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Cardinals pitcher Jordan Montgomery is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels becomes the second player this season to reach 10.0 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors as a batter. He maintains second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
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Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman maintains the lead in Box-Toppers player rankings report for the second week.
All other category leaders also remain unchanged from last week: Gausman leads American League pitchers, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads AL batters, Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks leads National League pitchers and Max Muncy of the Dodgers leads NL batters.
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Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman regains the lead in this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Gausman rises from fifth place last week to take the top spot and also is the new leader among American League pitchers.
Read MoreMariners pitcher George Kirby is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Marcus Stroman is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Batter of the Day honors.
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Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
McClanahan rises from fifth place last week to take the top spot and also is the new leader among American League pitchers.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Alex Faedo is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Faedo struck out 10 over eight innings, allowing two runs, three hits and no walks, in the 7-2 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Framber Valdez is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is the new leader in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Padres pitcher Michael Wacha rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Braxton Garrett is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Batter of the Day honors. Plus, Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals rises to first place among National League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreIsaac Paredes of the Rays is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Paredes hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, in the 8-5 win over the Mets. Paredes went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in five runs.
Read MorePadres pitcher Michael Wacha is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors for his batting performance. He also rises to first place among AL batters after qualifying Monday to rank among batters for the first time in 2023.
Read MoreOrioles pitcher Tyler Wells is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Jake Fraley of the Reds rises to lead National League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors for the second straight day.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Thursday’s Opening Day Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole has now earned Box-Toppers points in 11 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors.
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The New York Mets are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2023 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the World Series champion Houston Astros saw the biggest decline.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Hayden Wesneski is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Wesneski struck out four over four scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks and picking up the win, in the 5-2 win over the Dodgers.
Read MoreNo single player leads more than two of Box-Toppers’ main leaderboards at the end of 2022.
Max Scherzer, who led five of the leaderboards at the close of 2021, most of any player, is now one of six players to lead two of the 18 leaderboards after the 2022 season.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Shohei Ohtani 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.
Ohtani earned 40.8 Box-Toppers points combined in 2021 and 2022 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 104.6 from 2017-2022, most in that span.
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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2022.
Verlander had 26.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season. Verlander came back after sitting out most of the previous two seasons, recovering from Tommy John surgery. He earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2020 and none in 2021. His 26.0 point gain from 0.0 in 2021 to 26.0 in 2022 is the largest single-season point gain for any player since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
Read MoreIn 2022, Justin Verlander led American League pitchers in season Box-Toppers points for the third time in his career, tied for the seventh-most times a player has led a season points category.
Also in 2022, the New York Mets and Miami Marlins each had their first Box-Toppers points category leader—Pete Alonso and Sandy Alcantara— leaving the Pittsburgh Pirates as the only team to never have a player lead a category since tracking began in 1995.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Shohei Ohtani has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.
Ohtani has earned 40.8 Box-Toppers points over 2021 and 2022. He ranked second among all players in 2021 with 24.7 Box-Toppers points and 12th among all players in 2021 with 16.1 points. Ohtani ranked second among American League pitchers in 2022 and third among AL pitchers in 2021.
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.