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Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease maintains his third place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to sixth place.
Read MoreEmmanuel Clase of the Guardians is Box-Toppers 2022 All-Star Game Player of the Game.
Clase struck out three in a scoreless ninth inning, allowing no hits or walks, earning the save, in the American League’s 3-2 win Tuesday over the National League.
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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.
Read MoreMets pitcher Trevor Williams is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. He also regains the 2022 Box-Toppers points lead among National League pitchers.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. He also rises to first place among National League pitchers.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Cristian Javier is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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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.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Cristian Javier is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to seventh place and Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes rises to ninth.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRays pitcher Shane McClanahan is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first in season player rankings.
Also Thursday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors—Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani rises to third place and Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to 10th place.
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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.
Read MoreTrevor Story of the Red Sox is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings—first place among National League batters—after earning NL Batter of the Day honors for the second straight day.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings—first among National League pitchers—after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Max Fried is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second in season player rankings, first among National League pitchers.
Also Saturday, two other player rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 after earning Player of the Game honors—White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease rises to sixth place and Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez rises to 10th.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Max Fried is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Two other players—C.J. Cron of the Rockies and Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes—rise into the top 10 in Box-Toppers points for 2022. Plus, two players extend long streaks of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points—Mets pitcher Max Scherzer (14 seasons) and Kurt Suzuki of the Angels (16 seasons).
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Julio Urias of the Dodgers, who led all pitchers in wins in 2021 with 20, also ranked fourth among all players in Box-Toppers points with 19.1.
Among the 13 pitchers with 14 or more wins in 2021, Urias is one of five who were among the top 10 in Box-Toppers points for the season. Meanwhile, Max Scherzer of the Dodgers, who led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2021, also had Box-Toppers’ highest Sincere Win Differential (SWD) of +10.1.
Read MoreSeven of the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points in 2021 also recorded among the 10 lowest earned run averages for the season.
Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes, who had the lowest ERA (2.43), ranked fifth in Box-Toppers points for 2021 (18.1), fourth among National League pitchers. Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer, who led all players with 25.1 Box-Toppers points, had the second-lowest ERA (2.46).
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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.
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These six players were selected for the 16-member All-MLB First Team and were also Box-Toppers’ choices for the All-MLB team: Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres, Aaron Judge of the Yankees, Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer, Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole and White Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks.
Six Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2021’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced Tuesday.
Another three Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
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.