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.
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Dodgers, Mets, Phillies among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings
The Los Angeles Dodgers are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2025 but with player injuries factored in, the New York Mets hold the overall edge.
The current 2025 roster of last year’s World Series champion Dodgers accumulated 118.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, most of any team. However, with several players injured and expected to miss time in 2025, their injury-adjusted Box-Toppers point total drops to 106.7, fifth among all teams.
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Box-Toppers’ AL Division Series preview: Tigers vs. Guardians, Royals vs. Yankees
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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Padres’ Dylan Cease rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report
Padres pitcher Dylan Cease rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Cease also rises to lead National League pitchers, joining two other new category leaders this week—Logan Gilbert of the Mariners rises to lead American League pitchers and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters. Juan Soto of the Yankees remains this week’s leader among AL batters.
Read MorePadres’ Cease tops players for Wednesday, May 8, rising to 1st in season player rankings
Padres pitcher Dylan Cease is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Juan Soto of the Yankees extends his lead among American League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Phillies’ Ranger Suárez rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report
Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Suarez also rises to lead National League pitchers, joining two other new category leaders this week—Tanner Houck of the Red Sox rises to lead American League pitchers and Francisco Lindor of the Mets rises to lead NL batters. Juan Soto of the Yankees remains this week’s leader among AL batters.
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Peralta maintains Box-Toppers player rankings lead; Soto rises to lead AL batters
Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta remains atop Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, Juan Soto of the Yankees rises to lead American League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Two other category leaders from last week still hold their lead: Logan Gilbert of the Mariners leads AL pitchers and Marcell Ozuna of the Braves leads National League batters.
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Philadelphia Phillies, hottest team for 2nd week, rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings
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.
Read MoreOrioles’ Kremer tops players for Wednesday, April 24; Yankees’ Soto rises to lead AL batters
Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Juan Soto of the Yankees rises to first place in 2024 Box-Toppers rankings among American League batters after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Brewers’ Freddy Peralta rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report
Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week.
Meanwhile, Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to lead American League pitchers, Marcell Ozuna of the Braves rises to lead National League batters and Andres Gimenez of the Guardians maintains his lead among AL batters.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Houck tops players for Wednesday, April 17, rising to 5th in player rankings
Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Orioles’ Corbin Burnes leads Box-Toppers 1st weekly player rankings report
Orioles pitcher Corbin Burnes leads Box-Toppers first weekly player rankings report of the 2024 season.
Burnes also leads American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Tyler Glasnow of the Dodgers leads National League pitchers, Andres Gimenez of the Guardians leads AL batters and Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs leads NL batters.
Read MoreYankees’ Cortes tops players for Monday, April 8; Guardians’ Gimenez rises to 2nd place
Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Andres Gimenez of the Guardians rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Batter of the Day honors. Plus, Lane Thomas of the Nationals earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Monday.
Read MoreDodgers’ Miller tops players for Friday, March 29; Mariners’ Kirby tops AL players
Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Oswaldo Cabrera of the Yankees earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day.
Read MoreSeven Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2022 All-MLB First Team
Seven Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2022’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced Tuesday.
One other Box-Toppers leader was chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
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Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Paul Goldschmidt of the Cardinals were voted 2022 Most Valuable Player award winners over Box-Toppers’ choices for the awards, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels and Pete Alonso of the Mets.
Judge, Goldschmidt win MVP awards over Box-Toppers’ choices Ohtani, Alonso
Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Paul Goldschmidt of the Cardinals were voted 2022 Most Valuable Players Thursday, over Box-Toppers’ choices for the awards—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels and Pete Alonso of the Mets.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Dylan Cease tops Box-Toppers’ list of worthy, but unchosen All-Stars
White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is the most deserving player not selected to the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
A Box-Toppers look at All-Star starters, reserves and snubs.
Read MorePadres’ Lamet tops players for Sunday, Aug. 9; Braves’ Fried rises to 6th in player rankings
Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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