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Giants pitcher Logan Webb is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez, Orioles pitcher Charlie Morton, Xander Bogaerts of the Padres and Ryan Jeffers of the Twins.
Read MoreBrandon Nimmo of the Mets is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, recording the highest Box-Toppers game score for a batter winning Player of the Game honors this season.
Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Orioles pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, Ryan Jeffers of the Twins and Gavin Lux of the Reds.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Jack Flaherty is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Juan Soto of the Yankees increases his lead among American League batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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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.
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Source: MLB.com.
Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.
The Texas Rangers face the Baltimore Orioles in one best-of-five game series and the Minnesota Twins face the Houston Astros in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Orioles (first) and the Astros (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
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 MoreYankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to first place among National League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors, passing previous leader Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Cristopher Sanchez is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRangers pitcher Jordan Lyles is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Lyles struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 8-1 win over the Astros.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth place in season player rankings.
deGrom struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Padres.
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.