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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2024 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the San Diego Padres saw the biggest decline.
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The Atlanta Braves are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2024, with a roster mostly intact from 2023 when they had baseball’s best record.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are Box-Toppers’ top two American League teams, with the Mariners having one of the best offseason improvements of any team so far. And also, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have made big offseason splashes adding Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Teoscar Hernandez, their offseason ranking has actually fallen from third place last season to fourth place now.
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The Texas Rangers, largely on the strength of their trade deadline pitcher acquisitions, rise to lead this week’s Box-Toppers season team rankings.
The Rangers gained the most Box-Toppers points by far of any team in the past week (21.1) thanks mostly to acquiring Max Scherzer (10.4 points) from the Mets and Jordan Montgomery (6.7 points) from the Cardinals.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Chris Sale is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Twins pitcher Sonny Gray rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Thursday’s Opening Day Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole has now earned Box-Toppers points in 11 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Triston McKenzie is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
McKenzie struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 2-0 win over the Yankees.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Carlos Rodon is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
Rodon struck out eight over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 2-0 win over the Pirates.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fifth straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Joe Musgrove of the Padres maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
Read MoreRoyals pitcher Brady Singer is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease rises to third place and Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to ninth. Plus, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers rises to first place among National League batters in Box-Toppers points Tuesday.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Chase Silseth is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Silseth struck out four over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 2-0 win over the Athletics.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fourth straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Joe Musgrove of the Padres rises to lead National League pitchers and C.J. Cron of the Rockies maintains his lead among NL batters.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the third straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Tylor Megill of the Mets rises to lead National League pitchers and C.J. Cron of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, regaining the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Ohtani struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing six hits and no walks, in the 8-0 win over the Red Sox.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Eric Lauer is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Lauer struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and one walk, in the 9-1 win over the Cubs.
Read MoreRays pitcher Corey Kluber is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Mets pitcher Tylor Megill rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Two other players also rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 Friday—Jose Ramirez of the Guardians rises to fifth place and Yordan Alvarez of the Astros rises to sixth. Plus, C.J. Cron of the Rockies rises to first place among National League batters in 2022 Box-Toppers points Friday.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the second straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Kyle Wright of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers and Nolan Arenado of the Cardinals rises to lead NL batters.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Joe Ryan is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers first weekly season player rankings report of the 2022 season.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove leads National League pitchers and C.J. Cron of the Rockies leads NL batters.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Max Fried is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Two other players—C.J. Cron of the Rockies and Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes—rise into the top 10 in Box-Toppers points for 2022. Plus, two players extend long streaks of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points—Mets pitcher Max Scherzer (14 seasons) and Kurt Suzuki of the Angels (16 seasons).
Read MoreAstros pitcher Justin Verlander is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels earns Box-Toppers American League Batter of the Day honors for the second straight day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
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.