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Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs, Ty France of the Twins, Matt Chapman of the Giants and Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom. Also, seven players earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second time Saturday during the 2025 spring training season.
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The New York Mets are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2023 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the World Series champion Houston Astros saw the biggest decline.
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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.
Read MoreSeven of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards Thursday were also among the leaders at their positions in 2022 Box-Toppers point totals.
Read MoreThe Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2022 regular season are led by overall Box-Toppers points leader, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander.
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.
Read MoreWith voting now underway for the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, here’s an updated look at Box-Toppers points leaders at each position in both leagues, through the games of Sunday, June 26.
Read MoreWith voting now underway for the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, here’s an updated look at Box-Toppers points leaders at each position in both leagues, through the games of Sunday, June 19.
Read MoreWith voting now underway for the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, here’s a look at Box-Toppers points leaders at each position in both leagues.
The first phase of voting is open now and continues until June 30. Here is more information about how that works. The All-Star Game is Tuesday, July 19, at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles.
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Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report.
Meanwhile, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to lead National League pitchers, while Shohei Ohtani of the Angels maintains the lead among American League batters and Pete Alonso maintains the lead among NL batters.
Read MoreRays pitcher Shane McClanahan is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first in season player rankings.
Also Thursday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors—Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani rises to third place and Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to 10th place.
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Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises past Shohei Ohtani of the Angels to take the lead in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report.
Meanwhile, Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara rises to lead National League pitcher and Pete Alonso rises to lead NL batters. Ohtani maintains his lead among American League batters.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Alcantara struck out 14 over eight innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Braves.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Jameson Taillon is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings—rising to first among all National League players—after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the sixth straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Joe Musgrove of the Padres maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fifth straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Joe Musgrove of the Padres maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Pivetta pitched a complete-game two-hitter, allowing one run and no walks, and striking out eight, in the 5-1 win over the Astros.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the second straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories. Meanwhile, Kyle Wright of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers and Nolan Arenado of the Cardinals rises to lead NL batters.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Eric Lauer is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Mets pitcher Tylor Megill rises to second place and Ty France of the Mariners rises to fourth.
Read MoreRockies pitcher Austin Gomber is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Meanwhile, Ty France of the Mariners rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Andrew Heaney is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fifth place in season player rankings.
Heaney struck out 11 over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and three walks, in the 9-1 win over the Reds.
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.