Mets' Noah Syndergaard tops first Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report of 2017

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of April 13.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Vargas, Jason 2055 pi sp kc al 3.0 1 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 3.0
2 Verlander, Justin 2112 pi sp det al 2.7 2 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 2.0
3 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 2.7 3 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 2.0
4 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 2.0 4 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 2.0
5 Boyd, Matthew 3550 pi sp det al 2.0 5 Finnegan, Brandon 3535 pi sp cin nl 2.0
6 Pineda, Michael 2841 pi sp nyy al 2.0 6 Chacin, Jhoulys 2711 pi mr sp sd nl 2.0
7 Devenski, Chris 3702 pi mr cp hou al 2.0 7 Leake, Mike 2709 pi sp stl nl 2.0
8 Bedrosian, Cam 3694 pi cp ana al 2.0 8 Nelson, Jimmy 3299 pi sp mil nl 2.0
9 Givens, Mychal 3599 pi mr bal al 2.0 9 Richard, Clayton 2584 pi sp sd nl 2.0
10 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 1.7 10 Holland, Greg 2906 pi cp col nl 2.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Garcia, Avisail 3256 rf chi al 2.5 1 Puig, Yasiel 3193 rf lad nl 2.0
2 Mazara, Nomar 3614 rf tex al 2.0 2 Ozuna, Marcell 3190 lf fla nl 1.7
3 Morrison, Logan 2794 1b tb al 1.7 3 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b cin nl 1.5
4 Soto, Geovany 2409 ca chi al 1.7 4 Kendrick, Howie 2191 2b lf 1b phi nl 1.5
5 Mancini, Trey 3766 lf bal al 1.7 5 Reynolds, Mark 2297 1b col nl 1.5
6 Lindor, Francisco 3586 ss cle al 1.5 6 Rizzo, Anthony 3063 1b chi nl 1.5
7 Davis, Khris 3242 lf oak al 1.5 7 Solarte, Yangervis 3304 3b sd nl 1.5
8 Sano, Miguel 3527 3b min al 1.5 8 Marte, Starling 3122 lf pit nl 1.5
9 Vazquez, Christian 3380 ca bos al 1.5 9 Drew, Stephen 2210 ss 2b dc nl 1.5
10 Gallo, Joey 3485 3b tex al 1.5 10 Pollock, A.J. 3142 cf ari nl 1.5

Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard leads Box-Toppers first weekly player rankings report after two weeks of the season.

Meanwhile, Royals pitcher Jason Vargas leads American League players.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of April 13:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 3.0
2 Vargas, Jason 2055 pi sp kc al 3.0
3 Verlander, Justin 2112 pi sp det al 2.7
4 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 2.7
5 Garcia, Avisail 3256 rf chi al 2.5
6 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 2.0
7 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 2.0
8 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 2.0
9 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 2.0
10 Finnegan, Brandon 3535 pi sp cin nl 2.0
What are those numbers after players' names?

Both Syndergaard and Vargas have 3.0 Box-Toppers points so far in 2017. Syndergaard ranks ahead on a tiebreaker because he had more Box-Toppers points in 2016—16.7 vs. 1.0.

Avisail Garcia of the White Sox leads AL batters with 2.5 Box-Toppers points and Yasiel Puig of the Dodgers leads NL batters with 2.0 points.

Last year’s Box-Toppers points leader, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer has 1.0 point, ranked 48th among all players. Last season he had 25.7 points to lead all players.

So far this season, 128 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are five players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 11 players who have made their Box-Toppers debut so far this season, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors.

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.

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