Top 10: Kershaw among best players for 2013

Five players are tied at the top the 2013 Box-Toppers ​leaders list less than two weeks into the season.

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who led National League players in Box-Toppers points in 2012, is one of the five with 3.0 Box-Toppers points.

The others are Braves pitcher Paul Maholm, Indians pitcher Justin Masterson, Athletics first baseman Brandon Moss and Mets pitcher Matt Harvey.

All five players have been named Player of the Game in two of their teams' wins. In one of the wins, each player was also named Player of the Day, earning 2.0 Box-Toppers points for the game. ​

Kershaw, Maholm and Harvey lead all NL pitchers. ​

Masterson leads all American League pitchers.​

Moss leads all AL batters.​

Two players are tied at the top of the NL batters list: Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter and Rockies outfielder Michael Cuddyer both have 2.5 Box-Toppers points.

Obviously, the season is very young, teams have only played about 10 games and most players on the list have only been named Player of the Game once, so the statistics are a little threadbare. As the season progresses, those statistics will fill in, giving a better picture of the best players. We'll have another report on 2013's top players in a couple of weeks.

What are those numbers after players' names?​

	2013 LEADERS
	OVERALL LEADERS	POS	TEAM	PTS
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	3
2	Maholm, Paul 2078	pi sp	atl nl	3
3	Masterson, Justin 2462	pi sp	cle al	3
4	Moss, Brandon 2520	1b	oak al	3
5	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	3
6	Cabrera, Miguel 1776	3b	det al	2.7
7	Moore, Matt 2975	pi sp	tb al	2.7
8	Carpenter, Matt 2987	2b lf 1b rf	stl nl	2.5
9	Cuddyer, Michael 1826	rf ph	col nl	2.5
10	Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	2
	AL PITCHERS
1	Masterson, Justin 2462	pi sp	cle al	3
2	Moore, Matt 2975	pi sp	tb al	2.7
3	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	2
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	2
5	Bedard, Erik 1914	pi sp	hou al	2
6	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	1.7
7	Buchholz, Clay 2363	pi sp	bos al	1.7
8	Guthrie, Jeremy 2290	pi sp	kc al	1.7
9	Happ, J.A. 2536	pi sp	tor al	1.7
10	Ogando, Alexi 2739	pi sp	tex al	1.7
	AL BATTERS
1	Moss, Brandon 2520	1b	oak al	3
2	Cabrera, Miguel 1776	3b	det al	2.7
3	Davis, Chris 2478	1b lf dh rf	bal al	2
4	Fielder, Prince 2029	1b	det al	2
5	Butler, Billy 2330	1b dh	kc al	1.5
6	Pujols, Albert 1438	dh 1b	ana al	1.5
7	Wieters, Matt 2643	ca	bal al	1.5
8	Reddick, Josh 2936	rf	oak al	1.5
9	Saltalamacchia, Jarod 2355	ca	bos al	1.5
10	Hosmer, Eric 2886	1b	kc al	1.5
	NL PITCHERS
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	3
2	Maholm, Paul 2078	pi sp	atl nl	3
3	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	3
4	Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	2
5	Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	stl nl	2
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	2
7	Samardzija, Jeff 2495	pi sp	chi nl	2
8	Minor, Mike 2894	pi sp	atl nl	2
9	Lee, Cliff 1798	pi sp	phi nl	2
10	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	1.7
	NL BATTERS
1	Carpenter, Matt 2987	2b lf 1b rf	stl nl	2.5
2	Cuddyer, Michael 1826	rf ph	col nl	2.5
3	Harper, Bryce 3011	lf	dc nl	1.7
4	Pollock, A.J. 3142	cf	ari nl	1.7
5	Phillips, Brandon 1691	2b	cin nl	1.5
6	Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	lf	col nl	1.5
7	Bruce, Jay 2453	rf	cin nl	1.5
8	Venable, Will 2621	rf	sd nl	1.5
9	Werth, Jayson 1664	rf	dc nl	1.5
10	Cowgill, Collin 3046	cf lf	nym nl	1.5