Astros’ 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.

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Brewers’ Woodruff tops players for Tuesday, May 3, rising to 5th in player rankings

Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.

Woodruff struck out 12 over 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, four hits and no walks, in the 6-3 win over the Reds.

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Marlins’ Lopez tops players for Thursday, April 21; Twins’ Ryan tops AL players

Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Lopez struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 5-0 win over the Cardinals.

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A look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2020-21 and 2016-21

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over the past two seasons while Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks first in points over the past six seasons.

Cole earned 29.8 Box-Toppers points combined in 2020 and 2021 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 120.3 from 2016-2021, most in that span.

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Box-Toppers’ big dippers—players whose 2021 point total declined most from 2020: Dinelson Lamet leads list

Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2020 to 2021.

Lamet, who earned 9.0 Box-Toppers points in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season (fifth among all players and third among National League pitchers), earned 2.0 points in 2021. After a stellar 2020 season, he battled injury early in 2021, struggled and went from a starter to a bullpen pitcher.

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Blue Jays’ Manoah tops players for Friday, July 2; Phillies’ Wheeler rises to 2nd in player rankings

Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to lead American League batters in 2021 Box-Toppers points after earning AL Batter of the Day honors.

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Padres’ Darvish tops players for Monday, May 17, rises to 3rd in player rankings

Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to third place in season player rankings, taking the 2021 Box-Toppers point lead among National League pitchers.

Darvish struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 7-0 win over the Rockies.

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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2020 season

Randy Johnson leads all players in career Box-Toppers points and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Johnson earned 282.5 Box-Toppers points from the time Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995 until he retired in 2009. The most likely rival to Johnson’s throne at the moment is Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw who has 235.2 career Box-Toppers points, third among all players since 1995 and most among active players.

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A look at players who made biggest gains in Box-Toppers points from 2019 to 2020—Brewers’ Corbin Burnes leads list

Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes had the biggest gain in Box-Toppers point totals from 2019 to 2020.

Burnes earned 7.7 Box-Toppers points in 2020 after earning no points in 2019. Burnes had earned 3.0 Box-Toppers points in his 2018 rookie season.

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Diamondbacks’ Gallen tops players for Friday, Sept. 25; Cubs’ Darvish rises to 3rd in player rankings

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

Also Friday, Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Indians’ Carlos Carrasco tops players for Sunday, Sept. 20; Padres’ Lamet rises to 3rd in player rankings

Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

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Box-Toppers 2014-19 All-Star teams

The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for 2014-19 consist of the best players over the past six seasons, which includes seven of the 27 players who are also on Box-Toppers 2018-19 All-Star teams.

Also, among the 27 players on the teams, there are eight players who are on Box-Toppers 2019 All-Star teams and six who are on All-Star teams over all three time spans—for 2019, for 2018-19 and for 2014-19. Leading the 2014-19 All-Stars is Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, who ranks first in Box-Toppers points over that six-season period with 134.3.

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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2019 season

Randy Johnson leads all players in career Box-Toppers points and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Johnson earned 278.8 Box-Toppers points from the time Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995 until he retired in 2009.

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Box-Toppers’ big dippers—players whose 2019 point total declined most from 2018: Corey Kluber leads list

Indians pitcher Corey Kluber had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2018 to 2019.

Kluber, who earned 21.7 Box-Toppers points in 2018 (fourth among all players), earned no points in 2019. His decline of 21.7 points was ahead of Rays pitcher Blake Snell, whose 10.0 points in 2019 represented a 17.2-point drop from the 27.2 points he earned to lead all players in 2018.

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Blue Jays’ Trent Thornton tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 11; Padres’ Paddack rises to 8th in player rankings

Blue Jays pitcher Trent Thornton is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Chris Paddack rises to eighth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.

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Box-Toppers 2013-18 All-Star teams

The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for 2013-18 consist of the best players over the past six seasons, which includes 11 of the 27 players who are also on Box-Toppers 2017-18 All-Star teams.

Also, among the 27 players on the teams, there are five players who are on Box-Toppers 2018 All-Star teams and four who are on All-Star teams over all three time spans—for 2018, for 2017-18 and for 2013-18.

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