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 MorePitchers are Box-Toppers points team leaders on 27 of 30 clubs; batters lead 3 teams
On 27 of the 30 Major League clubs, pitchers are the team’s leader in 2024 Box-Toppers points. Batters lead the other three teams.
Pitchers are dominating much the way they are winning the overwhelming majority of Box-Toppers points this season compared to batters. Pitchers are winning 63 percent of all points this season compared to 37 percent for batters. The all-time record-low share of points earned by batters is 38.1 percent set in 2022. Last year, in 2023, batters won 40.7 percent of all points.
Read MoreRockies’ Quantrill tops players for Friday, May 3; Padres’ Cease rises to 5th in rankings
Rockies pitcher Cal Quantrill is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players in Sunday’s AL Division Series win over Guardians
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s American League Division Series playoff game.
Read MoreAstros’ Garcia tops players in Saturday’s league division series playoff games
Astros pitcher Luis Garcia tops players in Saturday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s league division series games: Padres closing pitcher Josh Hader, Phillies pitcher Noah Syndergaard and Guardians closing pitcher Eli Morgan.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players in Tuesday’s opening league division series games
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole tops players in Tuesday’s four league division series playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s league division series games: Yordan Alvarez of the Astros, Nick Castellanos of the Phillies and Trea Turner of the Dodgers.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ AL Division Series previews: Guardians vs. Yankees, Mariners vs. Astros
Both American League Division Series begin Tuesday.
The Houston Astros face the Seattle Mariners in one best-of-five game series and the New York Yankees face the Cleveland Guardians in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Astros (first) and the Yankees (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played over the weekend.
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Source: MLB.com.
A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series that begin Friday, Oct. 7
The new Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Friday with four best-of-three series. Here is a Box-Toppers look at the eight teams competing in the four Wild Card round series.
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Los Angeles Dodgers maintain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings, Yankees rise to lead AL teams
The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the fifth straight week.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees rise to lead American League teams and the Cleveland Indians are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreCardinals’ Wainwright tops players for Sunday, Aug. 22; Indians’ Quantrill tops AL players
Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Wainwright struck out nine over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Pirates.
Read MoreIndians’ Quantrill tops players for Friday, Aug 6; Marquez, Bassitt rise in player rankings top 10
Indians pitcher Cal Quantrill is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Rockies pitcher German Marquez rises to third place and Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to seventh place.
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Los Angeles Dodgers maintain lead in Box-Toppers team rankings for third week
The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings for the third week.
Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox rise to lead American League teams and the Toronto Blue Jays are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreOrioles’ Wojciechowski tops players for Sunday, July 21; Pujols rises to lead AL batters in 2019 points
Orioles pitcher Asher Wojciechowski is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Albert Pujols of the Angels rises to first place among American League batters in 2019 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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