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The New York Yankees and New York Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason rankings after landing the winter’s two biggest free agents.
The Yankees rank first after Carlos Rodon Thursday agreed to a free agent deal. Rodon earned 19.8 Box-Toppers points in 2022 with the Giants, sixth overall and third among National League pitchers. He ranked second among all free agents going into the 2023 season.
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The new Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Friday 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 MoreAstros pitcher Cristian Javier is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers points for 2022, passing Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins. Rodon rises to fourth place in overall Box-Toppers rankings after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Drew Smyly is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Smyly struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run (none earned), one hit and two walks, in the 4-2 win over the Giants.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, two other players in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list earned Player of the Game honors—Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon maintained his seventh place spot and Braves pitcher Max Fried rose to eighth.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Ross Stripling is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Stripling struck out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 6-1 win over the Orioles. Stripling did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Read MoreMatt Carpenter of the Yankees is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, becoming the second player to reach 10.0 Box-Toppers points this season.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report.
Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox maintain their lead among American League teams and the Toronto Blue Jays are the week’s hottest team.
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Three teams each have six players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2021 player rankings at the All-Star break.
The Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays each have six players on the top 100 list, tied for the most of any team. All teams have at least one player among the top 100. The Milwaukee Brewers, currently Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team with 67.2 accumulated Box-Toppers points in 2021 have three players on the list. The defending World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers have four players on the list.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Charlie Morton is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings for the third week.
Meanwhile, the Chicago White Sox rise to lead American League teams and the Toronto Blue Jays are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Chris Sale is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after becoming the sixth pitcher this season to earn Player of the Game honors for batting. Strasburg is Thursday’s National League Player of the Day.
Plus, Alex Bregman of the Astros rises to lead American League batters in 2019 Box-Toppers points after earning AL Batter of the Day honors Thursday.
Read MoreRoyals pitcher Brad Keller is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Cubs pitcher Jon Lester earned Player of the Game honors for batting and rises to 12th place on Box-Toppers “all-time” career points list.
Read MoreRays pitcher Charlie Morton is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Morton struck out 12 over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 6-3 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreJean Segura of the Mariners is Box-Toppers 2018 All-Star Player of the Game.
Segura hit a go-ahead, eighth-inning, three-run, pinch-hit homer, in the American League’s 8-6, 10-inning win over the National League. Segura went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in three runs.
Read MoreMariners pitcher James Paxton is the most deserving player not selected to the 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Paxton has 14.0 Box-Toppers points in 2018, fifth among all players and fourth among American League pitchers.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Kyle Gibson is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Albert Pujols of the Angels has now earned Box-Toppers points in 18 consecutive seasons, tied with Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia for the longest active season streak; it is tied for the third-longest streak since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.
In addition Thursday, Box-Toppers’ two top-ranked players for 2018 started Thursday but neither earned Player of the Game honors in their teams’ wins. Neither top-ranked Luis Severino of the Yankees nor second-ranked Max Scherzer of the Nationals were top players in their games.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Jose Urena is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Urena pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits, one walk and striking out four, in the 2-0 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreMariners 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.
Read MoreMariners pitcher James Paxton is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to sixth place in season player rankings.
Paxton pitched a complete game, striking out eight and allowing two runs, three hits and one walk, in the 7-2 win over the Tigers.
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.