Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Twins pitcher Sonny Gray rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Diamondbacks’ Gallen rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings
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 MoreRangers’ Garcia tops players for Saturday, April 22; Yankees’ Cole regains player lead
Adolis Garcia of the Rangers is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, recording what is possibly the fifth-highest Box-Toppers game score by a batter since tracking began in 1995.
Also Saturday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole regains first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to fifth place in player rankings.
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Rays’ Drew Rasmussen rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings
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 MoreMets’ Lindor tops players for Friday, April 14; Braves’ Acuna rises to 6th place
Francisco Lindor of the Mets is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRays’ Rasmussen tops players for Monday, April 3; Brewers’ Peralta tops NL players
Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Rasmussen struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 6-2 win over the Nationals.
Read MoreJustin Verlander sets Box-Toppers record for biggest one-season improvement
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander is the clear-cut choice for Comeback Player of the Year in the American League, but three different National League players have won 2022 comeback awards, none of whom were among Box-Toppers’ top NL resurgent players.
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Five Box-Toppers points category leaders also won Players Choice Awards for 2022 as voted by the players’ union: Justin Verlander, Aaron Judge, Sandy Alcantara, Spencer Strider and Julio Rodriguez.
Justin Verlander among 2022 Box-Toppers points leaders winning Players Choice Awards
Five Box-Toppers points category leaders also won Players Choice Awards for 2022 as voted by the players’ union: Justin Verlander, Aaron Judge, Sandy Alcantara, Spencer Strider and Julio Rodriguez.
Read MoreGuardians’ Civale tops players for Monday, Aug. 15; Marlins’ Alcantara rises to 3rd
Guardians pitcher Aaron Civale is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara rises to third in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors, increasing his lead among NL pitchers. Plus, Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias maintains his fifth-place spot in player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Dylan Cease tops Box-Toppers’ list of worthy, but unchosen All-Stars
White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is the most deserving player not selected to the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
A Box-Toppers look at All-Star starters, reserves and snubs.
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Randy Arozarena of the Rays and Jonathan India of the Reds were voted Rookies of the Year. They beat Box-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Bobby Dalbec of the Red Sox in the American League and Trevor Rogers of the Marlins in the National League.
Box-Toppers’ top-ranked rookies Dalbec, Rogers, lose Rookie of the Year honors to Arozarena, India
Randy Arozarena of the Rays and Jonathan India of the Reds were voted 2021 Rookies of the Year by baseball writers.
Neither were among Box-Toppers’ top-ranked rookies in 2021. Arozarena was Box-Toppers’ eighth-ranked American League rookie and India was Box-Toppers’ second-ranked National League rookie.
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 MorePlayers named to ‘All-MLB’ teams rarely coincided with 2020 Box-Toppers points leaders
Selections for Major League Baseball’s 2020 “All-MLB” teams announced this past week rarely coincided with the season’s Box-Toppers points leaders.
Only one All-MLB First Team batter was among the Box-Toppers points leaders at his position—Marcell Ozuna of the Braves led all designated hitters with 4.5 Box-Toppers points. However, three of the four All-MLB First Team starting pitchers were also among the top three players in Box-Toppers points for 2020—Shane Bieber of the Indians (11.4), Trevor Bauer of the Reds (10.0) and Yu Darvish of the Cubs (9.7).
Read MoreHow 2020 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Only three of the 18 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards this week also were among the leaders at their positions in 2020 Box-Toppers point totals.
The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers analyzes traditional box scores and tracks which player most helps his team win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.
Read MoreCubs’ Yu Darvish tops players for Friday, Sept. 4, rises to 2nd in season player rankings
Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings, first among National League pitchers.
Darvish struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, one hit and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Cardinals.
Read MoreHow 2019’s top home run hitters fared in Box-Toppers rankings—leader Pete Alonso ranked outside top 100
Pete Alonso of the Mets led all players in home runs in 2019 but was one of three top 10 home run hitters to rank outside the top 100 in season Box-Toppers points.
Meanwhile, Nelson Cruz of the Twins, who led all batters in Box-Toppers points in 2019 with 12.5, ranked tied for seventh in home runs with 41. Two of Box-Toppers’ top three-ranked National League batters—Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers and Christian Yelich of the Brewers—were also among the top 10 home run hitters in 2019.
Read MoreHow 2019 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Ten of the 17 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards this week also were among the leaders at their positions in 2019 Box-Toppers point totals.
Read MoreIndians’ Shane Bieber is Box-Toppers’ most deserving player not selected to 2019 All-Star Game
Indians pitcher Shane Bieber is the most deserving player not selected to the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Bieber has 11.1 Box-Toppers points in 2019, eighth among all players and fourth among American League pitchers. Other key players not chosen for the All-Star Game who rank among Box-Toppers top players this season include Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, Marcell Ozuna of the Cardinals and Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox.
Read MoreA look at how 2019 All-Star finalists fare in Box-Toppers points and rankings
There are nine players who lead their league’s positions in Box-Toppers points who are also among the finalists in the newfangled All-Star “general” election being held this week.
But there are eight players who lead their league’s position in Box-Toppers points who are not even listed among the top three finalists (top nine for outfielders) for their positions.
Read MoreRays’ Blake Snell tops players for Monday, April 8, rises to 2nd in season player rankings
Rays pitcher Blake Snell is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.
Snell struck out 11 over six innings, allowing one run, six hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the White Sox.
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