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Astros pitcher Framber Valdez is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga maintains his fourth place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the sixth straight week.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders remain the same for the fourth straight week. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads National League batters.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fifth straight week.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders remain the same as last week. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads National League batters.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fourth straight week.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders remain the same as last week. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads National League batters.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Logan Webb is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Nestor Cortes is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal extends his lead among American League pitchers in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors. Skubal maintains second place overall in season player rankings.
Read MoreMariners 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 MoreTwins pitcher Bailey Ober is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Brenton Doyle of the Rockies extends his 2024 Box-Toppers points lead among National League batters after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third straight week.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders remain the same as last week. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads National League batters.
Read MoreKyle Schwarber of the Phillies is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, extending his lead among American League pitchers, after earning Player of the Game honors. Also, Yankees pitcher Luis Gil maintains fifth place in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to lead American League pitchers. Other player ranking category leaders remain the same: Cease leads National League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Logan Webb is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease increases his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Blake Snell is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Meanwhile, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings and first place among American League pitchers after earning Player of the Game honors. Also, Aaron Judge of the Yankees extends his lead among AL batters in player rankings after earning AL Batter of the Day honors.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing Yankees pitcher Luis Gil, who had led for the eight previous weeks.
Meanwhile, all other player rankings category leaders remain the same: Cease continues to lead National League pitchers, Gil continues to lead American League pitchers, Brenton Doyle of the Rockies continues to lead NL batters and Aaron Judge of the Yankees continues to lead AL batters.
Read MoreRoyals pitcher Michael Wacha is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreOn 27 of the 30 Major League clubs, pitchers are the team’s leader in 2024 Box-Toppers points. Batters lead the other three teams.
Pitchers are dominating much the way they are winning the overwhelming majority of Box-Toppers points this season compared to batters. Pitchers are winning 63 percent of all points this season compared to 37 percent for batters. The all-time record-low share of points earned by batters is 38.1 percent set in 2022. Last year, in 2023, batters won 40.7 percent of all points.
Read MoreJuan Soto of the Yankees is Box-Toppers 2024 All-Star Game Player of the Game.
Soto hit a third-inning double that drove in two runs, in the American League’s 5-3 win Tuesday over the National League. Later that inning, he scored on a single by David Fry of the Guardians, which tied the game at 3-3. Soto went 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in two runs.
Read MoreThree of Box-Toppers four main category leaders, including the overall leader in Box-Toppers points for 2024, were not selected to the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil, who leads all players with 14.4 Box-Toppers points, was not selected to participate in the All-Star Game. Joining him as key All-Star snubs are Dylan Cease of the Padres, who leads National League pitchers with 12.4 points and outfielder Brenton Doyle of the Rockies, who leads NL batters with 8.7 points.
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Yankees pitcher Luis Gil leads Box-Toppers season player rankings at the All-Star break, the eighth straight week he’s been atop the list.
Meanwhile, Dylan Cease of the Padres rises to lead National League pitchers in player rankings. All other player rankings leaders remain the same: Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads American League batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters. Gil also continues his lead among AL pitchers.
Read MorePadres pitcher Dylan Cease is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings and first among National League pitchers.
Also Saturday, Yankees pitcher Luis Gil regains the overall lead in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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.