Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreYankees’ Carpenter tops players for Sunday, June 12; Astros’ Verlander rises to 2nd
Matt Carpenter of the Yankees is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, becoming the second player to reach 10.0 Box-Toppers points this season.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Kopech tops players for Tuesday, June 7; Verlander, Skubal, Wright rise in top 10 list
White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, three players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after each earned Player of the Game honors—Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to second place, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to fourth place and Braves pitcher Kyle Wright rises to sixth place.
Read MoreTigers’ Skubal tops players for Wednesday, June 1, Verlander, Skubal, Wright rise in top 10
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors—Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to second place and Braves pitcher Kyle Wright rises to sixth.
Read MoreAstros’ Verlander tops players for Saturday, May 21, rising to 3rd in player rankings
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third in season player rankings.
Also Saturday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list—Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to second place and Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to ninth.
Read MoreTigers’ Skubal tops players for Sunday, May 15, rising to 4th in player rankings
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 after earning Player of the Game honors—Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises to seventh place and Twins pitcher Joe Ryan rises to eighth.
Read MoreAngels’ Detmers tops players for Tuesday, May 10, pitching a no-hitter
Angels pitcher Reid Detmers is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a no-hitter.
Detmers pitched the complete game, no-hit shutout, striking out two and walking one, in the 12-0 win over the Rays.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Manoah tops players for Thursday, April 28, Braves’ Wright rises to 2nd in player rankings
Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Braves pitcher Kyle Wright rises to second place in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreAstros’ Verlander tops players for Saturday, April 16; Angels’ Ohtani rises to 4th in player rankings
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels earns Box-Toppers American League Batter of the Day honors for the second straight day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
Read MoreA Box-Toppers look at each team’s 2022 opening game starting pitcher
Starting a new baseball season means putting your best foot forward, which for teams usually means putting your best pitcher on the mound to start the first game of the season.
However, only four of Box-Toppers’ top-ranked pitchers in 2021 are starting their team’s first game of 2022.
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Dodgers top Box-Toppers 2022 preseason team rankings; White Sox top AL teams
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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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2021 season
Randy Johnson leads all players in career Box-Toppers points and the two active players most likely to pass his total won’t likely do it until 2023 at the very earliest.
Johnson earned 282.5 Box-Toppers points from the time Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995 until he retired in 2009.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2021
Analyzing 27 years of Box-Toppers points leaders among American League and National League pitchers and batters each season.
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Kershaw, Scherzer rise in Box-Toppers’ ‘all-time’ top 10 list during 2021
During the 2021 season, Clayton Kershaw rose to second place and Max Scherzer rose to fourth place on Box-Toppers’ “all-time” career points top 10 list.
Kershaw was ranked third overall and among all pitchers at the end of 2020 with 235.2 career Box-Toppers points. The Dodgers pitcher rose to second place on June 27, 2021, with 246.6 points, passing Pedro Martinez, who had continuously held the second-place spot for 22 years. Kershaw finished 2021 with 13.4 points for the season and 248.6 career points.
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Milwaukee Brewers lead Box-Toppers offseason team rankings, Mets make biggest jump
The Milwaukee Brewers are the top-ranked team going into 2022, leading Box-Toppers offseason team rankings as of mid-December.
Players currently signed to the Brewers 40-man roster accumulated 111.1 Box-Toppers points during the 2021 season, most of any team. The Chicago White Sox rank second overall with 109.2 Box-Toppers points, leading all American League teams.
Read MoreJorge Soler tops players in World Series Game 4 as Braves take 3-1 series lead over Astros
Jorge Soler of the Braves is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s World Series Game 4.
The Atlanta Braves win 3-2 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series over the Houston Astros.
Read MoreIan Anderson tops players in World Series Game 3, as Braves lead series over Astros, 2-1
Braves starting pitcher Ian Anderson is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 3.
The Atlanta Braves win 2-0 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series over the Houston Astros.
Read MoreDodgers’ Jansen, Astros’ Graveman top players in Tuesday’s league championship series games
Dodgers closing pitcher Kenley Jansen and Astros middle reliever Kendall Graveman are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s two league championship series games.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Martinez tops players in Monday’s AL Championship Series Game 3
J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s American League Championship Series Game 3.
Martinez homered, doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 12-3 win over the Astros. The Red Sox take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series.
Read MoreRed Sox hold Box-Toppers’ edge in AL Championship Series, but Astros have already beaten top AL team
The Boston Red Sox hold a slight Box-Toppers points advantage over the Houston Astros in the upcoming American League Championship Series.
But the Astros have already eliminated Box-Toppers’ top-ranked AL team, the Chicago White Sox, in the league division series.
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