Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Nola struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Cardinals.
Read MoreMarlins’ Luzardo tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 22; Luzardo, Gallen rise in top 10 list
Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRangers’ Scherzer tops players for Monday, Aug. 14, rising to 4th in player rankings
Rangers pitcher Max Scherzer is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fourth place in season player rankings.
Scherzer struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 12-0 win over the Angels.
Read MoreMariners’ Gilbert tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 8; Rangers’ Scherzer rises to 8th
Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Rangers Pitcher Max Scherzer rises to eighth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Rangers, boosted by trade deadline deals, rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings
The Texas Rangers, largely on the strength of their trade deadline pitcher acquisitions, rise to lead this week’s Box-Toppers season team rankings.
The Rangers gained the most Box-Toppers points by far of any team in the past week (21.1) thanks mostly to acquiring Max Scherzer (10.4 points) from the Mets and Jordan Montgomery (6.7 points) from the Cardinals.
Read MoreAstros’ Valdez tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 1 with no-hitter; Strider regains NL lead
Astros pitcher Framber Valdez, pitching a no-hitter, is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, reclaiming the Box-Toppers points lead among National League pitchers, after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreMets’ Verlander tops players for Wednesday, July 19; Gorman extends NL batting lead
Mets pitcher Justin Verlander is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals extends his lead among National League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTwins’ Ober tops players for Saturday, July 1; Phillies’ Bohm tops NL players
Twins pitcher Bailey Ober is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day
Ober struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreMarlins’ Perez tops players for Wednesday, June 14; Padres’ Wacha rises to 8th
Marlins pitcher Eury Perez is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Michael Wacha rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreAstros’ Valdez tops players for Sunday, May 21; Angels’ Ohtani is new rankings leader
Astros 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 MoreTigers’ Rodriguez tops players for Wednesday, May 10; Kershaw, Rodriguez rise in top 10
Tigers pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Jarren Duran of the Red Sox rises to first place among American League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.
Read MoreTigers’ Rodriguez tops players for Thursday, May 4; Nationals’ Corbin tops NL players
Tigers pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Rodriguez struck out nine over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 2-0 win over the Mets.
Read MoreRockies’ Freeland tops players for Wednesday, May 3; Ohtani, McClanahan rise in top 10
Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani rises to fifth place and Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to sixth place.
Read MoreA 2023 Opening Day introduction to Box-Toppers
Welcome to Opening Day of the 2023 Major League Baseball season.
This marks the start of Box-Toppers’ 29th season tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score statistics. Here is an introduction to Box-Toppers.
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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Mets lead 2023 Box-Toppers preseason team rankings; Yankees top AL teams
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 MoreAthletics’ Smith tops players in Friday, March 10’s spring training games
Kevin Smith of the Athletics is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Smith hit a grand slam, doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 12-11 win over the Rangers.
Read MoreAn overview of Box-Toppers category leaders over several time frames after 2022
No 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.
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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2022 season
Could 2023 be the season Clayton Kershaw passes Randy Johnson for the “all-time” lead in career Box-Toppers points?
Or could this coming season be the year when Kershaw loses the lead among active players in career Box-Toppers points to either Max Scherzer or Justin Verlander?
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2021-22 and 2017-22
Angels 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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