Reds pitcher Hunter Greene is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreRangers’ Eovaldi tops players for Tuesday, April 1; Padres’ King tops NL players
Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching the season’s first complete game.
Also Tuesday, three players earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for a second time this season—Eugenio Suárez of the Diamondbacks, Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara and Kyren Paris of the Angels. Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Padres pitcher Michael King, Harrison Bader of the Twins and Kyle Tucker of the Cubs.
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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.
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Box-Toppers points leaders among 2024 free agents include Blake Snell, Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes and Clayton Kershaw.
Blake Snell, Juan Soto among free agents with most 2024 Box-Toppers points
Blake Snell and Juan Soto are among this season’s free-agent players with the most 2024 Box-Toppers points.
Snell leads the entire class, earning 15.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024 with the Giants, most among all free-agent players, seventh among all players and fifth among National League pitchers.
Soto has the most 2024 Box-Toppers points among all free-agent batters, earning 11.0 with the Yankees, seventh among all free agents, 43rd among all players in 2024 and second among American League batters (behind only teammate Aaron Judge’s 13.0).
Read MoreMariners’ Gilbert tops players Sunday, Sept. 29; Mets’ Peterson tops NL players
Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gilbert struck out seven over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 6-4 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreRangers’ Eovaldi tops players Thursday, Aug. 29; Brewers’ Civale tops NL players
Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovaldi struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 2-1 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreRangers’ Eovaldi tops players Wednesday, July 24; Giants’ Ray tops NL players
Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovaldi struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing two runs, four hits and no walks, in the 10-2 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreRangers’ Eovaldi tops players for Tuesday, July 3; Phillies’ Turner tops NL players
Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovaldi struck out six over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 7-0 win over the Padres.
Read MoreRangers’ Eovaldi tops players for Thursday, May 2, rising to 10th in player rankings
Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.
Also Thursday, Francisco Lindor of the Mets rises to first place among National League batters after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreGuardians’ Bibee tops players for Thursday, April 4; Mets’ Garrett tops NL players
Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bibee struck out nine over 5 1/3 innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 4-2 win over the Twins.
Read MoreRangers’ Eovaldi tops players for Wednesday, April 3; Nationals’ Harvey tops NL players
Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovladi is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovladi struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Rays.
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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.
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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 MoreFour Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2023 All-MLB First Team
Only four Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2023’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced this month. Three other Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
The All-MLB team players are not selected based on their affiliation with American League or National League. Rather, all players are chosen regardless of league as “First Team” or “Second Team” players.
Read MoreCan Shohei Ohtani continue his lofty, Angelic Box-Toppers rankings with Dodgers?
Shohei Ohtani, who signed a record free-agent deal with the Dodgers, has consistently been among Box-Toppers' highest-ranking players over the past three seasons.
However, his second surgery to repair his pitching elbow's ulnar collateral ligament, raises concerns about his future effectiveness. A Box-Toppers look at Ohtani’s career and the mixed outcomes of pitchers with a second elbow surgery.
Read MoreReliever Sborz tops players in World Series Game 5 as Rangers win title over D-backs
Closing pitcher Josh Sborz is Box-Toppers Player of the Game Wednesday as the Rangers defeat the Diamondbacks to win the 2023 World Series in five games.
The Texas Rangers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 to win the best-of-seven game series, 4-1.
Read MoreSemien tops players in Tuesday’s World Series Game 4, as Rangers take 3-1 series lead
Marcus Semien of the Rangers is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s World Series Game 4.
The Texas Rangers win 11-7 to lead the best-of-seven game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks, 3-1.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Kelly tops players Saturday in World Series Game 2 win over Rangers
Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s World Series Game 2.
The Arizona Diamondbacks win 9-1 to tie the best-of-seven game series with the Texas Rangers, 1-1.
Read MoreCloser Leclerc tops players in World Series Game 1, as Rangers defeat Diamondbacks
Rangers closing pitcher Jose Leclerc is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 1.
The Texas Rangers win 6-5 in 11 innings to take a 1-0 lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the best-of-seven game series.
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