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Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Thursday, Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Domingo German, pitching a perfect game, is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
German allowed no hits and no baserunners, striking out nine in his complete game shutout 11-0 win over the Athletics. German threw 99 pitches.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Gavin Williams is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day
Also Tuesday, Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani increases his lead in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to third place in season player rankings and takes the 2023 Box-Toppers points lead among National League pitchers. In addition, Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves rises to first place among NL batters.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Reid Detmers is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreWith voting wrapping up this week for the 2023 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, here’s a look at Box-Toppers points leaders at each position in both leagues, through the games of Sunday, June 25.
The first phase of fan All-Star voting is now closed and the second phase, with finalist voting only, continues through Thursday. Here is more information about how that works. The All-Star Game is Tuesday, July 11, in Seattle.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Eury Perez is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMickey Moniak of the Angels is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Mets pitcher Max Scherzer rises to third place on Box-Toppers’ “all-time” career points list, passing Pedro Martinez, after earning Player of the Game honors. Scherzer also rises to ninth place on Box-Toppers season player rankings list.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Kenta Maeda is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, James Outman of the Dodgers rises to lead National League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Luis Arraez of the Marlins rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Plus, Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
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The Tampa Bay Rays maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the 12th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks maintain their lead among National League teams and the San Francisco Giants are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Joe Ryan is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Marlins pitcher Braxton Garrett rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRays pitcher Taj Bradley is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bradley struck out eight over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 7-2 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Yusei Kikuchi is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to seventh place and Braves pitcher Spencer Strider rises to 10th.
Read MoreMets pitcher Max Scherzer is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to within 1.0 Box-Toppers point of third place on the “all-time” career points list.
Scherzer struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 11-1 win over the Astros.
Read MoreEddie Rosario of the Braves is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller rises to sixth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MorePadres pitcher Blake Snell is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Marlins pitcher Braxton Garrett rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMariners Pitcher Bryan Woo is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to third place and Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after both earned Player of the Game honors. Gallen extends his 2023 Box-Toppers points lead among National League pitchers.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week.
Ohtani also rises to lead American League pitchers and maintains his lead among AL batters. In addition, both National League leaders remained unchanged from last week—Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks leads NL pitchers and Max Muncy of the Dodgers leads NL batters.
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The Tampa Bay Rays maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the 11th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Diamondbacks maintain their lead among National League teams and the Atlanta Braves are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Michael Tonkin is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Tonkin struck out six over 3 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit, one walk and earning the save, in the 8-3 win over the Rockies.
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.