 percent share of Player of the Game honors. A year ago, after the first three weeks of the 2022 season, batters had won only 31.4 percent of all Player of the Game honors.
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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