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Box-Toppers picks the Los Angeles Dodgers to repeat as World Series champions in 2021, beating the predicted American League champion team, the Chicago White Sox.
Box-Toppers projects the Dodgers will have the most wins among all teams—108—and will be the only team with more than 100 wins this season.
Read MoreAnalyzing 26 years of Box-Toppers points leaders among American League and National League pitchers and batters each season.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Gerrit Cole 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.
Cole earned 39.6 Box-Toppers points combined in 2019 and 2020 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 116.2 from 2015-2020, most in that span.
Read MoreIn four league division series playoff games Thursday these are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners:
Braves pitcher Kyle Wright is top player in Thursday’s 7-0 win over the Marlins.
Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias is top player in Thursday’s 12-3 win over the Padres.
Carlos Correa of the Astros is top player in Thursday’s 11-6 win over the Athletics.
Yankees pitcher Chad Green is top player in Thursday’s 5-1 win over the Rays.
In four league division series playoff games Wednesday these are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners:
Braves pitcher Ian Anderson is top player in Wednesday’s 2-0 win over the Marlins.
Athletics closing pitcher Liam Hendriks is top player in Wednesday’s 9-7 win over the Astros.
Corey Seager of the Dodgers is top player in Wednesday’s 6-5 win over the Padres.
Kevin Kiermaier of the Rays is top player in Wednesday’s 8-4 win over the Yankees.
In four league division series playoff games Tuesday these are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners:
Travis d'Arnaud of the Braves is top player in Tuesday’s 9-5 win over the Marlins.
Dodgers pitcher Dustin May is top player in Tuesday’s 5-1 win over the Padres.
George Springer of the Astros is top player in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over the Athletics.
Manuel Margot of the Rays is top player in Tuesday’s 7-5 win over the Yankees.
Carlos Correa of the Astros and Aaron Hicks of the Yankees are Box-Toppers Players of the Game in Monday’s two American League Division Series games.
Read MoreBoth National League Division Series begin Tuesday.
The Miami Marlins face the Atlanta Braves in one best-of-five game series and the San Diego Padres take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the other series.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Sixto Sanchez and Jake Cronenworth of the Padres are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Friday’s two National League Wild Card playoff games.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings for the fifth week.
Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox maintain their lead among American League teams and the Cincinnati Reds are the week’s hottest team in the penultimate (and also next-to-last) weekly team rankings report of the pandemic-truncated 2020 season. The final team rankings report will be posted after the completion of regular season games Sunday, Sept. 27.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Rays, the week’s hottest team, rise to lead American League teams.
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The Chicago Cubs lead Box-Toppers first weekly team rankings report of the 2020 season.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Twins are the top-ranked American League team and the Oakland Athletics are the hottest team of the past week.
Read MorePitchers led their team’s players in Box-Toppers points on 25 of 30 teams in 2019. Batters led all team’s players on the other five. Chart shows the players who led his team’s pitchers and batters in Box-Toppers points in 2019.
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Box-Toppers picks the New York Yankees to beat the Washington Nationals in the 2020 World Series.
Box-Toppers projects the Yankees will have the most wins among all teams—110—and will be the only team with more than 100 wins this season.
Of course, these projections are made with the assumption that each team will play a complete 162-game schedule. That is thrown into doubt now that Coronavirus precautions have prompted baseball to suspend spring training and delay the start of the season.
Read MoreAnalyzing 25 years of Box-Toppers points leaders among American League and National League pitchers and batters each season.
Read MoreAstros 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 MoreAstros 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.
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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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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.
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.