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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2022 preseason rankings. They also ended 2021 as Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Oakland Athletics saw the biggest decline.
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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole leads in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, Nick Castellanos of the Reds rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Two other category leaders remain the same: Max Scherzer of the Dodgers continues to lead NL pitchers and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels continues to lead American League batters.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first in season player rankings, passing previous leader Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler.
Cole struck out nine over 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Angels.
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers player rankings this week, passing Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom, who had led since late June.
Meanwhile, Adam Duvall of the Braves rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Both American League leaders remain the same as last week—Gerrit Cole of the Yankees leads AL pitchers and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads AL batters.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Marco Gonzalez is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after each earns Player of the Game honors—Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to seventh place and Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani rises to eighth.
Read MoreIndians pitcher Cal Quantrill is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Rockies pitcher German Marquez rises to third place and Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to seventh place.
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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.
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Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom maintains his lead in Box-Toppers player rankings, despite not playing in more than three weeks.
Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to lead American League batters in this week’s report, while the two other category leaders remain the same: Gerrit Cole of the Yankees leads AL pitchers and Nick Castellanos of the Reds leads National League batters.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Chris Bassitt is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Bassitt struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing six hits and one walk, in the 2-0 win over the Angels.
Read MoreVladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers 2021 All-Star Game Player of the Game.
Guerrero homered, going 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the American League’s 5-2 win Tuesday over the National League.
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Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom maintains his lead in Box-Toppers player rankings at the All-Star break.
Meanwhile, Nick Castellanos of the Reds regains the season Box-Toppers points lead among National League batters. Also, Gerrit Cole of the Yankees maintains his lead among American League pitchers and J.D. Martinez maintains his lead among AL batters.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreOzzie Albies of the Braves is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox extended his season Box-Toppers points lead among American League batters and Adam Duvall of the Marlins regained the 2021 Box-Toppers points lead among National League batters.
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Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow retakes the lead in Box-Toppers weekly player rankings after Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole led for the previous two weeks.
Meanwhile, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers rises to lead National League pitchers, Adam Duvall of the Marlins rises to lead NL batters and J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox maintains his lead among American League batters.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Chris Bassitt is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bassitt pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout, striking out nine and walking one, in the 5-0 win over the Angels.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to sixth place in season player rankings.
Bumgarner struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 11-3 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreThe two pitchers with the lowest earned run averages in 2020—Shane Bieber and Trevor Bauer—were also Box-Toppers’ two top-ranked players for the season.
In fact, six of the seven ERA leaders for 2020 rank among the top 10 overall players in Box-Toppers points for the season.
Read MoreBoth American League Division Series begin Monday.
The Houston Astros face the Oakland Athletics in one best-of-five game series and the New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays in the other series.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers finish the 2020 season atop Box-Toppers team rankings, leading rankings for the sixth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Oakland Athletics rise to lead American League teams and the Cleveland Indians are the hottest team since the last rankings report Sept. 17.
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.