The new Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Friday with four best-of-three series. Here is a Box-Toppers look at the eight teams competing in the four Wild Card round series.
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Braves, Padres gain at trade deadline, but Yankees, Dodgers still top team rankings
Trade deadline deals helped both the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres rise closer to the top of Box-Toppers team rankings this week.
But the top two spots in Box-Toppers team rankings remain the same with the New York Yankees in first place and the top National League team, the Los Angeles Dodgers in second.
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Yankees, Brewers, Dodgers have most players among Box-Toppers’ top 100 players
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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Yankees Box-Toppers lead shrinks at All-Star break as surging Dodgers edge closer
The New York Yankees continue to lead Box-Toppers team rankings at the All-Star break.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the week’s hottest team, continue to lead National League teams and have gained ground on the Yankees.
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New York Yankees lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 4th straight week
The New York Yankees lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers rise to regain the lead among National League teams and the Seattle Mariners are the week’s hottest team.
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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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White Sox, Rays, Blue Jays each have six players in Box-Toppers’ top 100 for 2021 at All-Star break
Three teams each have six players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2021 player rankings at the All-Star break.
The Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays each have six players on the top 100 list, tied for the most of any team. All teams have at least one player among the top 100. The Milwaukee Brewers, currently Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team with 67.2 accumulated Box-Toppers points in 2021 have three players on the list. The defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers have four players on the list.
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Chicago White Sox regain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, Padres lead NL teams
The Chicago White Sox, the week’s hottest team, regain the lead in this week’s Box-Toppers team rankings, passing last week’s leader, the New York Yankees.
Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres lead National League teams for the third week in a row.
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Box-Toppers picks Dodgers over White Sox in 2021 World Series
Box-Toppers picks the Los Angeles Dodgers to repeat as World Series champions in 2021, beating the predicted American League champion team, the Chicago White Sox.
Box-Toppers projects the Dodgers will have the most wins among all teams—108—and will be the only team with more than 100 wins this season.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2019-20 and 2015-20
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 39.6 Box-Toppers points combined in 2019 and 2020 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 116.2 from 2015-2020, most in that span.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2020
Indians pitcher Shane Bieber tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2020.
Bieber had 11.4 Box-Toppers points during the pandemic-shortened regular season. And because it was such a short season—reduced from 162 games to 60—it is the lowest total to lead all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995, beating the previous low set by Royals pitcher Zack Greinke, who led all players with 21.5 points in 2009.
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Box-Toppers picks Yankees over Nationals in 2020 World Series
Box-Toppers picks the New York Yankees to beat the Washington Nationals in the 2020 World Series.
Box-Toppers projects the Yankees will have the most wins among all teams—110—and will be the only team with more than 100 wins this season.
Of course, these projections are made with the assumption that each team will play a complete 162-game schedule. That is thrown into doubt now that Coronavirus precautions have prompted baseball to suspend spring training and delay the start of the season.
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Yankees top Box-Toppers 2020 preseason team rankings; champion Nationals rank 2nd
The New York Yankees are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2020 preseason rankings, rising from fifth place at the end of the 2019 season.
The 2019 World Series-champion Washington Nationals, ranked second at the end of 2019, maintain second place in the 2020 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the Toronto Blue Jays made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Houston Astros—2019’s top-ranked team and American League champion—had the biggest decline.
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Trade deadline deals help Astros rocket to huge lead in Box-Toppers team rankings
The Houston Astros rocketed to a huge lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, mainly due to acquiring Zack Greinke and other players at the July 31 trade deadline.
The Astros lead for the second week, but last week’s narrow lead has exploded to an enormous lead this week, as they gained the most Box-Toppers points of any team in the past week.
Read MoreYankees’ Gio Urshela tops players for Tuesday, June 11; Cardinals’ Hudson tops NL players
Gio Urshela of the Yankees is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Urshela homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-5 win over the Mets.
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Houston Astros top Box-Toppers team rankings for third straight week
The Houston Astros maintain the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead among National League teams and the Tampa Bay Rays are the week’s hottest team.
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Houston Astros maintain lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report
The Houston Astros maintain the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead among National League teams and the Miami Marlins are the week’s hottest team.
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Tampa Bay Rays maintain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for 2nd week
The Tampa Bay Rays maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the second week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead National League teams and the Chicago Cubs are the week’s hottest team.
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Tampa Bay Rays regain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings; Twins shoot to 2nd after hot week
The Tampa Bay Rays regain the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report.
Meanwhile, the St. Louis Cardinals rise to lead National League teams and the Minnesota Twins are the week’s hottest team.
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Seattle Mariners regain Box-Toppers team rankings lead, Yankees make big jump after hot week
The Seattle Mariners regain the lead in Box-Toppers team rankings report, rising to the top with a tiebreaking edge over last week’s leader, the Tampa Bay Rays.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks rise to lead National League teams and the New York Yankees are the week’s hottest team.
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