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Yankees pitcher Max Fried is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Jackson Chourio of the Brewers rises to third place and Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle rises to ninth.
Read MoreRoyals pitcher Cole Ragans is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, two players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to third place and Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks rises to ninth.
Read MoreReds 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 MoreBraves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo rose to third place and Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rose to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after both earned their second Player of the Game honor of 2025.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Nestor Cortes is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Batter of the Day honors.
Read MorePadres pitcher Nick Pivetta is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the Yankees, Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee and Nathaniel Lowe of the Nationals.
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As baseball writers push for Ichiro Suzuki to not only be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame but to become only the second player voted in unanimously, what chucklehead will oppose that?
It pains me to say: Me. Let me explain.
Despite earning Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year Awards and getting 3,000 hits, Suzuki was not the key player very often in his team’s wins. There was almost always some other teammate outperforming Suzuki in team wins. Suzuki never led his team in a season in Box-Toppers points and never even led his team’s batters.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Max Fried is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers rises to first place among National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points (11.0) after earning NL Batter of the Day honors, making a meteoric rise from completely outside the top 10 among NL batters until Sept. 19 and earning 6.0 of his 11.0 points for the season in a 13-day explosion.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Nestor Cortes is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Cortes struck out four over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 8-1 win over the Guardians.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Chris Sale is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extended his streak of earning Box-Toppers points to 17 straight seasons—tied for the longest active streak—after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2024.
Read MoreMets pitcher Sean Manaea is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Manaea struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 2-0 win over the Twins.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Carlos Rodon is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Pirates relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman earned Box-Toppers points in his 15th consecutive season after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jose Quintana is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, Eugenio Suarez earns Player of the Game honors and extends his consecutive streak of earning Box-Toppers points to 11 seasons.
Read MoreRays pitcher Taj Bradley is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole extended his streak of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points to 12 after winning his first Player of the Game honor of 2024.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Davis Daniel is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, George Springer of the Blue Jays earned Box-Toppers points in his 11th straight season after winning Player of the Game honors for the first time this season.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Pablo Lopez is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Rangers pitcher Max Scherzer has now earned Box-Toppers points in 16 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2024.
Read MorePirates pitcher Paul Skenes is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, rising to lead National League pitchers. In addition, Aaron Judge of the Yankees bolsters his lead among American League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to fourth place and Mariners pitcher George Kirby rises to eighth place.
Read MoreBox-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. Players earn Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.