Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Kirby struck out eight over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 3-1 win over the Braves.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Lynn tops players for Monday, Sept. 5; Diamondbacks’ Nelson tops NL players
White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Lynn struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 3-2 win over the Mariners.
Read MoreMets’ deGrom tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 31; Padres’ Musgrove rises to 6th
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Wacha tops players for Sunday, Aug. 14; Padres’ Snell tops NL players
Red Sox pitcher Michael Wacha is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Wacha struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Yankees.
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 MoreAstros’ Urquidy tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 3; Alcantara, Urias rise in top 10 list
Astros pitcher Jose Urquidy is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, two players in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list earned Player of the Game honors. Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara maintains his fourth-place ranking and extends his lead among National League pitchers. Plus, Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias rises to seventh place in season player rankings.
Read MoreBraves’ Anderson tops players for Saturday, July 30; Yankees’ Schmidt tops AL players
Braves pitcher Ian Anderson is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Anderson struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 6-2 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreRoyals’ Singer tops players for Saturday, July 23; Verlander, Urias rise in top 10 rankings
Royals pitcher Brady Singer is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Also, Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias rises to ninth place in player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreGuardians’ McKenzie tops players for Thursday, July 14; Brewers’ Burnes rises to 10th
Guardians pitcher Triston McKenzie is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreAstros’ Javier tops players for Friday, July 1; Braves’ Fried rises to 6th in player rankings
Astros 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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Box-Toppers picks Dodgers over White Sox in 2022 World Series
Box-Toppers picks the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2022 World Series, beating the predicted American League champion Chicago White Sox.
Box-Toppers projects the Dodgers will have the most wins among all teams—111—and will be the only team with more than 100 wins this season.
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Dodgers top Box-Toppers 2022 preseason team rankings; White Sox top AL teams
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2022 preseason rankings. They also ended 2021 as Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Oakland Athletics saw the biggest decline.
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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2021 season
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 MoreA 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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Milwaukee Brewers lead Box-Toppers offseason team rankings, Mets make biggest jump
The Milwaukee Brewers are the top-ranked team going into 2022, leading Box-Toppers offseason team rankings as of mid-December.
Players currently signed to the Brewers 40-man roster accumulated 111.1 Box-Toppers points during the 2021 season, most of any team. The Chicago White Sox rank second overall with 109.2 Box-Toppers points, leading all American League teams.
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Robbie Ray of the Blue Jays and Corbin Burnes of the Brewers were voted winners of the 2021 Cy Young Awards. They beat Box-Toppers top-ranked pitchers, Gerrit Cole of the Yankees in the American League and Max Scherzer of the Dodgers in the National League.
Ray, Burnes win 2021 Cy Young Awards over Box-Toppers leaders Cole, Scherzer
Robbie Ray of the Blue Jays and Corbin Burnes of the Brewers won 2021 Cy Young Awards over Box-Toppers’ two top-ranked pitchers for 2021.
Ray won the American League Cy Young Award after ranking second in 2021 Box-Toppers points among AL pitchers, behind Gerrit Cole of the Yankees. Burnes won the National League Cy Young Award after ranking fourth in 2021 Box-Toppers points among NL pitchers, behind Max Scherzer of the Dodgers.
Read MoreA look at 2021 awards finalists and how they fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Astros’ McCullers, Rays’ Arozarena top players in pair of AL Division Series openers Thursday
Lance McCullers Jr. of the Astros and Randy Arozarena of the Rays are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Thursday’s pair of American League Division Series openers.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ AL Division Series previews: White Sox vs. Astros, Red Sox vs. Rays
Both American League Division Series begin Thursday.
The AL Wild Card champion Boston Red Sox face the AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays in one best-of-five game series and the AL Central champion Chicago White Sox take on the Houston Astros, champions of the AL West, in the other series.
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Dodgers dominant in Box-Toppers’ next-to-last weekly team rankings report of 2021
The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the ninth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox maintain the lead among American League teams and the St. Louis Cardinals are the week’s hottest team.
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