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Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth in player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Cal Raleigh of the Mariners, Rockies pitcher Germán Márquez, Sean Murphy of the Braves, Ceddanne Rafaela of the Red Sox and Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer has now earned Box-Toppers points in 17 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2025. Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Mariners pitcher George Kirby and Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox.
Read MorePadres pitcher Nick Pivetta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, two other player rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to eighth place and Yankees pitcher Max Fried rises to ninth place.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Jacob deGrom is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners include Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon, Jo Adell of the Angels, Jesús Sánchez of the Marlins and Nolan Arenado of the Cardinals.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Jacob deGrom is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include Reds pitcher Nick Martinez and Brandon Lowe of the Rays.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Jacob deGrom is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, three players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to second place, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to seventh place and Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises to ninth place.
Read MorePadres pitcher Nick Pivetta is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the Yankees, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee and Nathaniel Lowe of the Nationals.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2025 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees lead American League teams, the Toronto Blue Jays made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points and the Atlanta Braves had the biggest decline.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs, Ty France of the Twins, Matt Chapman of the Giants and Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom. Also, seven players earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second time Saturday during the 2025 spring training season.
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The most notable change in Box-Toppers “all-time” career points top 10 lists at the end of 2024 is an almost complete lack of change.
No players changed position, and only three—Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander—earned any Box-Toppers points in 2024, each adding just 2.0. The lack of movement contrasts with 2023 when four players combined for 40.9 points and when Scherzer and Verlander both rose one spot in the rankings.
Read MoreMets pitcher Luis Moreno is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Also Friday, two players earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second time in the 2025 spring training season—Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks and Vimael Machín of the Orioles. Other notable Player of the Game winners in Friday’s spring training games include Vladimir Guererro Jr. of the Blue Jays, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole and Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller.
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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole leads players in Box-Toppers points since the start of 2019.
Cole has 104.1 Box-Toppers points over the period 2019-24, 22.5 points ahead of second-ranked player, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who has 81.6 over that span.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season leaders chart for each of the past 30 seasons, including the leaders in Box-Toppers points each season among four main categories—American League and National League pitchers and batters.
Also, a look at how often Box-Toppers leaders win major postseason awards (Cy Young and Most Valuable Player), what players have led a Box-Toppers season category most often since tracking began in 1995 and what teams have had the most category leaders in 30 seasons. Also, a look at the lowest point totals to lead a season category, which includes 2024 leaders.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2025 but with player injuries factored in, the New York Mets hold the overall edge.
The current 2025 roster of last year’s World Series champion Dodgers accumulated 118.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, most of any team. However, with several players injured and expected to miss time in 2025, their injury-adjusted Box-Toppers point total drops to 106.7, fifth among all teams.
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Braves pitcher Spencer Strider had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2023 to 2024.
Strider led all players in 2023 with 21.1 Box-Toppers points but earned just 1.0 point in 2024, a 20.1-point decline, which is also the fifth-largest decline (in regular-length seasons) since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
Read MoreRelief pitcher Blake Treinen is Box-Toppers Player of the Game Wednesday as the Dodgers defeat the Yankees to win the 2024 World Series in five games.
The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 to win the best-of-seven game series, 4-1.
Read MoreAnthony Volpe of the Yankees is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s World Series Game 4.
The New York Yankees win 11-4, winning their first game of the best-of-seven-game series, which the Los Angeles Dodgers lead 3-1.
Volpe hit a third-inning, go-ahead grand slam and doubled, going 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in four runs.
Read MoreFreddie Freeman of the Dodgers, who hit a walk-off, 10th-inning grand slam, is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 1.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 6-3 in 10 innings to take a 1-0 lead over the New York Yankees in the best-of-seven-game series.
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The New York Yankees hold dominating Box-Toppers points advantages over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2024 World Series.
Looking at the Box-Toppers numbers alone, the Yankees can’t lose. But the Dodgers this postseason through mojo and moxie (and Mookie), have won two postseason series despite being severely depleted at starting pitching, the same handicap they face in the World Series.
Read MoreAaron Judge of the Yankees is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s American League Championship Series Game 2.
Judge hit a two-run homer, a sacrifice fly and went 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in three runs. The New York Yankees take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven game series over the Cleveland Guardians.
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.