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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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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.
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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 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.
Read MoreOnly four Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2023’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced this month. Three other Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
The All-MLB team players are not selected based on their affiliation with American League or National League. Rather, all players are chosen regardless of league as “First Team” or “Second Team” players.
Read MoreOnly two of Box-Toppers category leaders also won Players Choice Awards for 2023 as voted by the players’ union: Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, who was voted American League Outstanding Player and Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles was voted AL Outstanding Rookie.
Read MoreThe Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2023 regular season are led by overall Box-Toppers points leader, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider.
The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to nine batters in each league are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels and Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves were voted 2023 Most Valuable Player award winners. While Ohtani was also Box-Toppers’ choice as AL MVP, Pete Alonso of the Mets was Box-Toppers’ NL MVP leader over Acuña.
Shohei Ohtani of the Angels was voted 2023 American League Most Valuable Player Wednesday. He was also Box-Toppers’ choice as AL MVP.
However, in the National League, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves was voted MVP—he finished second in Box-Toppers’ NL MVP ballot behind Pete Alonso of the Mets.
Read MoreShohei Ohtani of the Angels, favorite for American League Most Valuable Player, is also Box-Toppers’ choice for the award. But Box-Toppers’ choice for NL MVP, Pete Alonso of the Mets, is not among the finalists for the award, expected to go to Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves, who is second on Box-Toppers’ NL MVP ballot.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Pivetta struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreRays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Nola struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Cardinals.
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Shohei Ohtani clings to the Box-Toppers season player rankings lead, despite a week in which he earned no Box-Toppers points and sustained an injury that will keep from pitching for the rest of 2023.
The Angels pitcher/designated hitter leads player rankings for the 10th straight week, but the lead narrowed to just 1.0 Box-Toppers point, his slimmest lead since June 27.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the ninth straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. In addition, both National League category leaders remain the same from last week—Spencer Strider of the Braves maintains his lead among NL pitchers and Pete Alonso of the Mets maintains his lead among NL batters.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the eighth straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Spencer Strider of the Braves maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Freddy Peralta is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead National League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the seventh straight week.
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Spencer Strider of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers points and Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals maintains his lead among NL batters for the third week.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Dane Dunning is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Dunning struck out 11 over 7 2/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 11-1 win over the White Sox.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman rises to third place and Marlins pitcher Braxton Garrett rises to ninth place.
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.