Mariners’ James Paxton is Box-Toppers’ most deserving player not selected to 2018 All-Star Game

Mariners pitcher James Paxton is the most deserving player not selected to the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.

Paxton has 14.0 Box-Toppers points in 2018, fifth among all players and fourth among American League pitchers.

Read More

Yankees' Luis Severino leads 2nd straight Box-Toppers season player rankings report

Yankees pitcher Luis Severino maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

Severino has 16.7 Box-Toppers points at the All-Star break through the game of July 15. He picked up no points since the last player rankings report July 5 and continues his lead over second-place player, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (16.4 points).

Read More

Yankees’ Luis Severino rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings

Yankees pitcher Luis Severino rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, who held the lead the past seven weeks.

Severino has 16.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week, rising from second place last week. He continues to lead American League pitchers in 2018 Box-Toppers points.

Read More

Nationals’ Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers player rankings for seventh week

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the seventh week in a row.

Meanwhile, American League batters have a new Box-Toppers points leader this week—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox moves ahead of last week’s leader, Nomar Mazara of the Rangers.

Read More

Diamondbacks’ Zack Greinke tops players for Saturday, June 23; Indians’ Bauer tops AL players

Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Greinke struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 7-2 win over the Pirates.

Read More

Diamondbacks’ Patrick Corbin tops players for Friday, June 22, rises to 5th in player rankings

Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fifth place in season player rankings.

Corbin struck out 12 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 2-1, 13-inning win over the Pirates. Corbin picked up a no-decision and did not earn the win because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

Read More

Nationals’ Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers player rankings for fifth week

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fifth week in a row.

Meanwhile, American League batters have a new Box-Toppers points leader this week—Mitch Haniger of the Mariners (6.5) passed Mookie Betts of the Red Sox (6.2).

Read More

Nationals’ Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers player rankings for fourth week

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fourth week in a row.

Meanwhile, Yankees pitcher Luis Severino continues to lead American League players for the seventh straight week, Mookie Betts of the Red Sox continues to lead AL batters for the seventh straight week and Eugenio Suarez of the Reds leads National League batters for the third week.

Read More

Nationals’ Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers player rankings for third week

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third week in a row.

Meanwhile, Yankees pitcher Luis Severino continues to lead American League players for the sixth straight week, Mookie Betts of the Red Sox continues to lead AL batters for the sixth straight week and Eugenio Suarez of the Reds leads National League batters for the second week.

Read More

Nationals’ Max Scherzer tops players for Wednesday, May 30, extends player rankings lead

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings.

Also Wednesday, Yankees pitcher Luis Severino extends his Box-Toppers points lead among American League pitchers after earning Player of the Game honors. Severino maintains his second place spot in season player rankings.

Read More

Mariners’ James Paxton tops players for Friday, May 25, rises to 6th in player rankings

Mariners pitcher James Paxton is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to sixth place in season player rankings.

Also Friday, Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Read More

Nationals' Max Scherzer rises to lead Box-Toppers player rankings

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings, passing the leader for the previous two weeks, Yankees pitcher Luis Severino.

Meanwhile, Severino continues to lead American League pitchers for the fourth straight week, Mookie Betts of the Red Sox continues to lead AL batters for the fourth straight week and Freddie Freeman of the Braves rises to lead National League batters.

Read More

Astros' Charlie Morton tops players for Saturday, May 12, rises to 4th in player rankings

Astros pitcher Charlie Morton is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fourth place in season player rankings.

Morton struck out 14 over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 6-1 win over the Rangers.

Read More

Yankees’ Luis Severino leads Box-Toppers player rankings for second week

Yankees pitcher Luis Severino leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second straight week.

Meanwhile, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer continues to lead National League pitchers, Mookie Betts of the Red Sox maintains his lead among American League batters and Eugenio Suarez of the Reds rises to lead NL batters.

Read More

Mariners' James Paxton, pitching a no-hitter, tops players for Tuesday, May 8

Mariners pitcher James Paxton is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a no-hitter.

Also Tuesday, Yankees pitcher Luis Severino maintained his spot atop Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors, becoming the first player this season to reach 10.0 Box-Toppers points.

Read More

Astros' Gerrit Cole tops players for Friday, May 4, rises to 2nd in player rankings

Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.

Also Friday, Albert Pujols of the Angels reached the 3,000-hit club and Walker Buehler and three other Dodgers pitchers combined to no-hit the Padres.

Read More