Dodgers' Kershaw keeps lead in Box-Toppers player rankings for 3rd straight week

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 26.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 8.7 1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 12.0
2 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 7.4 2 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 9.0
3 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 6.4 3 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 8.7
4 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 6.1 4 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 8.7
5 Price, David 2593 pi sp bos al 5.7 5 Matz, Steven 3516 pi sp nym nl 8.7
6 Quintana, Jose 3040 pi sp chi al 5.7 6 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 7.0
7 Santiago, Hector 3109 pi sp ana al 5.4 7 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 6.4
8 Kennedy, Ian 2723 pi sp kc al 5.0 8 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 6.0
9 Lewis, Colby 1567 pi sp tex al 4.7 9 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 6.0
10 Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 pi sp nyy al 4.7 10 Velasquez, Vince 3611 pi sp phi nl 6.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Machado, Manny 3087 ss 3b bal al 7.7 1 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 cf lf nym nl 6.0
2 Davis, Chris 2478 1b bal al 5.5 2 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b cin nl 4.5
3 Altuve, Jose 3007 2b hou al 5.0 3 Jaso, John 2705 1b pit nl 4.0
4 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 4.5 4 Conforto, Michael 3622 lf nym nl 4.0
5 Cano, Robinson 2092 2b sea al 4.5 5 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 3.5
6 Cabrera, Miguel 1776 1b det al 4.0 6 Bryant, Kris 3465 lf 3b chi nl 3.5
7 Ortiz, David dh bos al 3.5 7 Braun, Ryan J. 2300 lf mil nl 3.5
8 Martinez, Victor 1695 dh 1b ph det al 3.5 8 Polanco, Gregory 3361 rf lf pit nl 3.5
9 Cain, Lorenzo 3171 cf kc al 3.0 9 Carter, Chris 2828 1b mil nl 3.5
10 Castellanos, Nick 3349 3b det al 3.0 10 Rizzo, Anthony 3063 1b chi nl 3.0

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw maintains his lead in Box-Toppers player rankings report for the third straight week.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 26:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 12.0
2 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 9.0
3 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 8.7
4 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 8.7
5 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 8.7
6 Matz, Steven 3516 pi sp nym nl 8.7
7 Machado, Manny 3087 ss 3b bal al 7.7
8 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 7.4
9 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 7.0
10 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 6.4
What are those numbers after players' names?

Kershaw has 12.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.0 points since last week.

All four Box-Toppers category leaders also maintain their top spot in the rankings:

National League pitchers—Kershaw’s 12.0 Box-Toppers points puts him ahead of second-place NL pitcher Johnny Cueto of the Giants (9.0).

American League pitchers—White Sox pitcher Chris Sale maintains his lead with 8.7 Box-Toppers points. He ranks fourth among all players.

American League batters—Manny Machado of the Orioles maintains his lead with 7.7 Box-Toppers points. He ranks seventh among all players.

National League batters—Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets maintains his lead with 6.0 Box-Toppers points. He ranks 15th among all players.

So far this season, 395 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 123 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points.

About Box-Toppers—Box-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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.

Last week’s player rankings