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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole leads in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, Max Scherzer of the Dodgers rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers rankings. Both league batting leaders remain the same since last week—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads American League batters and Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres leads NL batters.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to fifth place and Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler rises to ninth place.
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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler.
Meanwhile, Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Wheeler maintains his lead among NL pitchers and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels maintains his lead among American League batters.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Matt Moore is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Diamondbacks pitcher Tyler Gilbert pitched the season’s eighth nine-inning no-hitter. He earned his first career Player of the Game honor but fell just short of beating Moore for overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day honors.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, passing previous leader Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom.
Wheeler pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout, striking out 11 and walking one, in the 3-0 win over the Mets.
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Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom maintains his lead in Box-Toppers player rankings, despite not playing in nearly a month.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders also remain the same as last week: Gerrit Cole of the Yankees leads American League pitchers, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads AL batters and Nick Castellanos of the Reds leads National League batters.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Sean Manaea is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePadres pitcher Joe Musgrove, pitching a no-hitter, is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Musgrove struck out 10 in a complete-game shutout, allowing no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Rangers. Musgrove faced 28 batters, one over the minimum, allowing only one baserunner on a hit by pitch.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2021 preseason rankings. They also ended 2020 as Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team and World Series champions.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Chicago Cubs saw the biggest decline.
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The two pitchers with the most wins in 2020 were also among the top three in Box-Toppers points for the season.
Shane Bieber of the Indians and Yu Darvish of the Cubs both had eight wins in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, most among all pitchers. Bieber had 11.4 Box-Toppers points, most of all players and Darvish had 9.7 points, third-most and second among National League pitchers.
Read MoreIndians pitcher Shane Bieber tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2020.
Bieber had 11.4 Box-Toppers points during the pandemic-shortened regular season. And because it was such a short season—reduced from 162 games to 60—it is the lowest total to lead all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995, beating the previous low set by Royals pitcher Zack Greinke, who led all players with 21.5 points in 2009.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Julio Urias is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s World Series Game 6.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 3-1 to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 in the best-of-seven game series, winning their first World Series since 1988.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers All-Star teams for 2020 seems incomplete. So for added context, Box-Toppers is also looking at the All-Star teams over the past two seasons, 2019-20.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 3.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 6-2 to take a 2-1 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the best-of-seven game series.
Read MoreRays pitcher Blake Snell is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s World Series Game 2.
The Tampa Bay Rays win 6-4 to tie the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-1 in the best-of-seven game series.
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Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team for 2020, the Los Angeles Dodgers, hold a considerable edge over the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2020 World Series.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Julio Urias is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s National League Championship Series Game 7.
Urias pitched the final three innings of the game, allowing no hits, runs or walks and striking out none, in the 4-3 win over the Braves, as the Dodgers win the best-of-seven game series, 4-3.
Read MoreRays pitcher Charlie Morton and Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s two league championship series games.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Framber Valdez and Corey Seager of the Dodgers are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Friday’s two league championship series games.
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.