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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber maintains his lead in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the third week.
Meanwhile, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to lead National League pitchers and Kyle Tucker of the Astros rises to lead American League batters. Jason Heyward of the Cubs maintains his lead among NL batters.
Read MoreYankees pitcher J.A. Happ is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish rises to second place overall and first among National League pitchers after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Kyle Tucker of the Astros rises to 10th place—the only batter among the overall top 10—and rises to first place among American League batters after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber maintains his lead in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the second week.
Meanwhile, Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer continues to lead National League pitchers, Luke Voit of the Yankees continues to lead American League batters and Jason Heyward of the Cubs maintains his lead among NL batters.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a no-hitter.
Giolito rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings. Also Tuesday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Justin Dunn is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report.
Meanwhile, Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer rises to lead National League pitchers, rising to second place overall. Plus, Luke Voit of the Yankees rises to lead American League batters and Jason Heyward of the Cubs maintains his lead among NL batters.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.
Also Thursday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber extended his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreReds pitcher Trevor Bauer is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.
Bauer struck out nine in a scoreless seven-inning complete game, allowing one hit and three walks, in the 5-0, seven-inning win over the Royals.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Yu Darvish is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Darvish struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, one hit and two walks, in the 4-2 win over the Brewers.
Read MorePadres pitcher Dinelson Lamet is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreReds pitcher Trevor Bauer is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreReds pitcher Trevor Bauer is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Meanwhile, three other players rose into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday—Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to third place, Cubs pitcher Jon Lester rises to sixth and Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to seventh.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Gerrit Cole, who led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2019, also led all pitchers in strikeouts during the season.
In fact, each of the top six-ranked players in Box-Toppers points were among the top 11 strikeout leaders in 2019.
Read MoreReds pitcher Trevor Bauer is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bauer struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks.
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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the 14th straight week.
However, teammate Gerrit Cole has caught up to Verlander this week in total Box-Toppers points for the season (20.8). But Verlander still ranks ahead on a tiebreaker because he has more 2018 Box-Toppers points—24.1 vs. 18.0.
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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the 13th straight week.
Meanwhile, all category leaders remain the same as last week: Verlander leads American League pitchers, Josh Hader of the Brewers leads National League pitchers, Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers leads NL batters and Nelson Cruz of the Twins leads AL batters.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Mike Fiers is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the 12th straight week.
Meanwhile, Nelson Cruz of the Twins rises to lead American League batters in Box-Toppers season player rankings, passing last week’s leader, Alex Bregman of the Astros.
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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the 11th straight week.
Meanwhile, Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers regains the lead among National League batters and Alex Bregman of the Astros regains the lead among American League batters in Box-Toppers season player rankings this week.
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.