The Houston Astros maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, leading for the seventh straight week.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals maintain their lead among National League teams.
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Houston Astros maintain Box-Toppers team rankings lead for sixth straight week
The Houston Astros maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, leading for the sixth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals maintain their lead among National League teams and the St. Louis Cardinals are the week’s hottest team.
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Houston Astros maintain Box-Toppers team rankings lead for fifth straight week
The Houston Astros maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, leading for the fifth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals maintain their lead among National League teams and the Nationals and Atlanta Braves are the hottest teams of the past week.
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Houston Astros maintain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for fourth straight week
The Houston Astros maintain a big lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, leading for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals maintain their lead among National League teams and the New York Yankees are the week’s hottest team for the second straight week.
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Houston Astros maintain big lead in Box-Toppers rankings; Nationals rise to lead NL teams
The Houston Astros maintain a big lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, leading for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, the Washington Nationals rise to lead National League teams, ending the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 10-week lead among NL teams. Plus, the New York Yankees are the week’s hottest team.
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Trade deadline deals help Astros rocket to huge lead in Box-Toppers team rankings
The Houston Astros rocketed to a huge lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, mainly due to acquiring Zack Greinke and other players at the July 31 trade deadline.
The Astros lead for the second week, but last week’s narrow lead has exploded to an enormous lead this week, as they gained the most Box-Toppers points of any team in the past week.
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Houston Astros regain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, passing Dodgers
The Houston Astros rise to regain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, passing the Los Angeles Dodgers, who had led for the past four weeks.
The Dodgers maintain their lead among National League teams, while the St. Louis Cardinals are the week’s hottest team.
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Los Angeles Dodgers maintain slim edge in Box-Toppers team rankings
The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the fourth week.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros regain the lead among American League teams and the Oakland Athletics are the week’s hottest team since the All-Star break.
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Los Angeles Dodgers maintain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for third week
The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the third week.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros regain the lead among American League teams and the Washington Nationals are the week’s hottest team going into the All-Star break.
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Tampa Bay Rays rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings, Dodgers lead NL teams
The Tampa Bay Rays rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead National League teams and the Chicago Cubs are the week’s hottest team.
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Box-Toppers picks Yankees over Cubs in 2019 World Series
Box-Toppers picks the New York Yankees to beat the Chicago Cubs in the 2019 World Series.
In addition, Box-Toppers projects the Yankees will win 111 games in 2019, one of four teams projected to win 100 or more games this season. All 2018 American League playoff teams are projected to return to the postseason, while three different teams are forecast for the National League postseason—the Nationals, Phillies and Mets.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2018
Analyzing 24 years of Box-Toppers points leaders in pitching & batting in both leagues
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of 'all-time' after the 2018 season
Randy Johnson leads all players in career Box-Toppers points and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
The most likely rival to Johnson’s throne at the moment is Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw who has 214.8 career Box-Toppers points, third among all players since 1995 and most among active players.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2018
Blake Snell tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players in 2018.
The Rays pitcher had 27.2 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, which is the 12th-highest single-season point total since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.
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Boston Red Sox maintain Box-Toppers team rankings lead; Athletics are week’s hottest team
The Boston Red Sox maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead among National League teams and the Oakland Athletics are Box-Toppers’ hottest team of the past week.
Read MoreCleveland Indians had most players—seven—among Box-Toppers’ top 100 at the All-Star break
The Cleveland Indians had the most players—seven–among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2018 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Five teams were tied for the second-most players with six players each among the top 100—the Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies and Seattle Mariners.
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Houston Astros rise to top Box-Toppers weekly team rankings; Nationals top NL teams
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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Box-Toppers picks Indians over Nationals in 2018 World Series
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 MoreHow 2018 Hall of Fame candidates fared in Box-Toppers
Four players—Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman—were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Wednesday. Key players overlooked: Curt Schilling, Jeff Kent, Johan Santana and the PED-clouded five of Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Manny Ramirez, Gary Sheffield and Sammy Sosa.
Read MoreBox-Toppers top pitchers and batters by team, 2017
Three of the four players who won Cy Young or Most Valuable Player awards in 2017 also led their teams in Box-Toppers points for the season.
The only exception: American League Most Valuable Player Jose Altuve did not lead Astros batters in Box-Toppers points. In fact, with only 2.5 Box-Toppers points, he finished 11th among Astros batters and 21st among all Astros players.
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