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Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Detroit Tigers face the Cleveland Guardians in one best-of-five game series and the Kansas City Royals face the New York Yankees in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Yankees (first) and the Guardians (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 MoreAstros pitcher Framber Valdez is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Cardinals closing pitcher Ryan Helsley rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePadres pitcher Blake Snell is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePirates pitcher Mitch Keller is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen regains the Box-Toppers season player rankings lead and Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to fourth place.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Triston McKenzie is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
McKenzie struck out eight over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Astros.
Read MoreRays pitcher Shane McClanahan is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first in season player rankings.
Also Thursday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors—Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani rises to third place and Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to 10th place.
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 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.