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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 MoreAngels pitcher Patrick Sandoval is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Sandoval struck out 13 over 8 2/3 innings, allowing one run, one hit and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Twins.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Bryse Wilson and Astros pitcher Ryan Pressly are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Thursday’s two league championship series games.
Read MoreBoth American League Division Series begin Monday.
The Houston Astros face the Oakland Athletics in one best-of-five game series and the New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays in the other series.
Read MoreJorge Alfaro of the Marlins is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Nationals pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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The Tampa Bay Rays maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the second week.
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead National League teams and the Chicago Cubs are the week’s hottest team.
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The Tampa Bay Rays regain the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report.
Meanwhile, the St. Louis Cardinals rise to lead National League teams and the Minnesota Twins are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Jake Odorizzi is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Odorizzi struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Astros.
Read MoreRoyals pitcher Danny Duffy is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Duffy struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks, in the 2-0 win over the Athletics.
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.