Chris Colabello of the Twins, the 30-year-old in his first full Major League season after seven seasons in independent leagues, is the unlikely leader in Box-Toppers points so far this season.

Colabello, who has 5.2 Box-Toppers points, has played first base, designated hitter and right field. He has been Player of the Game in four of the Twins’ eight wins. He was in second place overall in last week’s player standings.

Top players

Through Thursday, April 17

	OVERALL LEADERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Colabello, Chris 3235	1b dh rf	min al	5.2
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	4.4
3	Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	4.0
4	Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp	lad nl	4.0
5	Cashner, Andrew 2807	pi sp	sd nl	4.0
6	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	3.7
7	Freeman, Freddie 2887	1b	atl nl	3.2
8	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	3.0
9	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	3.0
10	Kazmir, Scott 1947	pi sp	oak al	3.0

	AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	4.4
2	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	3.7
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	3.0
4	Kazmir, Scott 1947	pi sp	oak al	3.0
5	McAllister, Zach 3088	pi sp	cle al	2.7
6	Chavez, Jesse 2780	pi sp	oak al	2.7
7	Tanaka, Masahiro 3305	pi sp	nyy al	2.7
8	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	2.0
9	Buehrle, Mark 1407	pi sp	tor al	2.0
10	Cobb, Alex 2916	pi sp	tb al	2.0

	AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Colabello, Chris 3235	1b dh rf	min al	5.2
2	Murphy, David 2348	rf	cle al	3.0
3	Lowrie, Jed 2437	ss	oak al	2.0
4	Hamilton, Josh 2332	lf	ana al	1.7
5	Moss, Brandon 2520	1b	oak al	1.5
6	Joyce, Matt 2480	dh lf rf	tb al	1.5
7	Wieters, Matt 2643	ca	bal al	1.5
8	Hunter, Torii 1190	rf	det al	1.5
9	Moreland, Mitch 2799	dh 1b	tex al	1.5
10	Gillaspie, Conor 3218	3b	chi al	1.5

	NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	4.0
2	Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp	lad nl	4.0
3	Cashner, Andrew 2807	pi sp	sd nl	4.0
4	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	3.0
5	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	atl nl	3.0
6	Gallardo, Yovani 2333	pi sp	mil nl	3.0
7	Hammel, Jason 2235	pi sp	chi nl	3.0
8	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	2.7
9	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	2.5
10	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	2.0

	NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Freeman, Freddie 2887	1b	atl nl	3.2
2	Braun, Ryan J. 2300	rf	mil nl	3.0
3	Tulowitzki, Troy 2308	ss	col nl	2.7
4	Alvarez, Pedro 2817	3b	pit nl	2.5
5	Duda, Lucas 2818	1b lf	nym nl	2.5
6	Upton, Justin 2411	lf	atl nl	2.0
7	Utley, Chase 1861	2b	phi nl	2.0
8	Blackmon, Charlie 2891	cf lf	col nl	2.0
9	Stanton, Giancarlo 2737	rf	fla nl	1.7
10	Murphy, Daniel 2589	2b	nym nl	1.5

BTP: Box-Toppers points

Last week’s top player, Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez, falls to second place overall with 4.4 Box-Toppers points. He still leads all American League pitchers.

Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright, in third place overall with 4.0 Box-Toppers points, is top National League pitcher.

Freddie Freeman of the Braves, in seventh place overall with 3.2 Box-Toppers points, leads all NL batters.

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. 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.

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