Gleyber Torres of the Tigers is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle rises to ninth place in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Box-Toppers’ big dippers—players whose 2024 point total declined most from 2023: Spencer Strider leads list
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2023 to 2024.
Strider led all players in 2023 with 21.1 Box-Toppers points but earned just 1.0 point in 2024, a 20.1-point decline, which is also the fifth-largest decline (in regular-length seasons) since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
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Dodgers lead 2024 Box-Toppers preseason team rankings; Rays top AL teams
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2024 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the San Diego Padres saw the biggest decline.
Read MorePhillies’ Suárez, Royals’ Lugo top players in spring games for Friday, March 8
Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.
Suarez struck out five over 3 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 6-3 win over the Astros.
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Braves, Astros, Mariners among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings
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 MoreReliever Sborz tops players in World Series Game 5 as Rangers win title over D-backs
Closing pitcher Josh Sborz is Box-Toppers Player of the Game Wednesday as the Rangers defeat the Diamondbacks to win the 2023 World Series in five games.
The Texas Rangers defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 to win the best-of-seven game series, 4-1.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Kelly tops players Saturday in World Series Game 2 win over Rangers
Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s World Series Game 2.
The Arizona Diamondbacks win 9-1 to tie the best-of-seven game series with the Texas Rangers, 1-1.
Read MoreCloser Leclerc tops players in World Series Game 1, as Rangers defeat Diamondbacks
Rangers closing pitcher Jose Leclerc is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s World Series Game 1.
The Texas Rangers win 6-5 in 11 innings to take a 1-0 lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the best-of-seven game series.
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Rangers hold Box-Toppers points edge over Diamondbacks in 2023 World Series
The Texas Rangers hold significant Box-Toppers points advantages over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2023 World Series.
The Rangers finished first in Box-Toppers team rankings for the season while the Diamondbacks finished 14th, lowest among all postseason teams.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Carroll tops players in Tuesday’s NL Championship Series Game 7
Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s National League Championship Series Game 7.
Carroll hit a sacrifice fly and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs.
Read MoreRangers’ Garcia, Diamondbacks’ Kelly top players in Monday’s LCS playoff games
Adolis Garcia of the Rangers is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s American League Championship Series Game 7.
Also Monday, Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the National League Championship Series Game 6.
Read MoreRangers’ Garver tops players in Sunday’s AL Championship Series Game 6
Mitch Garver of the Rangers is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s American League Championship Series Game 6.
Garver homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players in Tuesday’s NL Championship Series Game 2
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s National League Championship Series Game 2.
Nola struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks.
Read MorePhillies’ Wheeler, Rangers’ Eovaldi top players in Monday’s league division series games
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s National League Championship Series Game 1.
Also Monday, Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.
Read MoreNLCS Preview: Phillies favored to advance, though Diamondbacks have pitching edge
Box-Toppers favors the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Championship Series, though the Arizona Diamondbacks have the slight edge among starting pitchers.
Both teams fought through higher-ranked teams to make their way to the league championship series, so neither is particularly highly ranked in Box-Toppers team rankings for 2023.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Kelly tops players in Saturday’s opening league division series games
Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly tops players in Saturday’s four league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s league division series games: Ranger Suarez of the Phillies, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros and Evan Carter of the Rangers.
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Source: MLB.com
Box-Toppers’ NL Division Series preview: Phillies vs. Braves, Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers
Both National League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Philadelphia Phillies face the Atlanta Braves in one best-of-five game series and the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Braves (first) and the Dodgers (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.
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Source: MLB.com
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 MoreBlue Jays’ Gausman tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 20, rising to 3rd in B-T rankings
Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Gausman struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks, in the 6-1 win over the Yankees.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Gausman tops players for Saturday, Sept. 9, rising to 4th in player rankings
Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth place in season player rankings.
Gausman struck out 10 over eight innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 5-1 win over the Royals.
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