Dodgers’ Maeda tops players for Wednesday, May 15; Astros’ Verlander extends player rankings lead

Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Wednesday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Brewers pitcher Josh Hader and Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke both rise in player rankings top 10 after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Box-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Acuña, Ohtani, voted Rookies of the Year by baseball writers

Box-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, were voted 2018 Rookies of the Year Monday.

The honors for the 2018 season were awarded Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America also named both as top rookies for 2018 on Monday.

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Why Box-Toppers is voting pitchers Scherzer, Snell as league MVPs over batters

No batters are deserving of the Most Valuable Player Award this year.

Collectively, batters are faring worse, with their statistics trending downward in recent years. This year has been an even lower point.

Box-Toppers is voting pitcher Max Scherzer as NL MVP and Blake Snell as AL MVP.

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Reds’ Luis Castillo tops players for Saturday, Sept. 1; Rays’ Snell rises to lead AL player rankings

Reds pitcher Luis Castillo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Rays pitcher Blake Snell rises to lead American League players in Box-Toppers points—rising to second place overall—after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Mariners’ James Paxton tops players for Friday, May 25, rises to 6th in player rankings

Mariners pitcher James Paxton is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to sixth place in season player rankings.

Also Friday, Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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