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Both National League Division Series begin Saturday.
The San Diego Padres face the Los Angeles Dodgers in one best-of-five game series and the New York Mets face the Philadelphia Phillies in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Dodgers (first) and the Phillies (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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Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta remains atop Box-Toppers season player rankings for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, Juan Soto of the Yankees rises to lead American League batters in Box-Toppers rankings. Two other category leaders from last week still hold their lead: Logan Gilbert of the Mariners leads AL pitchers and Marcell Ozuna of the Braves leads National League batters.
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Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week.
Meanwhile, Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to lead American League pitchers, Marcell Ozuna of the Braves rises to lead National League batters and Andres Gimenez of the Guardians maintains his lead among AL batters.
Read MoreRed Sox pitcher Tanner Houck is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Ranger Suarez is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Suarez struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 5-1 win over the Pirates.
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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 MoreBlue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Gausman struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks, in the 6-1 win over the Yankees.
Read MorePirates pitcher Mitch Keller is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Keller struck out seven over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 2-0 win over the Nationals.
Read MoreOrioles pitcher Kyle Bradish is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bradish struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 12-1 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third in season player rankings.
Also Saturday, Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani maintains second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Ian Anderson is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Astros pitcher Cristian Javier rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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.