Royals’ Ragans tops players for Tuesday, April 8; Alonso, Carroll rise into top 10

Royals pitcher Cole Ragans is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, two players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to third place and Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks rises to ninth.

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Mariners’ Gilbert, Phillies’ Wheeler top players in Thursday, March 27’s Opening Day

Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Thursday’s Opening Day Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other notable Player of the Game winners Thursday include two 2024 Box-Toppers points leaders—Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who led all players (21.4 points) and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who led all National League batters (11.0).

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Braves’ Sale, Astros’ Valdez top players in spring games of Saturday, March 15

Braves pitcher Chris Sale is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.

Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Astros pitcher Framber Valdez, Henry Davis of the Pirates, Corey Seager of the Rangers and Royals pitcher Austin Cox.

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Box-Toppers batting leaders Judge, Ohtani win Most Valuable Player awards

Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who both led their league’s batters in Box-Toppers points in 2024, won the season’s Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday.

Judge, who led American League batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Ohtani, who led National League batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.

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Seven Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2024 All-MLB First Team

Seven Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2024’s 16-member “All-MLB” Team announced Thursday.

Three other Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.

The All-MLB team was selected with half the vote coming from fans and half coming from an expert panel. Unlike the selections for baseball’s All-Star Game, players on not selected based on their affiliation with American League or National League. Rather, all players are chosen from all Major League Baseball regardless of league as “First Team” or “Second Team” players.

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A Box-Toppers look back at regular season series between Yankees, Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, meeting in the World Series beginning Friday, also met during the regular season for three games in New York, with the Dodgers winning two of the three games:

Here is a look at Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in each of those games.

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Padres’ King tops players in Tuesday’s opening Wild Card round playoff games

Padres pitcher Michael King tops players in Tuesday’s four Wild Card playoff games:

Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s Wild Card series games:

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D-backs’ Gallen tops players Wednesday, Sept. 25; Mariners’ Kirby rises to 9th place

Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Wednesday, Mariners pitcher George Kirby rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.

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Nationals’ Gore tops players Saturday, Sept. 21; Mets’ Manaea rises to 8th place

Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Mets pitcher Sean Manaea rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Padres’ Cease tops players Wednesday, Sept. 18, rising to 2nd; Skubal increases AL lead

Padres pitcher Dylan Cease is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.

Also Wednesday, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal increases his lead among American League pitchers in Box-Toppers season player rankings, rising to fourth place overall, after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises to eighth place in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Brewers’ Montas tops players Thursday, Sept. 12; Valdez, Cortes rise in top 10 rankings

Brewers pitcher Frankie Montas is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also two of Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners are in the season player rankings top 10 list: Astros pitcher Framber Valdez ranks seventh and Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises to eight place.

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Yankees’ Gil tops players Friday, Sept. 6; Phillies’ Wheeler regains player rankings lead

Yankees pitcher Luis Gil is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.

Also Friday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Astros pitcher Framber Valdez rises to seventh place and Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller rises to eighth place.

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Orioles’ Eflin tops players Sunday, Sept. 1; Phillies’ Nola, Twins’ Ober rise into top 10

Orioles pitcher Zach Eflin is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, two players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors: Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola rises to seventh place and Twins pitcher Bailey Ober rises to ninth place.

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Astros’ Valdez tops players Friday, Aug. 30; Imanaga, Valdez rise in top 10 rankings

Astros pitcher Framber Valdez is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.

Also Friday, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga maintains his fourth place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Astros’ Valdez tops players Sunday, Aug. 18; Brewers’ Rea tops NL players

Astros pitcher Framber Valdez is Sunday's Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Valdez struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk in the 2-0 win over the White Sox.

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