Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Pete Alonso of the Mets and Kyle Higashioka of the Rangers.
Read MoreCardinals’ Gray tops players for Monday, May 19; Bubic, Gray rise in top 10 rankings
Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Royals pitcher Kris Bubic rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMariners’ Castillo tops players for Saturday, April 26; Giants’ Ray tops NL players
Mariners pitcher Luis M. Castillo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Giants pitcher Robbie Ray, Enrique Hernández of the Dodgers, Michael A. Taylor of the White Sox and Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo.
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Dodgers, Mets, Phillies among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings
The Los Angeles Dodgers are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2025 but with player injuries factored in, the New York Mets hold the overall edge.
The current 2025 roster of last year’s World Series champion Dodgers accumulated 118.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, most of any team. However, with several players injured and expected to miss time in 2025, their injury-adjusted Box-Toppers point total drops to 106.7, fifth among all teams.
Read MoreA pitchers vs. batters breakdown of each team’s Box-Toppers point total for 2024
In 2024, teams with the most Box-Toppers points earned by pitchers generally ranked higher in overall Box-Toppers team rankings.
For example, the Philadephia Phillies led all teams with 124.9 Box-Toppers points. Pitchers earned 78.0 of those points, fifth-most among all teams. Box-Toppers’ seven top-ranked teams were all among the top 10 in points earned by pitchers.
However, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers were a notable anomaly. While the team finished eighth overall in Box-Toppers points (113.7), they finished 11th in points earned by pitchers (66.2) and third in points earned by batters (47.5).
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Box-Toppers’ big dippers—players whose 2024 point total declined most from 2023: Spencer Strider leads list
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2023 to 2024.
Strider led all players in 2023 with 21.1 Box-Toppers points but earned just 1.0 point in 2024, a 20.1-point decline, which is also the fifth-largest decline (in regular-length seasons) since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
Read MoreMariners’ Castillo tops players Sunday, Aug. 11; Guardians’ Bibee rises to 6th place
Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees has now earned Box-Toppers points in 15 straight seasons after winning his first 2024 Player of the Game honor.
Read MoreCubs’ Steele tops players Friday, July 5; Rockies’ Doyle extends lead among NL batters
Cubs pitcher Justin Steele is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Brenton Doyle of the Rockies extended his lead among National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreAstros’ Brown tops players for Friday, June 14; Cardinals’ Gibson tops NL players
Astros pitcher Hunter Brown is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Brown struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits and no walks, in the 4-0 win over the Tigers.
Read MoreMariners’ Castillo tops players for Tuesday, April 30; Peralta, Castillo rise in top 10 list
Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMariners’ Castillo tops players for Saturday, April 20; Blue Jays’ Berrios rises to 7th
Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Travis d'Arnaud of the Braves earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day.
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Dodgers lead 2024 Box-Toppers preseason team rankings; Rays top AL teams
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2024 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the San Diego Padres saw the biggest decline.
Read MoreCubs’ Suzuki, Yankees’ Gil top players in spring games for Saturday, March 16
Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Suzuki hit two home runs, going 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 7-6 win over the Royals.
Read MoreGiants’ Hicks, Twins’ Buxton top players in spring games for Saturday, March 9
Giants pitcher Jordan Hicks is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Meanwhile, among Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners for Saturday are two of 2023’s Box-Toppers points leaders: Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo, who ranked fifth among American League pitchers with 16.1 Box-Toppers points and Kyle Tucker of the Astros, who ranked second among AL batters with 12.5 points.
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Braves, Astros, Mariners among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings
The Atlanta Braves are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2024, with a roster mostly intact from 2023 when they had baseball’s best record.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are Box-Toppers’ top two American League teams, with the Mariners having one of the best offseason improvements of any team so far. And also, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have made big offseason splashes adding Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Teoscar Hernandez, their offseason ranking has actually fallen from third place last season to fourth place now.
Read MoreA pitchers vs. batters breakdown of each team’s Box-Toppers point total for 2023
The World Series champion Texas Rangers, leaders among all teams in Box-Toppers points in 2023, also led all teams in points earned by pitchers. The Los Angeles Dodgers, meanwhile, which finished third overall among all teams, had the most points won by batters in 2023.
Read MoreBox-Toppers 2023 year-end All-Star teams
The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2023 regular season are led by overall Box-Toppers points leader, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider.
The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to nine batters in each league are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ Cy Young Awards: Bassitt over Cole in AL; Strider over Snell in NL
Box-Toppers’ Cy Young Award selections for 2023 are: American League—Chris Bassitt of the Blue Jays and National League—Spencer Strider of the Braves.
Neither pitcher was among the six finalists for the award announced this week, even though they ranked first (Strider) and second (Bassitt) in overall Box-Toppers season player rankings and were the only two players this season to reach 20.0 Box-Toppers points.
Read MorePadres’ Snell tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 19; Strider extends Box-Toppers points lead
Padres pitcher Blake Snell is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePadres’ Snell tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 13; Strider takes player rankings lead
Padres pitcher Blake Snell is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Strider passes Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, who has led rankings every day but one for the past three months.
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