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Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, three players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after each earned Player of the Game honors—Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman rises to second place, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to ninth place and Pirates pitcher Vince Velasquez rises to 10th place.
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Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Gallen leads National League pitchers for the second straight week. Meanwhile, Gerrit Cole of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers, Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates maintains his lead among NL batters and Wander Franco of the Rays maintains his lead among AL batters.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Matt Strahm is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.
Gallen struck out 12 over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Royals.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to regain the lead in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to second place and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to fifth place.
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Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Rasmussen also leads American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks leads National League pitchers, Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates leads NL batters and Wander Franco of the Rays leads AL batters.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, two other players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors—Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to fourth place and Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo rises to sixth place.
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Kevin Gausman of the Blue Jays leads leads Box-Toppers first weekly season player rankings report of the 2023 season.
Gausman also leads American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Jesus Luzardo of the Marlins leads National League pitchers, Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates leads NL batters and Wander Franco of the Rays leads AL batters.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to first place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, three other Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners rise into Box-Toppers’ season player rankings top 10 list—Twins pitcher Sonny Gray rises to seventh place, Max Muncy of the Dodgers rises to ninth place and Wander Franco of the Rays rises to 10th place.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreReds pitcher Nick Lodolo is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Lodolo struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks, in the 10-0 win over the Angels.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Dane Dunning is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Dunning struck out six over five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 4-3 win over the Royals. Dunning did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Royals tied the game after he exited.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Adam Oller is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.
Oller struck out seven over four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 1-0 win over the Dodgers. Oller did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
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The New York Yankees and New York Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason rankings after landing the winter’s two biggest free agents.
The Yankees rank first after Carlos Rodon Thursday agreed to a free agent deal. Rodon earned 19.8 Box-Toppers points in 2022 with the Giants, sixth overall and third among National League pitchers. He ranked second among all free agents going into the 2023 season.
Read MoreThe two pitchers who led their league in Box-Toppers points in 2022 also won both Cy Young Awards Wednesday.
Justin Verlander of the Astros, who led all players in 2022 with 26.0 Box-Toppers points, won the American League Cy Young Award. And Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins, who led all National League players with 21.1 Box-Toppers points, won the NL Cy Young Award.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Triston McKenzie tops players in Saturday’s four Wild Card playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s Wild Card series games: Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola, Cal Raleigh of the Mariners and Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Shane Bieber tops players in Friday’s four Wild Card playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Friday’s Wild Card series games: Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo and Jurickson Profar of the Padres.
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Source: MLB.com.
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.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Bryce Elder is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Elder pitched a complete-game, six-hit shutout, striking out six and walking one, in the 8-0 win over the Nationals.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth in season player rankings.
Gallen struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 12-3 win over the Phillies.
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.