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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.
Wheeler struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run (none earned), four hits and one walk, in the 6-1 win over the Giants.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreOrioles pitcher Corbin Burnes is Thursday’s Opening Day Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Burnes struck out 11 over six innings, allowing one run, one hit and no walks, in the 11-3 win over the Angels.
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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.
Read MoreDodgers closing pitcher Evan Phillips is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s regular season opening game in Seoul, South Korea.
Phillips struck out one in one scoreless, hitless inning, walking none and picking up the save, in the 5-2 win over the Padres, the first official game of the 2024 season.
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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 MoreYankees pitcher Carlos Rodon had the biggest decline in Box-Toppers points from 2022 to 2023.
Rodon had 19.8 Box-Toppers points in 2022 with the Giants, sixth among all players and third among National League pitchers. But moving to the Yankees in 2023, he earned only 1.0 Box-Toppers point. That 18.8-point decline was the biggest among all players.
Read MorePadres pitcher Yu Darvish is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Darvish struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, in the 4-0 win over the Rangers.
Read MoreMets pitcher Justin Verlander is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals extends his lead among National League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Corbin Burnes is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth in season player rankings.
Burnes struck out 13 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 1-0 win over the Reds.
Read MorePadres pitcher Yu Darvish is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider rises to ninth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Randy Arozarena of the Rays rises to first place among American League batters in 2023 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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The New York Mets are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2023 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the World Series champion Houston Astros saw the biggest decline.
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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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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 MorePhillies pitcher Zack Wheeler and Jeremy Pena of the Astros are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Sunday’s two deciding league championship series games.
The Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros both win their series and advance to the World Series, which begins Friday in Houston.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Cristian Javier and Rhys Hoskins of the Phillies are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s two league championship series games.
Read MorePhillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s National League Championship Series Game 1.
Wheeler struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk.
Read MoreThe San Diego Padres hold the advantage over the Philadelphia Phillies in the upcoming 2022 National League Championship Series.
Going into the postseason, both teams would have been voted Least Likely to Succeed, as they are the two-lowest seeded NL playoff teams and both rank lowest in Box-Toppers rankings among NL postseason teams.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Kyle Wright and Jake Cronenworth of the Padres are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s two National League Division series games.
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.