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Cardinals pitcher Andre Pallante is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors: Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to second place and Mets pitcher Sean Manaea rises to eighth place.
Read MoreMariners pitcher George Kirby is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees increases his 2024 Box-Toppers points lead among American League batters after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, National League Most Valuable Player favorite Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors, but only ranks 14th among NL batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Corbin Burnes is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Braves pitcher Chris Sale rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, Willy Adames of the Brewers rises to lead National League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Brant Hurter is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga.
Wheeler also passes Imanaga to lead National League pitchers. All other category leaders remain unchanged: Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 20th straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees—the week’s hottest team—pass the Baltimore Orioles, rising to regain the lead among American League teams.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Frankie Montas is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also two of Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners are in the season player rankings top 10 list: Astros pitcher Framber Valdez ranks seventh and Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises to eight place.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Joey Cantillo is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a perfect game into the seventh inning and winning his first career Player of the Game honor.
Cantillo struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 5-3 win over the White Sox.
Read MorePavin Smith of the Diamondbacks is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Braves pitcher Chris Sale rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Tobias Myers is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Myers struck out 11 over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 5-2 win over the Rockies.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Luis Gil is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Astros pitcher Framber Valdez rises to seventh place and Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller rises to eighth place.
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Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing last week’s leader, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease.
Imanaga also passes Cease to lead National League pitchers. All other category leaders remain unchanged: Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 19th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles—the week’s hottest team—pass the New York Yankees, rising to regain the lead among American League teams.
Read MoreRockies pitcher Austin Gomber is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gomber struck out six over eight innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 3-1 win over the Braves.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Shota Imanaga is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching seven innings of a combined no-hitter, and rising to first place in season player rankings.
Imanaga and two Cubs relievers threw the combined no-hitter in the 12-0 win over the Pirates. Imanaga struck out seven over seven scoreless and hitless innings, allowing two walks. Imanaga faced 25 batters (two reached base on walks and two reached on errors) and threw 95 pitches.
Read MoreOrioles pitcher Cade Povich is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Braves pitcher Chris Sale rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MorePadres pitcher Joe Musgrove is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Musgrove struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, in the 3-0 win over the Tigers.
Read MoreOrioles pitcher Zach Eflin is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, two players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors: Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola rises to seventh place and Twins pitcher Bailey Ober rises to ninth 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.