Note: Box-Toppers is playing catch-up after time away. These are Box-Toppers weekly player standings as of Thursday, Aug. 22:
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw takes over the top spot in Box-Toppers player rankings.
Kershaw has 18.7 Box-Toppers points as of Thursday, Aug. 22, taking over the lead from Indians pitcher Justin Masterson (16.4 points), who has fallen to third place behind Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin (17.4).
Masterson continues to lead American League players in Box-Toppers points.
Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers remains the leader among American League batters with 14.4 Box-Toppers points. However, Cabrera fell from ninth to 10th place overall this week.
Paul Goldschmidt of the Diamondbacks leads among NL batters with 11.7 Box-Toppers points. Goldschmidt is in 23rd place among all players.
Thirty-two players have accumulated 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points so far this season. Only five are batters—Cabrera, Goldschmidt, Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies (11.0), Chris Davis of the Orioles (12.7) and Alfonso Soriano of the Yankees (10.9).
Previous player rankings report from Aug. 15.
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Top players
As of Thursday, Aug. 22
| 2013 LEADERS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVERALL LEADERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 18.7 |
| 2 | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | ari nl | 17.4 |
| 3 | Masterson, Justin 2462 | pi sp | cle al | 16.4 |
| 4 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.0 |
| 5 | Moore, Matt 2975 | pi sp | tb al | 15.1 |
| 6 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 15.0 |
| 7 | Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 15.0 |
| 8 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 14.7 |
| 9 | Liriano, Francisco 2104 | pi sp | pit nl | 14.7 |
| 10 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 3b | det al | 14.4 |
| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Masterson, Justin 2462 | pi sp | cle al | 16.4 |
| 2 | Moore, Matt 2975 | pi sp | tb al | 15.1 |
| 3 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 15.0 |
| 4 | Sanchez, Anibal 2187 | pi sp | det al | 14.4 |
| 5 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 13.7 |
| 6 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 13.1 |
| 7 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 12.7 |
| 8 | Iwakuma, Hisashi 3048 | pi sp | sea al | 12.4 |
| 9 | Tillman, Chris 2754 | pi sp | bal al | 10.7 |
| 10 | Kuroda, Hiroki 2401 | pi sp | nyy al | 10.4 |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 3b | det al | 14.4 |
| 2 | Davis, Chris 2478 | 1b | bal al | 12.7 |
| 3 | Soriano, Alfonso 1445 | lf | nyy al | 10.9 |
| 4 | Ortiz, David | dh | bos al | 9.2 |
| 5 | Cano, Robinson 2092 | 2b | nyy al | 8.5 |
| 6 | Beltre, Adrian 1141 | 3b | tex al | 8.4 |
| 7 | Jones, Adam 2347 | cf | bal al | 8.0 |
| 8 | Raburn, Ryan 2340 | rf dh ph | cle al | 8.0 |
| 9 | Donaldson, Josh 3144 | 3b | oak al | 7.5 |
| 10 | Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 | 1b dh | tor al | 7.2 |
| NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 18.7 |
| 2 | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | ari nl | 17.4 |
| 3 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.0 |
| 4 | Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 15.0 |
| 5 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 14.7 |
| 6 | Liriano, Francisco 2104 | pi sp | pit nl | 14.7 |
| 7 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 13.7 |
| 8 | Latos, Mat 2644 | pi sp | cin nl | 13.4 |
| 9 | Miller, Shelby 3134 | pi sp | stl nl | 13.4 |
| 10 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | stl nl | 13.1 |
| NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | ari nl | 11.7 |
| 2 | Gonzalez, Carlos 2460 | lf | col nl | 11.0 |
| 3 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | atl nl | 9.5 |
| 4 | Cuddyer, Michael 1826 | rf | col nl | 8.5 |
| 5 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | lf | dc nl | 8.4 |
| 6 | Venable, Will 2621 | rf cf | sd nl | 8.0 |
| 7 | Carpenter, Matt 2987 | 2b | stl nl | 7.5 |
| 8 | McCann, Brian 2179 | ca | atl nl | 7.0 |
| 9 | Posey, Buster 2745 | ca | sf nl | 7.0 |
| 10 | Zimmerman, Ryan 2180 | 3b | dc nl | 6.7 |
BTP: Box-Toppers points for 2013 season