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Phillies’ Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers player rankings; Mariners’ Woo leads in AL

Shawn Plank May 16, 2025

Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report, passing Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta, who led for the last four weeks.

Wheeler also rises to lead National League pitchers. In addition, Bryan Woo of the Mariners rises to lead American League pitchers, while Pete Alonso of the Mets continues to lead NL batters and Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox continues to lead AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Zack Wheeler, Nick Pivetta, Bryan Woo, Pete Alonso, Wilyer Abreu, Max Fried, Hunter Brown, Carson Kelly, Alex Bregman

Padres’ Pivetta leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 4th week; Fried leads AL pitchers

Shawn Plank May 9, 2025

Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fourth straight week.

Meanwhile, Max Fried of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers, Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox rises to lead AL batters and Pete Alonso of the Mets maintains his lead among National League batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Nick Pivetta, Max Fried, Wilyer Abreu, Pete Alonso, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Hunter Brown, Kris Bubic, Alex Bregman, Carson Kelly

Padres’ Pivetta leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 3rd straight week

Shawn Plank May 2, 2025

Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the third straight week.

Meanwhile, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown is this week’s new leader among American League pitchers. Batting leaders in both leagues are the same as last week—Pete Alonso of the Mets leads National League batters while Alex Bregman of the Red Sox leads AL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Nick Pivetta, Hunter Brown, Pete Alonso, Alex Bregman, Andrew Heaney, Garrett Crochet, Carson Kelly, Aaron Judge

Padres’ Pivetta leads player rankings; Red Sox’ Crochet rises to lead AL pitchers

Shawn Plank April 25, 2025

Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report.

Pivetta also led player rankings last week but briefly lost that lead Saturday, when Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet took the top spot before Pivetta regained it Tuesday.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Nick Pivetta, Garrett Crochet, Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso, Andrew Heaney, Logan Gilbert, Carson Kelly, Aaron Judge

Padres’ Pivetta rises to lead season player rankings, Mariners’ Gilbert leads AL players

Shawn Plank April 18, 2025

Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report.

Pivetta also rises to lead National League pitchers. Meanwhile, Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert continues to lead American League pitchers, Alex Bregman of the Astros rises to lead AL batters and Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead NL batters.

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Tags Box-Toppers Player Rankings, Nick Pivetta, Logan Gilbert, Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso, Zack Wheeler, Michael King, Tyler Mahle, Jackson Chourio, Aaron Judge
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Box-Toppers

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

Box-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.

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