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Box-Toppers has cast votes for postseason honors for Gerrit Cole, Jose Ramirez and for Max Scherzer—twice.
I have cast my vote in the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) for Dodgers pitcher Scherzer to be both National League Cy Young Award winner and NL Most Valuable Player.
Read MoreVladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers 2021 All-Star Game Player of the Game.
Guerrero homered, going 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the American League’s 5-2 win Tuesday over the National League.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Pablo Lopez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole extends his lead in season Box-Toppers player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors, becoming the first player to reach 10 Box-Toppers points in 2021.
Read MoreRays middle relief pitcher Andrew Kittredge is Thursday’s Box-Toppers spring training Player of the Day.
Box-Toppers is tracking several days of spring training during 2018 as a test and demonstration of the Box-Toppers player tracking metric. Even after 23 seasons of tracking (including sharing those results for the past five seasons on Box-Toppers.com), we need to spend a little time shagging ground balls and getting in shape for the 2,430 games to be tracked during the regular season.
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.