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Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who both led their league’s batters in Box-Toppers points in 2024, won the season’s Most Valuable Player Awards Thursday.
Judge, who led American League batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Ohtani, who led National League batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.
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Both National League Division Series begin Saturday.
The San Diego Padres face the Los Angeles Dodgers in one best-of-five game series and the New York Mets face the Philadelphia Phillies in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Dodgers (first) and the Phillies (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
Read MoreSix of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2023 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2023 Box-Toppers point totals.
The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers, analyzing traditional box scores, tracks which player most helps his team win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.
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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 MoreShohei Ohtani leads all Angels pitchers in 2023 Box-Toppers points. He also leads all Angels batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points.
The overall 2023 Box-Toppers points leader (13.9) at the All-Star break is the only player to lead his team in both categories. On the other 29 clubs, pitchers have the most Box-Toppers points on 24 teams and batters lead four teams.
Read MoreElias Diaz of the Rockies is Box-Toppers 2023 All-Star Game Player of the Game.
Diaz hit an eighth-inning, two-run, go-ahead home run, in the National League’s 3-2 win Tuesday over the American League. Diaz went 1-for-2, scoring once and driving in two runs.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers rankings and Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves rises to lead NL batters.
Read MoreWith voting wrapping up this week for the 2023 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 Sunday, June 25.
The first phase of fan All-Star voting is now closed and the second phase, with finalist voting only, continues through Thursday. Here is more information about how that works. The All-Star Game is Tuesday, July 11, in Seattle.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Kenta Maeda is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, James Outman of the Dodgers rises to lead National League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Luis Arraez of the Marlins rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Plus, Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
Read MoreMariners Pitcher Bryan Woo is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to third place and Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after both earned Player of the Game honors. Gallen extends his 2023 Box-Toppers points lead among National League pitchers.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Nola struck out 12 over seven innings, allowing three runs (none earned), one hit and three walks, in the 8-3 win over the Tigers.
Read MorePadres pitcher Yu Darvish is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider rises to ninth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreSeven of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards Thursday were also among the leaders at their positions in 2022 Box-Toppers point totals.
Read MoreRed 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 MoreRays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is the most deserving player not selected to the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Glasnow has 12.7 Box-Toppers points in 2021, fifth among all players and second among American League pitchers.
Read MoreFernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Tatis hit three home runs and went 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in four runs, in the 11-5 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Corey Kluber is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Woodruff struck out 10 over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Cardinals.
Read MoreReds pitcher Sonny Gray is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gray struck out 10 over five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and three walks, in the 2-1 win over the Cardinals.
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.