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The Los Angeles Dodgers top Box-Toppers team rankings for the 10th straight week despite earning only 1.0 Box-Toppers point during the past week.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros bounce back to lead American League teams in Box-Toppers rankings on the strength of two August deadline acquisitions. The Astros also gained more Box-Toppers points than any other team during the past week mainly because of those trades.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers top Box-Toppers team rankings for the eighth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Cleveland Indians—the week’s hottest team—rise to take the lead in Box-Toppers rankings among American League teams, displacing the Houston Astros, which had been the AL’s top team for 12 weeks in a row.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers top Box-Toppers team rankings for the seventh straight week.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros maintain their lead in Box-Toppers rankings among American League teams for the 12th straight week and the Cleveland Indians picked up the most Box-Toppers points this week, after acquiring Jay Bruce from the New York Mets.
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Dodgers top team rankings for third straight week and are hottest team for second straight week. Astros top AL teams for the eighth straight week.
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Nationals lead Box-Toppers rankings for 2nd straight week & 6th week of past 8. Astros lead AL teams in Box-Toppers rankings for 4th week. Mariners are hottest team of the week.
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Los Angeles Dodgers edge out Washington Nationals as Box-Toppers' top preseason team. Champion Cubs slip to 5th after key player losses. Indians rank 1st among AL teams.
Read More3 of 4 major postseason award winners are among Box-Toppers top-ranked pitchers or batters on their teams. The exception: AL Cy Young Rick Porcello, who ranks 6th among Red Sox players.
Read MoreBox-Toppers All-Time All-Star team (since 1995) consists of two active players (Sabathia and Pujols) and 12 retired players.
Read MoreFour players appear on Box-Toppers All-Star teams over all three major time periods (2016, 2015-16, 2011-16)—Kershaw, Scherzer, Hamels and Trout.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over both the past two seasons and the past six seasons. Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks second on both lists.
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Alex Rodriguez is expected to play in his final game Friday. He leads active players in career Box-Toppers points and ranks fourth among all players in points since 1995, first among batters.
Read MoreBoth Windy City teams keep their league lead in Box-Toppers rankings. Giants make big jump to 3rd after hot week.
Read MoreTwo Chicago teams remain atop their league standings in Box-Toppers points. Mets and Mariners rise after hot weeks.
Read MoreBlue Jays projected to win it all after beating Indians in ALCS. Cubs picked to win NLCS over the Dodgers.
Read MoreWho are each franchise's top 4 players in career Box-Toppers points since 1995?
Read MoreSeattle Mariners have three players among the 2015 preseason All-Stars, most of any team.
Read MoreNats have four players ranked in Box-Toppers top 20 for 2014. Royals have pitching staff that nearly evenly shares the burden of winning.
Read MoreNationals' offseason net gain in Box-Toppers points pushes them to top of preseason team rankings. Meanwhile, the Yankees and Athletics plummet in rankings and the Cubs and Red Sox make big leaps upward.
Read MoreAlex Rodriguez had one of his career-best series in the late 1990s playing in front of his estranged for the first time. That revelation comes from a recent ESPN The Magazine profile. But when was this series and how did A-Rod really do?
Read MoreClayton Kershaw dominated all players to top Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2014.
The Dodgers pitcher had 31.5 Box-Toppers points during the season, nearly 6.0 more than any other player, the most by any player since 2002 and the fourth-highest single-season total since Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995.
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.