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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2025 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the New York Yankees lead American League teams, the Toronto Blue Jays made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points and the Atlanta Braves had the biggest decline.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Hayden Birdsong is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Blue Jays pitcher José Berríos, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet, Hunter Renfroe of the Royals and Andruw Monasterio of the Brewers.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2025 but with player injuries factored in, the New York Mets hold the overall edge.
The current 2025 roster of last year’s World Series champion Dodgers accumulated 118.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, most of any team. However, with several players injured and expected to miss time in 2025, their injury-adjusted Box-Toppers point total drops to 106.7, fifth among all teams.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Travis d'Arnaud of the Braves earns Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jose Butto is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Butto struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Royals.
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The Atlanta Braves are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2024, with a roster mostly intact from 2023 when they had baseball’s best record.
Meanwhile, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are Box-Toppers’ top two American League teams, with the Mariners having one of the best offseason improvements of any team so far. And also, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have made big offseason splashes adding Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Teoscar Hernandez, their offseason ranking has actually fallen from third place last season to fourth place now.
Read MoreThe World Series champion Texas Rangers, leaders among all teams in Box-Toppers points in 2023, also led all teams in points earned by pitchers. The Los Angeles Dodgers, meanwhile, which finished third overall among all teams, had the most points won by batters in 2023.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi tops players in Wednesday’s four Wild Card playoff games, all of which ended in two-game sweeps.
Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s Wild Card series games: Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola, Twins pitcher Sonny Gray and Diamondbacks closing pitcher Paul Sewald.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Zack Wheeler tops players in Tuesday’s four Wild Card playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s Wild Card series games: Rangers pitcher Jordan Montgomery,, Royce Lewis of the Twins and Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks.
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Source: MLB.com
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 MoreGuardians pitcher Lucas Giolito is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Giolito struck out 12 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 12-3 win over the Rangers.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Berrios struck out six over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 6-2, 11-inning win over the White Sox. Berrios did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Eury Perez is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Michael Wacha rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Berrios struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 7-0 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreFrancisco Lindor of the Mets is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Source: MLB.com.
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.
Read MoreThe two players who won the Hank Aaron Award, given to the best offensive performer in each league, trailed most of the award finalists in 2021 Box-Toppers points.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays and Bryce Harper of the Phillies were chosen Tuesday as winners by a panel of eight Hall of Fame players and a Major League Baseball fan vote.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Alex Wood is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, two pitchers with the most Box-Toppers points in 2021 both failed to earn Player of the Game honors. Max Scherzer of the Dodgers (ranked first with 25.1 Box-Toppers points) and Gerrit Cole of the Yankees (ranked second with 22.4 points) both started but did not add to their Box-Toppers point total. With four days remaining in the regular season, it is now extremely unlikely Cole can catch Scherzer, who he trails by 2.7 points, making it extremely likely that Scherzer will be Box-Toppers’ 2021 Player of the Year.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Luzardo struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Reds.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report.
Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox maintain their lead among American League teams and the Toronto Blue Jays are the week’s hottest team.
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.