No baseball Tuesday as the National League Division Series Game 4 was rained out and postponed until Wednesday.
There are two League Division Series games scheduled for Wednesday:
Top 10 players
Here are final rankings of the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of Oct. 1:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | bos al | 25.1 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 25.0 |
| 3 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 23.1 |
| 4 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 22.5 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 22.0 |
| 6 | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | pi sp | cle al | 21.8 |
| 7 | Severino, Luis 3567 | pi sp | nyy al | 21.1 |
| 8 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | ari nl | 20.1 |
| 9 | Santana, Ervin 2005 | pi sp | min al | 16.1 |
| 10 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | ari nl | 16.0 |
NL Division Series Game 4, Cubs lead Nationals, 2-1
The pitching matchup Wednesday is the same as Tuesday’s:
The pitching matchup Wednesday:
Nationals—Stephen Strasburg, 22.5 Box-Toppers points, fourth among all players, third among NL pitchers.
Cubs—Jake Arrieta, 6.7 Box-Toppers points, 110th among all players, 38th among NL pitchers.
Strasburg was named the Nationals starter for Game 4 mid-day Wednesday. Previously, the Nationals were going to start Tanner Roark (7.0 Box-Toppers points, 97th among all players, 31st among NL pitchers) but with the rainout Tuesday, Strasburg was available to start on full rest.
Strasburg ranks second among Nationals players in Box-Toppers points, trailing only Box-Toppers NL Player of the Year Max Scherzer (25.0 Box-Toppers points).
In the Game 1 series loss to the Cubs, Strasburg pitched well and had a Box-Toppers game score of +11.0, despite picking up the loss (7IP 3H 2R 0ER BB 10K L). Arrieta has yet to appear in the 2017 postseason.
AL Division Series Game 5, Yankees at Indians, series tied, 2-2
Yankees—CC Sabathia, 7.7 Box-Toppers points, 82nd among all players, 26th among AL pitchers.
Indians—Corey Kluber, 22.0 Box-Toppers points, fifth among all players, second among AL pitchers.
The pitching matchup is a rematch of Game 2 last Friday that the Indians won 9-8 in 13 innings. Neither starter fared particularly well, but Kluber actually did far worse. Kluber (2.2IP 7H 6R BB 4K ND) had a Box-Toppers game score of -13.8. Sabathia (5.1IP 3H 4R 2ER 3BB 5K ND) had a Box-Toppers game score of -1.9).
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