Aaron Judge of the Yankees is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Phillies pitcher Jesús Luzardo, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga and Matt McLain of the Reds.
Read MoreAthletics’ Springs tops players for Friday, March 28; Dodgers’ Betts tops NL players
Athletics pitcher Jeffrey Springs is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Mookie Betts of the Dodgers and Jonah Heim of the Rangers.
Read MoreMariners’ Gilbert, Phillies’ Wheeler top players in Thursday, March 27’s Opening Day
Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Thursday’s Opening Day Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other notable Player of the Game winners Thursday include two 2024 Box-Toppers points leaders—Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who led all players (21.4 points) and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who led all National League batters (11.0).
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A 2025 Opening Day introduction to Box-Toppers
Welcome to Opening Day of the 2025 Major League Baseball season.
This marks the start of Box-Toppers’ 31st season tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score statistics. Here is an introduction to Box-Toppers.
Read MoreCubs’ Armstrong tops players in final day of spring training games of Tuesday, March 25
Cubs pitcher Sam Armstrong is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s final day of spring training.
Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Dodgers pitcher Dustin May, Royals pitcher Kris Bubic, Tyler Fitzgerald of the Giants and Trevor Larnach of the Twins.
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Box-Toppers picks Dodgers over Orioles in 2025 World Series, plus our awards forecasts
Box-Toppers picks the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2025 World Series, beating the predicted American League champion Baltimore Orioles.
Box-Toppers projects the Dodgers will have the most wins among all teams—108—and that National League teams will be among the most dominant. Eight of the 15 NL teams are projected to have as many or more wins as the best American League teams (89).
Read MoreBrewers’ Cortes, Guardians’ Williams top players in spring games of Monday, March 24
Brewers pitcher Nestor Cortes is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams, Heliot Ramos of the Giants and Luis Robert Jr. of the White Sox.
Read MoreReds’ Lodolo, Athletics’ Bido top players in spring games of Sunday, March 23
Reds pitcher Nick Lodolo is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Alexander Canario of the Mets, Athletics pitcher Osvaldo Bido and Jake Rucker of the Twins.
Read MorePadres’ Cease, Rays’ Piper top players in spring games of Saturday, March 22
Padres pitcher Dylan Cease is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Kenny Piper of the Rays, Robert Moore of the Phillies, Blue Jays pitchers Max Scherzer, Willson Contreras of the Cardinals and Michael Toglia of the Rockies.
Read MoreTigers’ Skubal, Marlins’ Quantrill top players in spring games of Friday, March 21
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Both league’s 2024 Box-Toppers points leaders and both league’s 2024 Cy Young Award winners won Player of the Game honors on Friday.
Read MorePadres’ Pivetta, White Sox Pérez top players in spring games of Thursday, March 20
Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include White Sox pitcher Martín Pérez, Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the Yankees, Ildemaro Vargas of the Diamondbacks and Joey Wiemer of the Royals.
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Dodgers lead 2025 Box-Toppers preseason team rankings; Yankees lead AL teams
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2025 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees lead American League teams, the Toronto Blue Jays made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points and the Atlanta Braves had the biggest decline.
Read MoreBraves’ Schwellenbach tops players in spring training games of Wednesday, March 19
Braves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Brent Rooker of the Athletics, Mets pitcher David Peterson, Jo Adell of the Angels, Tyler Black of the Brewers, Ceddanne Rafaela of the Red Sox and Willson Contreras of the Cardinals.
Read MoreDodgers’ Knack tops players in 2nd Tokyo game Wednesday, as Dodgers beat Cubs
Dodgers pitcher Landon Knack is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s regular season opening series in Tokyo, Japan.
Knack struck out three over two scoreless innings of relief, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 6-3 win over the Cubs, as the Dodgers sweep the two-game series.
Read MoreOrioles’ Povich, Rockies’ Dollander top players in spring games of Tuesday, March 18
Orioles pitcher Cade Povich is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Rockies pitcher Chase Dollander, Reds pitcher Nick Martinez, Giants pitcher Robbie Ray, Victor Ramos of the Mariners and Keibert Ruiz of the Nationals.
Read MoreDodgers’ Yamamoto tops players in Tokyo Series opening game win over Cubs
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s regular season opening game in Tokyo, Japan.
Yamamoto struck out four over five innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Cubs, the first official game of the 2025 season.
Read MoreGuardians’ Bibee, Giants’ Verlander top players in spring games of Monday, March 17
Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Jonathan India of the Royals, Giants pitcher Justin Verlander and Yuli Gurriel of the Padres.
Read MoreGiants’ Birdsong, Blue Jays’ Berrios top players in spring games of Sunday, March 16
Giants pitcher Hayden Birdsong is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Blue Jays pitcher José Berríos, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet, Hunter Renfroe of the Royals and Andruw Monasterio of the Brewers.
Read MoreBraves’ Sale, Astros’ Valdez top players in spring games of Saturday, March 15
Braves pitcher Chris Sale is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Astros pitcher Framber Valdez, Henry Davis of the Pirates, Corey Seager of the Rangers and Royals pitcher Austin Cox.
Read MoreD-backs’ Rodriguez, Red Sox’ Fitts top players in spring games of Friday, March 14
Diamondbacks pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Red Sox pitcher Richard Fitts, Brandon Drury of the White Sox, Orioles pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, Yankees pitcher Carlos Carrasco and Jared Oliva of the Brewers.
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