Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th in season player rankings.
Gilbert struck out nine over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 5-0 win over the Rangers.
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A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday, Oct. 3
The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday with four best-of-three series.
Here is a Box-Toppers look at the eight teams competing in the four Wild Card round series.
Read MoreAstros’ Valdez tops players for Tuesday, May 9; Braves’ Murphy rises to lead NL batters
Astros pitcher Framber Valdez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Meanwhile Tuesday, Sean Murphy of the Braves rises to first place among National League batters in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Dodgers top Box-Toppers 2022 preseason team rankings; White Sox top AL teams
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2022 preseason rankings. They also ended 2021 as Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Oakland Athletics saw the biggest decline.
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Milwaukee Brewers lead Box-Toppers offseason team rankings, Mets make biggest jump
The Milwaukee Brewers are the top-ranked team going into 2022, leading Box-Toppers offseason team rankings as of mid-December.
Players currently signed to the Brewers 40-man roster accumulated 111.1 Box-Toppers points during the 2021 season, most of any team. The Chicago White Sox rank second overall with 109.2 Box-Toppers points, leading all American League teams.
Read MoreMax Fried tops players as Braves win title over Astros in World Series Game 6
Jorge Soler tops players in World Series Game 4 as Braves take 3-1 series lead over Astros
Jorge Soler of the Braves is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s World Series Game 4.
The Atlanta Braves win 3-2 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series over the Houston Astros.
Read MoreReliever A.J. Minter tops players in World Series Game 1, as Braves defeat Astros
Braves relief pitcher A.J. Minter is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s World Series Game 1.
The Atlanta Braves win 6-2 to take a 1-0 lead over the Houston Astros in the best-of-seven games series.
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Braves hold Box-Toppers points edge over Astros in 2021 World Series
The Atlanta Braves hold the Box-Toppers points advantages over the Houston Astros in the 2021 World Series.
The Braves accumulated more total Box-Toppers points during the season than the Astros, their likely starting lineup for the Fall Classic has more Box-Toppers points than the Astros and their starting batting lineup and probable top four starting pitchers also outdistance the Astros in points.
Read MorePadres’ Musgrove tops players for Friday, Aug. 27; Yankees’ Cole extends player rankings lead
Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh in season player rankings.
Also Friday, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings, becoming the first player to reach 20 Box-Toppers points in 2021, after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead Box-Toppers team rankings on strength of deadline trades
The Los Angeles Dodgers rise to a commanding lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report on the strength of the players they acquired prior to Friday’s trade deadline.
Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox fall from first to second in team rankings but maintain their lead among American League teams.
Read MoreRays’ Glasnow tops players in Thursday, April 1’s opening day games
Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s opening day games.
Also Thursday, Astros pitcher Zack Greinke has now earned Box-Toppers points in 15 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreWhat would 2019 have looked like if only the final 60 games of season were played?
What would the 2019 baseball season have looked like if only the final 60 games were played?
In many ways, it would have looked exactly like the entire, overall 2019 season: From about July 25 on in 2019, the Houston Astros were Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team and Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole was Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player. Both also led for the overall 2019 season.
Read MoreWho led in Box-Toppers points on each team in 2019? A look at each club’s top pitcher & batter
Pitchers led their team’s players in Box-Toppers points on 25 of 30 teams in 2019. Batters led all team’s players on the other five. Chart shows the players who led his team’s pitchers and batters in Box-Toppers points in 2019.
Read More7 of top 11 RBI leaders among top 10 AL & NL batters in Box-Toppers points in 2019
Seven of the 11 top runs batted in leaders were among their league’s top 10 batters in Box-Toppers points in 2019.
However, overall RBI leader Anthony Rendon of the Nationals ranked outside the top 10 National League batters in Box-Toppers points.
Read MoreHow 2019’s top home run hitters fared in Box-Toppers rankings—leader Pete Alonso ranked outside top 100
Pete Alonso of the Mets led all players in home runs in 2019 but was one of three top 10 home run hitters to rank outside the top 100 in season Box-Toppers points.
Meanwhile, Nelson Cruz of the Twins, who led all batters in Box-Toppers points in 2019 with 12.5, ranked tied for seventh in home runs with 41. Two of Box-Toppers’ top three-ranked National League batters—Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers and Christian Yelich of the Brewers—were also among the top 10 home run hitters in 2019.
Read MoreBox-Toppers picks Astros’ Gerrit Cole for AL Cy Young & MVP: A look at our postseason awards ballot
Box-Toppers is casting a vote for the American League Cy Young Award to Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole.
We are also casting our vote for AL Most Valuable Player to … Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Trent Thornton tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 11; Padres’ Paddack rises to 8th in player rankings
Blue Jays pitcher Trent Thornton is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Chris Paddack rises to eighth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreYankees’ James Paxton tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 3; Cardinals’ Flaherty tops NL players
Yankees pitcher James Paxton is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Paxton struck out 12 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 10-1 win over the Rangers.
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Astros’ Justin Verlander maintains lead in Box-Toppers player rankings for 13th straight week
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the 13th straight week.
Meanwhile, all category leaders remain the same as last week: Verlander leads American League pitchers, Josh Hader of the Brewers leads National League pitchers, Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers leads NL batters and Nelson Cruz of the Twins leads AL batters.
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