Diamondbacks pitcher Ryan Thompson tops players in Monday’s two National League Division Series playoff games.
Travis d'Arnaud of the Braves was Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the other NLDS game.
Read MoreTwins’ Lopez, Rangers’ Bradford top players in Sunday’s ALDS playoff games
Twins pitcher Pablo Lopez tops players in Sunday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.
Rangers pitcher Cody Bradford was Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the other ALDS game.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Kelly tops players in Saturday’s opening league division series games
Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly tops players in Saturday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s league division series games: Ranger Suarez of the Phillies, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros and Evan Carter of the Rangers.
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Box-Toppers’ NL Division Series preview: Phillies vs. Braves, Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers
Both National League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Philadelphia Phillies face the Atlanta Braves in one best-of-five game series and the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Braves (first) and the Dodgers (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
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Box-Toppers’ AL Division Series preview: Rangers vs. Orioles, Twins vs. Astros
Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Texas Rangers face the Baltimore Orioles in one best-of-five game series and the Minnesota Twins face the Houston Astros in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Orioles (first) and the Astros (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 MoreEovaldi tops players in Wednesday’s Wild Card games as all 4 series end in sweeps
Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi tops players in Wednesday’s four Wild Card playoff games, all of which ended in two-game sweeps.
Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s Wild Card series games: Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola, Twins pitcher Sonny Gray and Diamondbacks closing pitcher Paul Sewald.
Read MorePhillies’ Wheeler tops players in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card round playoff games
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler tops players in Tuesday’s four Wild Card playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s Wild Card series games: Rangers pitcher Jordan Montgomery,, Royce Lewis of the Twins and Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks.
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A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday, Oct. 3
The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday with four best-of-three series.
Here is a Box-Toppers look at the eight teams competing in the four Wild Card round series.
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Braves’ Spencer Strider is Box-Toppers’ 2023 Player of the Year
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider is 2023 Box-Toppers Player of the Year, holding the season lead in Box-Toppers points since Sept. 13.
Meanwhile, Chris Bassitt of the Blue Jays rises to lead American League pitchers and Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead National League batters in the season’s final player rankings report. While Shohei Ohtani of the Angels loses the lead among AL pitchers, he still retains the top spot among AL batters.
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Rangers finish atop Box-Toppers team rankings despite only earning Wild Card spot
The Texas Rangers finish 2023 atop Box-Toppers team rankings even though they only qualified for the postseason as the second-seeded American League Wild Card team.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves maintain their lead among National League teams, finishing second overall. Plus, the San Diego Padres, who fell out of playoff contention, finish the season as the hottest team over the final days of the season.
Read MoreMariners’ Kirby tops players for Sunday, Oct. 1; Padres’ Avila tops NL players
Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, the final day of the regular season.
Kirby struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Rangers.
Read MorePadres’ Wacha tops players for Saturday, Sept. 30; Verlander rises to 4th on ‘all-time’ list
Padres pitcher Michael Wacha is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander passes Pedro Martinez, rising to fourth place among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995, after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
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