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Three teams each have seven players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2022 player rankings at the All-Star break.
The New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers each have seven players on the top 100 list, tied for the most of any team.
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Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, Sandy Alcantara rises to lead National League pitchers and Pete Alonso of the Mets continues to lead NL batters.
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Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, Joe Musgrove of the Padres maintains the top spot among National League pitchers and Pete Alonso of the Mets continues to lead NL batters.
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Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, Joe Musgrove of the Padres maintains the top spot among National League pitchers and Pete Alonso of the Mets continues to lead NL batters.
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Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report, regaining the lead he held most of May.
Meanwhile, Joe Musgrove of the Padres falls from the overall lead but maintains the top spot among National League pitchers. And Pete Alonso of the Mets continues to lead NL batters.
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Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report.
Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels regains the 2022 Box-Toppers points lead among American League pitchers and extends his lead among AL batters. Plus, Pete Alonso maintains his lead among National League batters.
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Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report.
Meanwhile, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to lead National League pitchers, while Shohei Ohtani of the Angels maintains the lead among American League batters and Pete Alonso maintains the lead among NL batters.
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Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises past Shohei Ohtani of the Angels to take the lead in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report.
Meanwhile, Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara rises to lead National League pitcher and Pete Alonso rises to lead NL batters. Ohtani maintains his lead among American League batters.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the sixth straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Joe Musgrove of the Padres maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fifth straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Joe Musgrove of the Padres maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fourth straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Joe Musgrove of the Padres rises to lead National League pitchers and C.J. Cron of the Rockies maintains his lead among NL batters.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the third straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Tylor Megill of the Mets rises to lead National League pitchers and C.J. Cron of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the second straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Kyle Wright of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers and Nolan Arenado of the Cardinals rises to lead NL batters.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers first weekly season player rankings report of the 2022 season.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove leads National League pitchers and C.J. Cron of the Rockies leads NL batters.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Max Scherzer holds the lead in five of Box-Toppers’ main leaderboards at the end of 2021, most of any player.
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole leads four Box-Toppers leaderboards, second most of any player.
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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 MoreYankees 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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Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2021.
Scherzer had 25.1 Box-Toppers points during the regular season. It is his fourth season with 25.0 or more Box-Toppers points. Only two other players have as many or more seasons with 25.0 or more points.
Read MorePadres 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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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.
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.