Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gilbert struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing five hits and no walks, in the 3-0 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreGuardians’ Bieber tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 9; Angels’ Ohtani maintains 2nd place
Guardians pitcher Shane Bieber is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani maintains second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors, but loses his status to be ranked among batters since he’s now earned an overwhelming share of his Player of the Game honors as a starting pitcher.
Read MoreGuardians’ Bieber tops players for Tuesday, July 12; White Sox’ Cease rises to 3rd
Guardians pitcher Shane Bieber is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease rises to third place and Rays pitcher Corey Kluber rises to 10th.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players for Wednesday, June 8; Marlins’ Alcantara rises to 4th in player rankings
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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A look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2021
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 MoreBox-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.
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.
Read MoreGerrit Cole leads players in Box-Toppers points over past 2 seasons (2020-21)
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.
Cole has earned 29.8 Box-Toppers points over 2020 and 2021. He ranked second among all players in 2021 with 22.4 Box-Toppers points and 12th among all players with 7.4 in 2020, a season shortened to 60 games by the coronavirus pandemic. Cole led American League pitchers in 2021 and ranked fifth among AL pitchers in 2020.
Read MoreA detailed look at Box-Toppers points leaders for 2021: Top players by position in each league
Here is a detailed look at Box-Toppers point leaders for 2021.
The chart accompanying this post shows points leaders for the season by several different categories and classifications,
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Mets’ Jacob deGrom maintains Box-Toppers player rankings lead despite his absence
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom maintains his lead in Box-Toppers player rankings, despite not playing in more than two weeks.
All other category leaders remain the same as in the last Box-Toppers player rankings report July 11, prior to the All-Star break—Gerrit Cole of the Yankees leads American League pitchers, J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox leads AL batters and Nick Castellanos of the Reds leads National League batters.
Read MoreGlasnow, Kershaw, Duvall, Abreu lead Box-Toppers’ list of worthy but unchosen All-Stars
Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is the most deserving player not selected to the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Glasnow has 12.7 Box-Toppers points in 2021, fifth among all players and second among American League pitchers.
Read MoreRockies’ Marquez tops players for Tuesday, June 1; Indians’ Bieber rises to 10th in player rankings
Rockies pitcher German Marquez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBrewers’ Woodruff tops players for Sunday, May 30, rises to 3rd in player rankings
Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third in season player rankings.
Woodruff struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 3-0 win over the Nationals.
Read MoreRays’ Glasnow tops players for Wednesday, May 26, retaking player rankings lead
Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to retake the lead in season player rankings.
Glasnow struck out 11 over eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, in the 2-1, 10-inning win over the Royals. Glasnow did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Royals tied the game after he exited.
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Rays’ Tyler Glasnow leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 2nd straight week
Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox continues to lead American League batters, Trevor Rogers of the Marlins rises to lead National League pitchers and Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates rises to lead NL batters.
Read MoreRangers’ Arihara tops players for Monday, April 19; Red Sox' Martinez rises to 3rd in player rankings
Rangers pitcher Kohei Arihara is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Meanwhile, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors Monday—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox rises to third place and Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to sixth place.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players for Sunday, April 18; Indians’ Bieber rises to 2nd in player rankings
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to seventh place in season player rankings.
Meanwhile, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Read MoreIndians’ Bieber tops players for Tuesday, April 13, rises to 2nd in player rankings
Indians pitcher Shane Bieber is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, two other players rise into Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors—Red Sox pitcher Matt Barnes and Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer.
Read MoreBrewers’ Woodruff tops players for Wednesday, April 7; Indians’ Bieber tops AL players
Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, 2020’s Box-Toppers Player of the Year, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber, earned his first Player of the Game honor of 2021, as American League Player of the Day.
Read MoreA look at 2021 opening day starters’ Box-Toppers points & an intro to Box-Toppers
A look at how opening day starters have fared in Box-Toppers points and an opening day introduction to Box-Toppers.
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