Mets’ deGrom tops players for Saturday, Sept. 14; Astros’ Greinke rises to 8th in player rankings

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Zack Greinke rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Astros’ Gerrit Cole tops players for Friday, Sept. 13, extends lead in Box-Toppers player rankings

Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole, Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extends his lead in season player rankings and now has the 11th-best single-season Box-Toppers point total in 25 seasons.

Cole struck out 11 over eight innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Royals.

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Blue Jays’ Trent Thornton tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 11; Padres’ Paddack rises to 8th in player rankings

Blue Jays pitcher Trent Thornton is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Chris Paddack rises to eighth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.

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Dodgers’ Walker Buehler tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 10, rises to 7th in player rankings

Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.

Buehler struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 7-3 win over the Orioles.

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Mets’ deGrom tops players for Monday, Sept. 9; Bieber, Greinke rise in top 10 rankings

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber rises to fourth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Astros pitcher Zack Greinke rises to 10th in season player rankings and rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers “all-time” career points rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.

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Astros’ Gerrit Cole tops players for Sunday, Sept. 8, regaining season player rankings lead

Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and regains the lead in season player rankings, one day after losing the lead.

Also Sunday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings and Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger rises to eighth after both earned Player of the Game honors.

In addition Sunday, Gleyber Torres of the Yankees rises to lead American League batters in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning AL Batter of the Day honors.

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Diamondbacks’ Young tops players for Saturday, Sept. 7; Verlander regains player rankings lead

Diamondbacks pitcher Alex Young is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Verlander also rises to fifth place in career Box-Toppers points since 1995.

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Rays’ Brendan McKay tops player for Friday, Sept. 6; Brewers’ Yelich extends lead among NL batters

Rays pitcher Brendan McKay is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Christian Yelich of the Brewers extended his lead among National League batters in 2019 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Mets’ Syndergaard tops players for Monday, Sept. 2; Astros’ Cole regains player rankings lead

Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Cole regained the lead one day after losing it to teammate Justin Verlander.

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Verlander, pitching no-hitter, tops players for Sunday, Sept. 1, regains player rankings lead, reaches 200 career Box-Toppers points

Astros pitcher Justin Verlander, pitching a no-hitter, is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.

Verlander also becomes the seventh player in Box-Toppers tracking history (which began in 1995) to reach 200 career Box-Toppers points, rising to sixth place on Box-Toppers’ “all-time” career points list.

In addition, Verlander Sunday had Box-Toppers’ highest Box-Toppers game score of any Player of the Game this season.

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Strasburg tops players for Saturday, Aug. 31, extends B-T lead among NL pitchers; Pujols reaches 200 career points

Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead among National League pitchers in season player rankings.

Also Saturday, Albert Pujols of the Angels becomes the sixth player—and first batter—to reach 200 career Box-Toppers points since player tracking began in 1995. Pujols rises to sixth place on Box-Toppers’ “all-time” career points, passing Astros pitcher Justin Verlander.

In addition Saturday, Brewers pitcher Josh Hader rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning his first Player of the Game honor in more than a month.

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