Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Rangers Pitcher Max Scherzer rises to eighth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreGuardians’ Civale tops players for Friday, July 7; D-backs’ Gallen regains NL pitching lead
Guardians pitcher Aaron Civale is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen regains the lead among National League pitchers in 2023 Box-Toppers points, rising to fourth in overall season player rankings, after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreGiants’ Wood, Yankees’ Donaldson top players in spring games for Tuesday, March 21
Mets lead 2023 Box-Toppers preseason team rankings; Yankees top AL teams
The New York Mets are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2023 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the World Series champion Houston Astros saw the biggest decline.
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Yankees, Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason team rankings, landing biggest free agents
The New York Yankees and New York Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason rankings after landing the winter’s two biggest free agents.
The Yankees rank first after Carlos Rodon Thursday agreed to a free agent deal. Rodon earned 19.8 Box-Toppers points in 2022 with the Giants, sixth overall and third among National League pitchers. He ranked second among all free agents going into the 2023 season.
Read MoreAstros’ Verlander, Padres’ Hader top players in Wednesday’s LCS playoff games
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander and Padres closing pitcher Josh Hader are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s two league championship series games.
Read MorePhillies’ Wheeler tops players in Tuesday’s NL Championship Series Game 1
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s National League Championship Series Game 1.
Wheeler struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk.
Read MoreALCS Preview: Astros favored because of pitching advantage, but Yankees have bats
Box-Toppers numbers favor the Houston Astros over the New York Yankees in the upcoming American League Championship Series.
Both teams were the two top seeds among AL postseason teams (Astros in first, Yankees in second) and both teams dominated the AL all season, with one or the other leading Box-Toppers team rankings nearly every week of the season.
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 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.
Read MoreTwins’ Ober tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 27; Cardinals’ Mikolas tops NL players
Twins pitcher Bailey Ober is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Ober struck out 10 over 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreYankees’ Taillon tops players for Thursday, July 28; Dodgers’ Anderson tops NL players
Yankees pitcher Jameson Taillon is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Taillon struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks, in the 1-0 win over the Royals. Taillon did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
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Yankees, Brewers, Dodgers have most players among Box-Toppers’ top 100 players
Three teams each have seven players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2022 player rankings at the All-Star break.
The New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers each have seven players on the top 100 list, tied for the most of any team.
Read MoreMarlins’ Alcantara tops players for Thursday, June 2; Yankees’ Cortes rises to lead player rankings
Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors, passing previous leader Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, who held the top spot for nearly a month.
Read MoreYankees’ Taillon tops players for Friday, May 27; Mets’ Alonso rises to 2nd in player rankings
Yankees pitcher Jameson Taillon is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings—rising to first among all National League players—after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreBraves’ Wright tops players for Friday, April 22, rising to 3rd in player rankings
Braves pitcher Kyle Wright is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Wright struck out 11 over six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreYankees’ Taillon tops players for Tuesday, July 6; Pirates’ Kuhl tops NL players
Yankees pitcher Jameson Taillon is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Taillon struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 12-1 win over the Mariners.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ big dippers—players whose 2019 point total declined most from 2018: Corey Kluber leads list
Indians pitcher Corey Kluber had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2018 to 2019.
Kluber, who earned 21.7 Box-Toppers points in 2018 (fourth among all players), earned no points in 2019. His decline of 21.7 points was ahead of Rays pitcher Blake Snell, whose 10.0 points in 2019 represented a 17.2-point drop from the 27.2 points he earned to lead all players in 2018.
Read MorePirates’ Jameson Taillon tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 18; Rays’ Snell rises to lead Box-Toppers ’18 player rankings
Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Rays pitcher Blake Snell rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning AL Player of the Day honors, passing previous leader, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer. In addition, Indians pitcher Corey Kluber maintains his sixth-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings after he earns Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Read MoreIndians’ Corey Kluber tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 5, rises to 5th in player rankings
Indians pitcher Corey Kluber is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Kluber struck out 10 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 3-1 win over the Royals.
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