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The New York Yankees lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the second straight week and are also the week’s hottest team.
Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres rise to lead National League teams, passing the Milwaukee Brewers, who have led NL teams the past six weeks.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Tyler Anderson is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day
Anderson struck out eight over 8 1/3 innings, allowing one run, one hit and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Angels.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Michael Kopech is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Albert Pujols of the Cardinals extends his record streak of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points to 22 after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Josh Winder is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Brewers pitcher Eric Lauer rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings—first place among National League pitchers—after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreFive of the top 11 runs batted in leaders were among the top 100 players in Box-Toppers points in 2021. All five were also among their league’s top 10 batters in Box-Toppers rankings.
However, Salvador Perez of the Royals, who led all players with 121 RBIs, had just 4.5 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 222nd among all players and 44th among American League batters.
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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 MoreRed Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Rockies pitcher German Marquez rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreAs the first phase of voting for the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game wraps up next week, here’s a look at Box-Toppers points leaders at each position in both leagues.
The first phase of voting is open now and continues until June 24. Here is more information about how that works. The All-Star Game is Tuesday, July 13, at Coors Field in Denver.
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Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings for the third straight week and for the seventh time in the past nine weeks.
Meanwhile, Brandon Woodruff of the Brewers continues to lead National League pitchers and both leagues have new Box-Toppers points leaders among batters—Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox rises to lead American League batters and Brandon Crawford of the Giants rises to lead NL batters.
Read MoreMax Stassi of the Angels is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Stassi homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 8-3 win over the Royals.
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Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings for the second straight week and for the sixth time in the past eight weeks.
Meanwhile, Brandon Woodruff of the Brewers rises to lead National League pitchers, J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox maintains his lead among American League batters and Adam Duvall of the Marlins maintains his lead among NL 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.
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The Chicago White Sox lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres rise to lead National League teams and the Tampa Bay Rays are the week’s hottest team.
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.
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Francisco Lindor and Fernando Tatis Jr. had the lowest career Box-Toppers point totals among the 10 players with baseball’s biggest money contracts at the time of their signing.
The two players signed the biggest offseason contracts prior to the 2021 season. Lindor signed a 10-year, $341 million contract with the Mets, the third-largest contract in baseball history and Tatis signed a 14-year, $340 million contract with the Padres, baseball’s fourth-largest.
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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.
Read MoreSelections for Major League Baseball’s 2020 “All-MLB” teams announced this past week rarely coincided with the season’s Box-Toppers points leaders.
Only one All-MLB First Team batter was among the Box-Toppers points leaders at his position—Marcell Ozuna of the Braves led all designated hitters with 4.5 Box-Toppers points. However, three of the four All-MLB First Team starting pitchers were also among the top three players in Box-Toppers points for 2020—Shane Bieber of the Indians (11.4), Trevor Bauer of the Reds (10.0) and Yu Darvish of the Cubs (9.7).
Read MoreOnly three of the 18 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards this week also were among the leaders at their positions in 2020 Box-Toppers point totals.
The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers analyzes traditional box scores and tracks which player most helps his team win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.
Read MoreThursday was an unusual day in an unusual baseball season in an unusual year.
Only eight games were played and none of them lasted nine innings. All were part of pandemic-shortened, seven-inning doubleheaders and one went into “extra” innings, lasting eight innings.
It was a day in which seven games were postponed as teams protested for social justice in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis.
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.