Giants pitcher Logan Webb is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePadres’ Musgrove tops players for Tuesday, July 4; Marlins’ Luzardo rise to 6th
Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Bassitt tops players for Thursday, June 29, rising to 3rd in player rankings
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 MoreBlue Jays’ Gausman tops players for Tuesday, June 6, extending player rankings lead
Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreRays’ Paredes tops players for Tuesday, May 16; Reds’ Williamson tops NL players
Isaac 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 MorePhillies’ Nola tops players for Friday, April 28; Rangers’ deGrom rises to 1st place
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.
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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 MoreYankees’ Cole tops players for Sunday, April 16, rising to 1st in player rankings
Yankees 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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Blue Jays’ Kevin Gausman leads Box-Toppers 1st player rankings report
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 MorePadres’ Wacha tops players for Saturday April 8; Rays’ Springs rises to 1st place
Padres pitcher Michael Wacha is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Rays pitcher Jeffrey Springs rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreTwins’ Gray tops players for Friday, April 7; Pirates’ Reynolds rises to 1st place
Twins pitcher Sonny Gray is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreRangers’ deGrom tops players for Wednesday, April 5; Marlins’ Luzardo rises to 1st
Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo rises to first place in early Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreMarlins’ Luzardo tops players for Friday, March 31; Guardians’ Kwan top AL players
Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Luzardo struck out five over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and four walks, in the 2-1 win over the Mets.
Read MoreMarlins’ Luzardo tops players for Sunday, Aug. 29; Blue Jays’ Berrios tops AL players
Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Luzardo struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Reds.
Read MoreRockies’ Marquez tops players for Tuesday, June 1; Indians’ Bieber rises to 10th in player rankings
Rockies pitcher German Marquez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreDodgers’ Urias tops players for Tuesday, April 20; Athletics’ Luzardo tops AL players
Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Urias struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Mariners.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2020
Indians pitcher Shane Bieber tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2020.
Bieber had 11.4 Box-Toppers points during the pandemic-shortened regular season. And because it was such a short season—reduced from 162 games to 60—it is the lowest total to lead all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995, beating the previous low set by Royals pitcher Zack Greinke, who led all players with 21.5 points in 2009.
Read MoreA look at players who made biggest gains in Box-Toppers points from 2019 to 2020—Brewers’ Corbin Burnes leads list
Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes had the biggest gain in Box-Toppers point totals from 2019 to 2020.
Burnes earned 7.7 Box-Toppers points in 2020 after earning no points in 2019. Burnes had earned 3.0 Box-Toppers points in his 2018 rookie season.
Read MoreAwards wrap-up: Box-Toppers points leaders win 2 of 6 major postseason awards in 2020
Box-Toppers points leaders won two of the six major postseason awards for 2020.
Both Cy Young Award winners also led their league’s pitchers in Box-Toppers points in 2020—AL winner Shane Bieber of the Indians led AL pitchers with 11.4 and NL winner Trevor Bauer of the Reds led NL pitchers with 10.0. Bieber and Bauer also were Box-Toppers top two ranked players in 2020, the only two who earned 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points in the pandemic-shortened season.
Read MoreRookie of the Year: Short 2020 season limited opportunity to shine for newcomers
Kyle Lewis of the Mariners and Devin Williams of the Brewers were voted 2020 Rookies of the Year by baseball writers.
Neither were among Box-Toppers’ top-ranked rookies in 2020. Plus, none of Box-Toppers’ top-ranked rookies even received votes from baseball writers for top rookie.
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