Phillies' Vince Velasquez leads Box-Toppers season player rankings; Indians' Salazar tops AL players

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of April 14.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 3.4 1 Velasquez, Vince 3611 pi sp phi nl 4.0
2 Volquez, Edinson 2220 pi sp kc al 2.7 2 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 3.0
3 Latos, Mat 2644 pi sp chi al 2.7 3 Liriano, Francisco 2104 pi sp pit nl 2.0
4 Estrada, Marco 2847 pi sp tor al 2.0 4 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 2.0
5 Kennedy, Ian 2723 pi sp kc al 2.0 5 Wacha, Michael 3276 pi sp stl nl 2.0
6 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 1.7 6 Morton, Charlie 2503 pi sp phi nl 2.0
7 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 1.7 7 Eickhoff, Jerad 3566 pi sp phi nl 2.0
8 Odorizzi, Jake 3291 pi sp tb al 1.7 8 Anderson, Chase 3328 pi sp mil nl 2.0
9 Lewis, Colby 1567 pi sp tex al 1.7 9 Phelps, David 2994 pi mr sp fla nl 2.0
10 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 1.7 10 Rondon, Hector 3201 pi cp chi nl 2.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Davis, Chris 2478 1b bal al 2.5 1 Brown, Trevor 3610 ca sf nl 2.5
2 Souza, Steven Jr. 3461 rf tb al 1.7 2 Rizzo, Anthony 3063 1b chi nl 2.0
3 Hardy, J.J. 2071 ss bal al 1.7 3 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b ss cin nl 2.0
4 Teixeira, Mark 1738 1b nyy al 1.5 4 Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 1b ari nl 1.5
5 Machado, Manny 3087 3b bal al 1.5 5 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 1.5
6 Kinsler, Ian 2144 2b det al 1.5 6 Kemp, Matt 2151 rf sd nl 1.5
7 Castellanos, Nick 3349 3b det al 1.5 7 Marte, Starling 3122 lf pit nl 1.5
8 Rasmus, Colby 2608 lf hou al 1.5 8 Reynolds, Mark 2297 1b col nl 1.5
9 Goins, Ryan 3478 2b tor al 1.5 9 Zimmerman, Ryan 2180 1b 3b dc nl 1.5
10 Holt, Brock 3340 3b bos al 1.5 10 Belt, Brandon 2943 1b sf nl 1.5

Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez leads players in Box-Toppers’ first player rankings report of the season.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of April 14:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Velasquez, Vince 3611 pi sp phi nl 4.0
2 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 3.4
3 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 3.0
4 Volquez, Edinson 2220 pi sp kc al 2.7
5 Latos, Mat 2644 pi sp chi al 2.7
6 Davis, Chris 2478 1b bal al 2.5
7 Brown, Trevor 3610 ca sf nl 2.5
8 Liriano, Francisco 2104 pi sp pit nl 2.0
9 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 2.0
10 Wacha, Michael 3276 pi sp stl nl 2.0
What are those numbers after players' names?

Velasquez has 4.0 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Day honors twice in the past week.

American League pitchers—Danny Salazar of the Indians has 3.4 Box-Toppers points to lead AL pitchers and is ranked second among all players.

American League batters—Chris Davis of the Orioles has 2.5 Box-Toppers points to lead AL batters and ranks sixth among all players.

National League batters—Trevor Brown of the Giants has 2.5 Box-Toppers points to lead NL batters and ranks seventh among all players.

Two weeks into the season is a pretty small sample size—only seven players have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points.

Last season’s overall leader Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta (29.1 Box-Toppers points) has 1.0 Box-Toppers point and ranks 46th among all players for 2016, 13th among NL pitchers.

So far this season, 125 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are seven 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.