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.
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Rays lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 4th week; Pirates rise to lead NL teams
The Tampa Bay Rays maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Pirates rise to lead National League teams and the Toronto Blue Jays are the week’s hottest team.
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Rays maintain Box-Toppers team rankings lead for 3rd week, Brewers top NL teams
The Tampa Bay Rays maintain their lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers continue to lead National League teams and the Texas Rangers and New York Mets are the week’s hottest teams.
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Tampa Bay Rays lead Box-Toppers’ 1st team rankings report of 2023
The Tampa Bay Rays lead Box-Toppers first weekly team rankings report of the 2023 season.
Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers lead National League teams.
Read MoreBox-Toppers picks Mets over Yankees in 2023 World Series
Box-Toppers picks the New York Mets to win the 2023 World Series, beating the predicted American League champion New York Yankees.
Box-Toppers projects the Mets will have the most wins among all teams—104—and will be one of three teams with more than 100 wins, along with the Yankees and the San Diego Padres.
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Yankees, Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason team rankings, landing biggest free agents
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.
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Astros hold Box-Toppers points edge over Phillies in 2022 World Series
The Houston Astros hold significant Box-Toppers points advantages over the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2022 World Series.
The Astros were Box-Toppers’ second-ranked team in the regular season while the Phillies were 13th overall, just barely above the middle of the pack of all 30 teams. The Astros are the highest-ranked American League team in Box-Toppers rankings, while the Phillies are the lowest-ranking National League postseason team.
Read MorePhillies’ Wheeler, Astros’ Pena top players in Sunday’s deciding LCS playoff games
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler and Jeremy Pena of the Astros are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Sunday’s two deciding league championship series games.
The Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros both win their series and advance to the World Series, which begins Friday in Houston.
Read MoreNLCS Preview: Padres favored over Phillies, but favorites are 0-4 in ’22 NL postseason
The San Diego Padres hold the advantage over the Philadelphia Phillies in the upcoming 2022 National League Championship Series.
Going into the postseason, both teams would have been voted Least Likely to Succeed, as they are the two-lowest seeded NL playoff teams and both rank lowest in Box-Toppers rankings among NL postseason teams.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players in Friday’s league division series games
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola tops players in Friday’s three league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Friday’s league division series games: Padres closing pitcher Josh Hader and Guardians closing pitcher Emmanuel Clase.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ AL Division Series previews: Guardians vs. Yankees, Mariners vs. Astros
Both American League Division Series begin Tuesday.
The Houston Astros face the Seattle Mariners in one best-of-five game series and the New York Yankees face the Cleveland Guardians in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Astros (first) and the Yankees (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played over the weekend.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ NL Division Series preview: Padres vs. Dodgers, Phillies vs. Braves
Both National League Division Series begin Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers face the San Diego Padres in one best-of-five game series and the Atlanta Braves face the Philadelphia Phillies in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Dodgers (first) and the Braves (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played over the weekend.
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A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series that begin Friday, Oct. 7
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.
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Dodgers lead over Astros narrows in final Box-Toppers team rankings report for 2022
The Los Angeles Dodgers finish the 2022 season leading Box-Toppers team rankings, but the gap between them and the second-place Houston Astros has narrowed.
The Dodgers lead for the ninth straight week, but their cushion over the second-place team, which once was as much as 8.9 Box-Toppers points, has narrowed in the final standings to just 1.7 points.
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Dodgers lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 7th week, Astros remain top AL team
The Los Angeles Dodgers lead Box-Toppers team rankings report for the seventh straight week.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros maintain the lead among American League teams and the San Diego Padres are the week’s hottest team.
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Braves, Padres gain at trade deadline, but Yankees, Dodgers still top team rankings
Trade deadline deals helped both the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres rise closer to the top of Box-Toppers team rankings this week.
But the top two spots in Box-Toppers team rankings remain the same with the New York Yankees in first place and the top National League team, the Los Angeles Dodgers in second.
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Yankees, Brewers, Dodgers have most players among Box-Toppers’ top 100 players
Three teams each have seven players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2022 player rankings at the All-Star break.
The New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers each have seven players on the top 100 list, tied for the most of any team.
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Yankees top Box-Toppers team rankings for 5th week, Dodgers lead NL teams
The New York Yankees lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the fifth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the week’s hottest team, rise to lead National League teams.
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New York Yankees lead Box-Toppers team rankings for 4th straight week
The New York Yankees lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, the Milwaukee Brewers rise to regain the lead among National League teams and the Seattle Mariners are the week’s hottest team.
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Yankees maintain Box-Toppers team rankings lead; Padres rise to lead NL teams
The New York Yankees lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the second straight week and are also the week’s hottest team.
Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres rise to lead National League teams, passing the Milwaukee Brewers, who have led NL teams the past six weeks.
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