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Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Thursday’s Opening Day Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other notable Player of the Game winners Thursday include two 2024 Box-Toppers points leaders—Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, who led all players (21.4 points) and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who led all National League batters (11.0).
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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 MoreIn 2024, teams with the most Box-Toppers points earned by pitchers generally ranked higher in overall Box-Toppers team rankings.
For example, the Philadephia Phillies led all teams with 124.9 Box-Toppers points. Pitchers earned 78.0 of those points, fifth-most among all teams. Box-Toppers’ seven top-ranked teams were all among the top 10 in points earned by pitchers.
However, the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers were a notable anomaly. While the team finished eighth overall in Box-Toppers points (113.7), they finished 11th in points earned by pitchers (66.2) and third in points earned by batters (47.5).
Read MoreMariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gilbert struck out seven over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 6-4 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Tobias Myers is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Myers struck out nine over 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Reds. Myers did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Read MoreOn 27 of the 30 Major League clubs, pitchers are the team’s leader in 2024 Box-Toppers points. Batters lead the other three teams.
Pitchers are dominating much the way they are winning the overwhelming majority of Box-Toppers points this season compared to batters. Pitchers are winning 63 percent of all points this season compared to 37 percent for batters. The all-time record-low share of points earned by batters is 38.1 percent set in 2022. Last year, in 2023, batters won 40.7 percent of all points.
Read MoreWith the first phase of voting wrapping up this week for the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, here’s a look at Box-Toppers points leaders at each position in both leagues, through the games of Tuesday, June 25.
The first phase of fan All-Star voting closes Thursday at noon (Eastern time) and the second phase, with finalist voting only, runs from June 30 to July 3. Here is more information about how that works. The All-Star Game is Tuesday, July 16, in Arlington, Texas.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Saturday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors: Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to second place (and first among National League pitchers) and Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to sixth place.
Read MoreMariners 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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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers player rankings for the second straight week.
Also this week in Box-Toppers player rankings, Royals pitcher Seth Lugo rises to lead American League pitchers and Bryson Stott of the Phillies rises to lead National League batters. Meanwhile, Juan Soto of the Yankees maintains his lead among AL batters.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Bailey Ober is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Royals pitcher Seth Lugo rises to first place among American League pitchers (fifth overall) after earning Player of the Game honors. In addition, Cardinals closing pitcher Ryan Helsley rises to ninth place in season player rankings.
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Cease also rises to lead National League pitchers, joining two other new category leaders this week—Logan Gilbert of the Mariners rises to lead American League pitchers and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters. Juan Soto of the Yankees remains this week’s leader among AL batters.
Read MorePirates pitcher Jared Jones is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to fourth place and Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow rises to fifth place.
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Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Suarez also rises to lead National League pitchers, joining two other new category leaders this week—Tanner Houck of the Red Sox rises to lead American League pitchers and Francisco Lindor of the Mets rises to lead NL batters. Juan Soto of the Yankees remains this week’s leader among AL batters.
Read MoreReds pitcher Nick Lodolo is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Tanner Houck is Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMariners pitcher George Kirby is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. Plus, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10: Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow rises to fourth place and Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee rises to ninth place.
Read MoreRoyals pitcher Seth Lugo is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, three players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after each earned Player of the Game honors: Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola rises to third place, Cardinals closing pitcher Ryan Helsley rises to fourth place and Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to seventh place.
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Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta remains atop Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, Juan Soto of the Yankees rises to lead American League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Two other category leaders from last week still hold their lead: Logan Gilbert of the Mariners leads AL pitchers and Marcell Ozuna of the Braves leads National League batters.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Max Fried is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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.