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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal and Garrett Hampson of the Royals are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Monday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.
Both AL Division Series are now even heading into Tuesday’s travel day before resuming Wednesday.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Tanner Bibee tops players in Saturday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s league division series games:
Luke Weaver of the Yankees.
Reed Garrett of the Mets.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers.
Source: MLB.com
Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Detroit Tigers face the Cleveland Guardians in one best-of-five game series and the Kansas City Royals face the New York Yankees in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Yankees (first) and the Guardians (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
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The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday with four best-of-three series.
All series take place at the higher-seed’s home ballpark. The winners of each series will face one of their league’s top-two seeded teams in league divisional series beginning Saturday.
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The Philadelphia Phillies finish 2024 atop Box-Toppers team rankings, leading for the 22nd straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees maintain their lead among American League teams in final Box-Toppers team rankings, while the non-playoff-bound Seattle Mariners are the hottest team over the final days of the season.
Read MoreMariners 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.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 21st straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees continue their lead among American League teams, while the San Diego Padres are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 17th straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees regain the lead among American League teams and the New York Mets are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 16th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles lead American League teams for the second week and the Arizona Diamondbacks are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 15th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles rise past the New York Yankees to lead American League teams and the San Francisco Giants are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies maintain the Box-Toppers team rankings lead for the 14th week, despite winning only one game in the past week and making only minimal moves at a trade deadline which shook up team rankings.
Among the changes this week: The New York Yankees rise past the Baltimore Orioles to regain the lead among American League teams and the Los Angeles Dodgers are the hottest team of the week, in part due to landing the top trade deadline acquisition, picking up pitcher Jack Flaherty (9.0 Box-Toppers points) from the Tigers.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 13th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles continue to lead American League teams and the Arizona Diamondbacks are the hottest team of the week.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings at the All-Star break, leading for the 12th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles continue to lead American League teams and the Detroit Tigers are the hottest team since the last report July 4.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 11th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles continue to lead American League teams and the Milwaukee Brewers are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the 10th straight week.
Meanwhile, the Baltimore Orioles rise to lead American League teams and the San Diego Padres are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies lead Box-Toppers team rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, the Kansas City Royals regain the lead among American League teams and the Seattle Mariners are the week’s hottest team.
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The Philadelphia Phillies rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings and are the week’s hottest team.
Meanwhile, the Cleveland Guardians rise to lead American League teams this week, rising to second place overall.
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The Kansas City Royals rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings, passing last week’s leader, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers continue to lead National League teams (in second place overall) and the Philadelphia Phillies are the week’s hottest team (rising to third place overall).
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The Los Angeles Dodgers lead Box-Toppers first weekly team rankings report of the 2024 season.
Meanwhile, the Kansas City Royals lead American League teams and are the hottest team of the past week.
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Box-Toppers picks the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2024 World Series, beating the predicted American League champion Houston Astros.
Box-Toppers projects the Dodgers will have the most wins among all teams—103—and will be one of three teams with 99 or more wins, along with the Astros and the Atlanta Braves.
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.