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Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report.
Pivetta also rises to lead National League pitchers. Meanwhile, Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert continues to lead American League pitchers, Alex Bregman of the Astros rises to lead AL batters and Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead NL batters.
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Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert leads Box-Toppers first weekly player rankings report of the 2025 season.
Gilbert also leads American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters, Jackson Chourio leads National League batters and Zack Wheeler of the Phillies leads NL pitchers.
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The most notable change in Box-Toppers “all-time” career points top 10 lists at the end of 2024 is an almost complete lack of change.
No players changed position, and only three—Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander—earned any Box-Toppers points in 2024, each adding just 2.0. The lack of movement contrasts with 2023 when four players combined for 40.9 points and when Scherzer and Verlander both rose one spot in the rankings.
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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole leads players in Box-Toppers points since the start of 2019.
Cole has 104.1 Box-Toppers points over the period 2019-24, 22.5 points ahead of second-ranked player, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who has 81.6 over that span.
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.
Wheeler earned 36.1 Box-Toppers points over 2023 and 2024. He ranked 11th among all players in 2022 with 14.7 Box-Toppers points and first among all players in 2024 with 21.4 points. Wheeler ranked fifth among National League pitchers in 2023 and led NL pitchers in 2024.
Read MoreHere’s an overview of Box-Toppers point leaders for 2024. The chart shows:
• Overall top 10 leaders and top 10 pitchers and batters in the American and National leagues.
• Top batters by position—top 10 for outfielders and top five for other positions.
• The top 10 players with the biggest declines ("dippers") and increases ("risers") in points from 2023.
• Top relief pitchers, featuring the top five closing (CP) and middle relief (MR) pitchers in both leagues.
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Braves pitcher Spencer Strider had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2023 to 2024.
Strider led all players in 2023 with 21.1 Box-Toppers points but earned just 1.0 point in 2024, a 20.1-point decline, which is also the fifth-largest decline (in regular-length seasons) since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is 2024 Box-Toppers Player of the Year, holding the lead in Box-Toppers points since Sept. 6.
Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers rises to first place among National League batters, making a meteoric rise from outside the top 10 NL batters until Sept. 19 and rising to first place only on Friday, Sept. 27, earning 6.0 of his 11.0 points for the season in a 13-day explosion.
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, Willy Adames of the Brewers rises to lead National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points. Other category leaders remain unchanged: Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers and Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters.
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga.
Wheeler also passes Imanaga to lead National League pitchers. All other category leaders remain unchanged: Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters.
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Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease.
Imanaga also passes Cease to lead National League pitchers. All other category leaders remain unchanged: Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the sixth straight week.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders remain the same for the fourth straight week. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads National League batters.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fifth straight week.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders remain the same as last week. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads National League batters.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders remain the same as last week. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads National League batters.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders remain the same as last week. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads National League batters.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to lead American League pitchers. Other player ranking category leaders remain the same: Cease leads National League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing Yankees pitcher Luis Gil, who had led for the eight previous weeks.
Meanwhile, all other player rankings category leaders remain the same: Cease continues to lead National League pitchers, Gil continues to lead American League pitchers, Brenton Doyle of the Rockies continues to lead NL batters and Aaron Judge of the Yankees continues to lead AL batters.
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The Philadelphia Phillies have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2024 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles have the most players in the top 100 among American League teams.
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Yankees pitcher Luis Gil leads Box-Toppers season player rankings at the All-Star break, the eighth straight week he’s been atop the list.
Meanwhile, Dylan Cease of the Padres rises to lead National League pitchers in player rankings. All other player rankings leaders remain the same: Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads American League batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters. Gil also continues his lead among AL pitchers.
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Yankees pitcher Luis Gil continues his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings, topping the list for the seventh straight week.
Meanwhile, there are two new category leaders this week: Chris Sale of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters. Meanwhile, Aaron Judge of the Yankees continues to lead AL batters and Gil continues his lead among AL pitchers
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.