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The Boston Red Sox maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the sixth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers leap eight spots up Box-Toppers team rankings to fourth place, jumping to the lead among National League teams after making Aug. 31 deadline trades.
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The Boston Red Sox maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks squeak past the Chicago Cubs to top National League teams and the St. Louis Cardinals are the week’s hottest team.
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The Boston Red Sox rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings after acquiring Ian Kinsler from the Angels and winning five of six games they played this week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead National League teams after acquiring second baseman Brian Dozier from the Twins and pitcher John Axford from the Blue Jays.
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The Houston Astros maintain top spot in Box-Toppers team rankings for the fifth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks regain a slim lead among National League teams and the Boston Red Sox are the hottest team since July 5.
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The Houston Astros maintain top spot in Box-Toppers team rankings for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead National League teams and the Colorado Rockies are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreJ.D. Martinez, Zack Greinke and Joc Pederson are among the players rising into Box-Toppers’ All-Star teams in the past week.
With Major League All-Star voting underway, here is a look at who is leading at Box-Toppers points at each position in both leagues.
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The Houston Astros maintain top spot in Box-Toppers team rankings for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks are the week’s hottest team and pass the Washington Nationals as the top-ranked National League team.
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The Houston Astros regain top spot in Box-Toppers team rankings, passing the New York Yankees, the top team last week.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals maintain their lead among National League teams and the Arizona Diamondbacks are the week’s hottest team.
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The Houston Astros lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals maintain their lead among National League teams and the Seattle Mariners are the week’s hottest team.
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The Houston Astros rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report, passing the leader of the previous two weeks, the New York Yankees.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals rise to lead National League teams in Box-Toppers team rankings and the Detroit Tigers were the week’s hottest team.
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The New York Yankees lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks maintain their top spot among National League teams for the fourth straight week. And the Minnesota Twins were the hottest team of the past week.
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The New York Yankees, the past week’s hottest team, rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks maintain their top spot among National League teams.
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The Houston Astros rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks maintain their top spot among National League teams and the New York Yankees are the week’s hottest team.
The Boston Red Sox, the past week’s hottest team, rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks rise to lead National League teams.
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Angels lead Box-Toppers’ first team rankings report of 2018.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets are the top-ranked National League team and the Cleveland Indians are the hottest team of the past week.
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Box-Toppers picks the Cleveland Indians to beat the Washington Nationals in the 2018 World Series.
Box-Toppers projects the Indians to defeat the Red Sox in the AL Championship Series and the Nationals to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series.
Read MoreAnthony Rendon of the Nationals had the best single-game performance by a batter in the 2017 season as measured by Box-Toppers game score.
It also appears to be the highest game score for a batter in Box-Toppers’ 23 seasons of record keeping.
Read MoreThe Box-Toppers All-Star teams for 2012-17 consist of the best players over the past six seasons, which includes 12 of the 27 players who are also on Box-Toppers 2016-17 All-Star teams.
Also, among the 27 players on the teams, there are 11 players who are on Box-Toppers 2017 All-Star teams and 10 who are on All-Star teams over all three time spans—for 2017, for 2016-17 and for 2012-17.Leading the 2012-17 All-Stars is Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who ranks first in Box-Toppers points over the past six seasons with 147.2.
Read MoreAn analysis of 23 years of Box-Toppers points leaders in pitching & batting in both leagues.
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.