Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth in season player rankings.
Burnes struck out 13 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 1-0 win over the Reds.
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Box-Toppers is voting for four players for 2023 Hall of Fame induction on the internet writers’ ballot—Todd Helton, Torii Hunter, Jeff Kent and Billy Wagner.
Box-Toppers selects 4 players for 2023 Hall of Fame induction in internet writers’ ballot
Box-Toppers is voting for four players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 2023 Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) ballot.
Box-Toppers is voting for these players: Todd Helton, Torii Hunter, Jeff Kent and Billy Wagner.
Read MoreMets’ deGrom tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 31; Padres’ Musgrove rises to 6th
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Pivetta tops players for Wednesday, May 18; Phillies’ Wheeler tops NL players
Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Pivetta pitched a complete-game two-hitter, allowing one run and no walks, and striking out eight, in the 5-1 win over the Astros.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Bumgarner tops players for Sunday, April 25, pitching 7-inning no-hitter
Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a seven-inning no-hitter.
Also Sunday, Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to fourth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2019-20 and 2015-20
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over the past two seasons while Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks first in points over the past six seasons.
Cole earned 39.6 Box-Toppers points combined in 2019 and 2020 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 116.2 from 2015-2020, most in that span.
Read MoreAngels’ Bundy tops players for Saturday, July 25; Phillies’ Gosselin tops NL players
Angels pitcher Dylan Bundy is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bundy struck out seven over 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2018-19 and 2014-19
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over the past two seasons while Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks first in points over the past six seasons.
Verlander earned 51.6 Box-Toppers points combined in 2018 and 2019 to lead all players in that span while Scherzer earned 134.3 points from 2014-2019, most in that span.
Read MoreComparing Box-Toppers All-Decade All-Star teams—2010s vs. 2000s
Comparing Box-Toppers’ All-Decade All-Star teams from the 2000s and the 2010s, a couple of interesting things stand out:
Albert Pujols was the leading batter in Box-Toppers points in both decades.
Batters overall earned precipitously fewer Box-Toppers points in the 2010s compared to the 2000s.
Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg tops players for Sunday, July 28, rises to 5th in player rankings
Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth in season player rankings.
Strasburg struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 11-4 win over the Dodgers.
Read MoreNationals’ Stephen Strasburg tops players for Sunday, April 21, rises to 10th in season player rankings
Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.
Strasburg struck out 11 over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 5-0 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of 'all-time' after the 2018 season
Randy Johnson leads all players in career Box-Toppers points and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
The most likely rival to Johnson’s throne at the moment is Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw who has 214.8 career Box-Toppers points, third among all players since 1995 and most among active players.
Read MoreNationals’ Scherzer tops players for Friday, July 27, regains player rankings lead
Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and regains the lead in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale rises to second place ranking in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Plus, three players in Box-Toppers “all-time” top 10 in career points earned Player of the Game honors Friday—Scherzer, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw and Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke.
Read MoreDodgers' Rich Hill tops players in NL Championship Series Game 2
Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.
The Dodgers take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven game series.
Read MoreNLCS preview: Dodgers enter rematch against Cubs with more favorable stats, but L.A. declining since midseason, while Chicago is rising
The 2017 National League Championship Series is a rematch of the 2016 series between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers. But this year, the tables are turned.
Last year, the Cubs were kings, leading Box-Toppers team rankings in 2016 almost wire-to-wire, and coming into their NLCS matchup against the Dodgers holding practically every advantage. This year, they’ve scraped together their success with a pitching staff that is little more than half as good as it was when it led them to a World Series title in 2016.
Read MoreDallas Keuchel tops players in Friday's ALCS opener, as Astros take Game 1 over Yankees
Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.
Keuchel struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Yankees. The Indians take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Read MoreNationals' Strasburg, Yankees' Chapman top players in Wednesday's League Division Series games
Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg and Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman are Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Players of the Day in two League Division Series games.
Read MoreDodgers' Rich Hill tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 27; Yankees' Severino rises to 5th in Box-Toppers rankings
Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Yankees pitcher Luis Severino rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreKershaw retakes Box-Toppers points lead in return from DL; Brewers' Nelson tops players for Friday, Sept. 1
Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw retakes the season Box-Toppers player rankings lead only four days after losing it to Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer. Kershaw, making his first start Friday after returning from five weeks on the disabled list, earns Player of the Game honors and retakes the 2017 Box-Toppers points lead he held for more than three months.
Read MoreReds' Luis Castillo tops players for Sunday, July 30; Mariners' Paxton rises to 6th in Box-Toppers player rankings
Reds pitcher Luis Castillo is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Mariners pitcher James Paxton rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
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