The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, the Seattle Mariners maintain the lead among American League teams and the Kansas City Royals are this week’s hottest team.
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Box-Toppers picks Dodgers over Orioles in 2025 World Series, plus our awards forecasts
Box-Toppers picks the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2025 World Series, beating the predicted American League champion Baltimore Orioles.
Box-Toppers projects the Dodgers will have the most wins among all teams—108—and that National League teams will be among the most dominant. Eight of the 15 NL teams are projected to have as many or more wins as the best American League teams (89).
Read MoreA pitchers vs. batters breakdown of each team’s Box-Toppers point total for 2024
In 2024, teams with the most Box-Toppers points earned by pitchers generally ranked higher in overall Box-Toppers team rankings.
For example, the Philadephia Phillies led all teams with 124.9 Box-Toppers points. Pitchers earned 78.0 of those points, fifth-most among all teams. Box-Toppers’ seven top-ranked teams were all among the top 10 in points earned by pitchers.
However, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers were a notable anomaly. While the team finished eighth overall in Box-Toppers points (113.7), they finished 11th in points earned by pitchers (66.2) and third in points earned by batters (47.5).
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Phillies’ Box-Toppers team rankings lead narrows as Yankees gain ground
The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the seventh straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees continue to lead American League teams and the Cincinnati Reds are the week’s hottest team.
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Box-Toppers picks Dodgers over Astros in 2024 World Series, plus our awards forecasts
Box-Toppers picks the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2024 World Series, beating the predicted American League champion Houston Astros.
Box-Toppers projects the Dodgers will have the most wins among all teams—103—and will be one of three teams with 99 or more wins, along with the Astros and the Atlanta Braves.
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Braves, Astros, Mariners among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings
The Atlanta Braves are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2024, with a roster mostly intact from 2023 when they had baseball’s best record.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are Box-Toppers’ top two American League teams, with the Mariners having one of the best offseason improvements of any team so far. And also, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have made big offseason splashes adding Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Teoscar Hernandez, their offseason ranking has actually fallen from third place last season to fourth place now.
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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.
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Rangers persist, leading Box-Toppers team rankings despite uncertain playoff spot
It doesn’t seem possible or correct, but the Texas Rangers persist in leading Box-Toppers team rankings for the eighth straight week.
Teams that could challenge the Rangers for top spot in rankings simply have not been gaining ground on the team that is struggling to cling to a final American League Wild Card playoff spot.
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Texas Rangers spot atop Box-Toppers team rankings seems to be a mirage
The Texas Rangers maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, slightly improving their position from last week, but the top ranking continues to seem undeserved.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves continue to lead all National League teams and the Milwaukee Brewers are the week’s hottest team.
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Rangers still lead Box-Toppers team rankings despite falling to 3rd in AL West
The Texas Rangers still hold a narrowing lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, despite a terrible two-week stretch that has them falling to third place in the American League West Division.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves continue to gain on the Rangers, leading all National League teams. Plus, the Cincinnati Reds, in part on the strength of waiver deadline acquisitions, are the week’s hottest team.
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Texas Rangers lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 2nd week
The Texas Rangers maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves continue to lead National League teams and the Philadelphia Phillies are the week’s hottest team.
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Tampa Bay Rays lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 12th straight week
The Tampa Bay Rays maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the 12th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks maintain their lead among National League teams and the San Francisco Giants are the week’s hottest team.
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Rays lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 9th week; Dodgers maintain NL lead
The Tampa Bay Rays maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the ninth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead among National League teams and the Arizona Diamondbacks are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreBox-Toppers picks Mets over Yankees in 2023 World Series
Box-Toppers picks the New York Mets to win the 2023 World Series, beating the predicted American League champion New York Yankees.
Box-Toppers projects the Mets will have the most wins among all teams—104—and will be one of three teams with more than 100 wins, along with the Yankees and the San Diego Padres.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2021-22 and 2017-22
Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over the past two seasons while Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks first in points over the past six seasons.
Ohtani earned 40.8 Box-Toppers points combined in 2021 and 2022 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 104.6 from 2017-2022, most in that span.
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A look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2022
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2022.
Verlander had 26.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season. Verlander came back after sitting out most of the previous two seasons, recovering from Tommy John surgery. He earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2020 and none in 2021. His 26.0 point gain from 0.0 in 2021 to 26.0 in 2022 is the largest single-season point gain for any player since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
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Yankees, Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason team rankings, landing biggest free agents
The New York Yankees and New York Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason rankings after landing the winter’s two biggest free agents.
The Yankees rank first after Carlos Rodon Thursday agreed to a free agent deal. Rodon earned 19.8 Box-Toppers points in 2022 with the Giants, sixth overall and third among National League pitchers. He ranked second among all free agents going into the 2023 season.
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Dodgers lead over Astros narrows in final Box-Toppers team rankings report for 2022
The Los Angeles Dodgers finish the 2022 season leading Box-Toppers team rankings, but the gap between them and the second-place Houston Astros has narrowed.
The Dodgers lead for the ninth straight week, but their cushion over the second-place team, which once was as much as 8.9 Box-Toppers points, has narrowed in the final standings to just 1.7 points.
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Dodgers remain atop Box-Toppers team rankings with seasons’ final week ahead
The Los Angeles Dodgers lead Box-Toppers team rankings report for the eighth straight week, with just one week to go in the season.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros maintain the lead among American League teams and the Detroit Tigers are the week’s hottest team.
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Dodgers lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 7th week, Astros remain top AL team
The Los Angeles Dodgers lead Box-Toppers team rankings report for the seventh straight week.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros maintain the lead among American League teams and the San Diego Padres are the week’s hottest team.
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