Mets’ deGrom tops players for Saturday, Aug. 13; Astros’ McCullers tops AL players

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

deGrom struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Phillies.

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Rays’ McClanahan tops players for Thursday, June 9, rising to 1st in player rankings

Rays 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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Tyler Matzek tops players as Braves eliminate top-ranked Dodgers in NL Championship Series Game 6

Braves relief pitcher Tyler Matzek is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s clinching National League Championship Series Game 6.

Matzek struck out four over two scoreless innings (the seventh and eighth), allowing no hits and no walks, in the 4-2 win over the Dodgers. The Braves win the best-of-seven game series, 4-2, and advance to the World Series.

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NLCS preview: Braves match up well despite Dodgers’ Box-Toppers dominance in 2021

Even though the Los Angeles Dodgers are Box-Toppers’ most dominant team in 2021, the Atlanta Braves should be a competitive match for them in the upcoming National League Championship Series.

The Dodgers are far and away Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team in 2021, with its players accumulating 146.7 Box-Toppers points during the regular season. The Braves ranked fifth overall with 122.4 points.

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Box-Toppers’ NL Division Series previews: Braves vs. Brewers, Dodgers vs. Giants

Both National League Division Series begin Friday.

The NL East champion Atlanta Braves face the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers in one best-of-five game series and the NL Wild Card champion Los Angeles Dodgers take on the San Francisco Giants, champions of the NL West in the other series.

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Box-Toppers’ NL Wild Card preview—St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

The St. Louis Cardinals visit the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League one-game Wild Card playoff game Wednesday.

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