Analyzing 26 years of Box-Toppers points leaders among American League and National League pitchers and batters each season.
Read MoreBox-Toppers 2014-19 All-Star teams
The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for 2014-19 consist of the best players over the past six seasons, which includes seven of the 27 players who are also on Box-Toppers 2018-19 All-Star teams.
Also, among the 27 players on the teams, there are eight players who are on Box-Toppers 2019 All-Star teams and six who are on All-Star teams over all three time spans—for 2019, for 2018-19 and for 2014-19. Leading the 2014-19 All-Stars is Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, who ranks first in Box-Toppers points over that six-season period with 134.3.
Read MoreBox-Toppers 2018-19 All-Star teams
The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for 2018-19 consist of the best players at each position in each league over the previous two seasons.
Among the 27 players included on the American and National League teams are 18 who are also on Box-Toppers 2019 All-Star teams. Leading the 2018-19 All-Stars is Astros pitcher Justin Verlander, who ranks first in Box-Toppers points over 2018-19 with 51.8.
Read MoreAn overview of Box-Toppers category leaders over several time frames after 2019
Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer holds the lead in three of Box-Toppers’ main leaderboards at the end of 2019, most of any player.
Scherzer leads all players in Box-Toppers points over the past six seasons (2014-2019) and also leads National League pitchers in points over those same past six seasons, plus he leads NL pitchers over 2018-19. Scherzer has 134.3 Box-Toppers points over 2014-19 and 40.5 points over 2018-19.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2019
Analyzing 25 years of Box-Toppers points leaders among American League and National League pitchers and batters each season.
Read MoreJustin Verlander leads players in Box-Toppers points over past 2 seasons (2018-19)
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.
Verlander has earned 51.6 Box-Toppers points over 2018 and 2019. He ranked third in 2018 with 24.1 points and second in 2019 with 27.5.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2018-19 and 2014-19
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over the past two seasons while Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks first in points over the past six seasons.
Verlander earned 51.6 Box-Toppers points combined in 2018 and 2019 to lead all players in that span while Scherzer earned 134.3 points from 2014-2019, most in that span.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2019
Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players in 2019.
Cole had 32.2 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, which is the fourth-highest single-season point total in the 25 seasons of Box-Toppers tracking, which began in 1995. It was 1.5 points short of the record, 33.7, set by Randy Johnson of the Diamondbacks in both 2000 and 2002.
Read MoreBox-Toppers 2019 year-end All-Star teams
The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2019 regular season are led by overall Box-Toppers points leader, Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole.
The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to the batters—eight in the NL and nine (including the designated hitter) in the AL—are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.
Read MoreHow 2019 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Ten of the 17 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards this week also were among the leaders at their positions in 2019 Box-Toppers point totals.
Read MoreBox-Toppers picks Astros’ Gerrit Cole for AL Cy Young & MVP: A look at our postseason awards ballot
Box-Toppers is casting a vote for the American League Cy Young Award to Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole.
We are also casting our vote for AL Most Valuable Player to … Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole.
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Astros’ Gerrit Cole leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for second week
Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report for the second straight week.
Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises this week to lead National League batters in 2019 Box-Toppers points, passing previous leader Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers.
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Astros’ Gerrit Cole passes teammate Justin Verlander to lead Box-Toppers player rankings
Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report, passing teammate Justin Verlander, who had led for the past 14 weeks.
In addition, this week, Stephen Strasburg of the Nationals rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers season player rankings, passing Josh Hader of the Brewers, who had also led NL pitchers for the past 14 weeks.
Read MoreCardinals’ Jack Flaherty tops players for Friday, Aug. 23; Yankees’ Paxton tops AL players
Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Flaherty struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 8-3 win over the Rockies.
Read MoreAthletics’ Mike Fiers tops players for Friday, Aug. 9; Indians’ Bieber rises to 3rd in player rankings
Athletics 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.
Read MoreIndians’ Shane Bieber is Box-Toppers’ most deserving player not selected to 2019 All-Star Game
Indians pitcher Shane Bieber is the most deserving player not selected to the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Bieber has 11.1 Box-Toppers points in 2019, eighth among all players and fourth among American League pitchers. Other key players not chosen for the All-Star Game who rank among Box-Toppers top players this season include Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, Marcell Ozuna of the Cardinals and Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox.
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Astros’ Justin Verlander leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for seventh straight week
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the seventh straight week.
Meanwhile, the leaders in the four main categories remain unchanged from last week: Verlander continues to lead American League pitchers, Brewers pitcher Josh Hader continues to lead National League pitchers, Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers continues to lead NL batters and Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox continues to lead AL batters.
Read MoreA look at how 2019 All-Star finalists fare in Box-Toppers points and rankings
There are nine players who lead their league’s positions in Box-Toppers points who are also among the finalists in the newfangled All-Star “general” election being held this week.
But there are eight players who lead their league’s position in Box-Toppers points who are not even listed among the top three finalists (top nine for outfielders) for their positions.
Read MoreA Box-Toppers look at All-Star teams as first round of fan voting closes
With the first round of All-Star voting ending today, here is a look at who is leading in Box-Toppers points at each position in both leagues.
Actually, because the 2019 season so far is a relatively small sample size—just under halfway complete—we’ll also look at top players since the start of the 2018 season.
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Astros’ Justin Verlander leads Box-Toppers season player rankings report for sixth straight week
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the sixth straight week.
Also this week, there is a new leader in Box-Toppers points among American League batters as Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox passes previous leader Joey Gallo of the Rangers.
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