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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors—Brewers pitcher Josh Hader maintains his second-place spot and Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu rises to seventh place.
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The Houston Astros, the week’s hottest team, rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead among National League teams in Box-Toppers rankings.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to 10th place in season player rankings.
Ryu struck out nine over eight scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 6-0 win over the Nationals.
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The Tampa Bay Rays maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the second week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead National League teams and the Chicago Cubs are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Mike Fiers, pitching a no-hitter, is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Fiers struck out eight and walked two, throwing 131 pitches over nine innings, in the 2-0 win over the Reds.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher David Price is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s World Series Game 2.
The Boston Red Sox win 4-2 to take a 2-0 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven game series.
Price struck out five over six innings, allowing two runs, three hits and three walks.
Read MoreEduardo Nunez of the Red Sox is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s World Series Game 1.
The Boston Red Sox win 8-4 to take a 1-0 lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the best-of-seven game series.
Nunez hit a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the seventh inning, extending the Red Sox lead to 8-4.
Read MoreJesus Aguilar of the Brewers is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s National League Championship Game 6, as Milwaukee pulls even in the series with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher David Price is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Thursday’s American League Championship Series Game 5, as Boston eliminates the Houston Astros.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Justin Verlander and Dodgers pitcher Pedro Baez are Box-Toppers’ top players in Saturday’s pair of League Championship Series games.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.
Woodruff struck out four over two scoreless innings, allowing no hits and no walks, in the 6-5 win over the Dodgers. The Brewers take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Read MoreThe surging Milwaukee Brewers hold several key advantages over the Los Angeles Dodgers as they enter the National League Championship Series.
Read MoreHyun-Jin Ryu of the Dodgers and Brandon Woodruff of the Brewers are Box-Toppers Players of the Game in Thursday’s pair of National League Division Series openers.
Ryu struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 6-0 win over the Braves. The Dodgers now lead the Braves 1-0 in the best-of-five series.
Read MoreBoth National League Division Series begin Thursday.
The Wild Card Colorado Rockies face the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers in one best-of-five game series and the NL East winners, the Atlanta Braves take on the Los Angeles Dodgers, champions of the NL West in the other series.
Read MoreRays pitcher Blake Snell is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, increasing his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings and achieving the 16th-highest single-season Box-Toppers point total since tracking began in 1995.
Snell struck out 11 over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, in the 5-2 win over the Blue Jays.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Ryan Borucki is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Borucki struck out seven over eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 5-0 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Gerrit Cole is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to sixth place in season player rankings.
Cole struck out 12 over six innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 12-1 win over the Rockies.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Sean Manaea is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a no-hitter and rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Saturday, Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Angels pitcher Garrett Richards rises to ninth place in player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.
Yankees pitcher Luis Severino is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.
Severino struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 12-1 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Ryu struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Athletics.
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.