Julio Rodriguez of the Mariners is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRangers’ Gray tops players for Friday, Aug. 11; Dodgers’ Lynn tops NL players
A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2022 season
Could 2023 be the season Clayton Kershaw passes Randy Johnson for the “all-time” lead in career Box-Toppers points?
Or could this coming season be the year when Kershaw loses the lead among active players in career Box-Toppers points to either Max Scherzer or Justin Verlander?
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Yankees, Mets lead Box-Toppers offseason team rankings, landing biggest free agents
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 MorePadres’ Darvish tops players for Friday, Sept. 2; Blue Jays’ Manoah tops AL players
Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Darvish struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 7-1 win over the Dodgers.
Read MoreBraves’ Strider tops players for Thursday, Sept . 1, with highest game score of 2022
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, recording the highest Box-Toppers game score for any Player of the Game winner in 2022.
Strider struck out 16 over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Rockies.
Read MoreDodgers’ May tops players for Saturday, Aug. 20; Padres’ Musgrove rises to 6th
Dodgers pitcher Dustin May is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreDodgers’ Kershaw tops players for Friday, July 15; Blue Jays’ Manoah tops AL players
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Kershaw struck out six over eighth scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 9-1 win over the Angels.
Read MoreGiants’ Rodon tops players for Saturday, July 9, rising to 8th in player rankings
Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Rodon pitched a complete game, striking out 12 and allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 3-1 win over the Padres.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players for Monday, June 20, rising to 4th in player rankings
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players for Saturday, June 18; Twins’ Bundy tops AL players
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Nola struck out eight over eight scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 2-1, 10-inning win over the Nationals.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Manoah tops players for Monday, June 13; Padres’ Darvish tops NL players
Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Manoah struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 11-1 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreBrewers’ Peralta tops players for Monday, May 16, rising to 9th in player rankings
Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.
Peralta struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Braves.
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Box-Toppers picks Dodgers over White Sox in 2022 World Series
Box-Toppers picks the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the 2022 World Series, beating the predicted American League champion Chicago White Sox.
Box-Toppers projects the Dodgers will have the most wins among all teams—111—and will be the only team with more than 100 wins this season.
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Dodgers top Box-Toppers 2022 preseason team rankings; White Sox top AL teams
The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2022 preseason rankings. They also ended 2021 as Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Oakland Athletics saw the biggest decline.
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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of ‘all-time’ after the 2021 season
Randy Johnson leads all players in career Box-Toppers points and the two active players most likely to pass his total won’t likely do it until 2023 at the very earliest.
Johnson earned 282.5 Box-Toppers points from the time Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995 until he retired in 2009.
Read MorePadres’ Musgrove tops players for Thursday, July 29; Brewers’ Peralta rises to 8th in player rankings
Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, pitcher Max Scherzer earns Player of the Game honors Thursday in what appears to be his final start for the Nationals. He is reportedly being traded to the Dodgers, though the deal was not final as of Friday morning.
Read MorePadres’ Tatis tops players for Friday, June 25; Twins’ Arraez tops AL players
Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Tatis hit three home runs and went 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in four runs, in the 11-5 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreMets’ deGrom tops players for Monday, May 31, rising to 6th in player rankings
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
deGrom struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 6-2 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players for Wednesday, May 12, rising to lead season player rankings
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to take the lead in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
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