Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 2nd straight week

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of April 20.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 5.7 1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 6.0
2 Vargas, Jason 2055 pi sp kc al 5.0 2 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 4.0
3 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 4.7 3 Holland, Greg 2906 pi cp col nl 4.0
4 Paxton, James 3280 pi sp sea al 4.0 4 Chacin, Jhoulys 2711 pi mr sp sd nl 3.7
5 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 3.7 5 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 3.0
6 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 3.4 6 Nova, Ivan 2796 pi sp pit nl 3.0
7 Gonzalez, Miguel 3062 pi sp chi al 3.0 7 Walker, Taijuan 3453 pi sp ari nl 3.0
8 Kimbrel, Craig 2825 pi cp bos al 3.0 8 Straily, Dan 3080 pi sp fla nl 3.0
9 Bundy, Dylan 3655 pi sp bal al 3.0 9 Richard, Clayton 2584 pi sp sd nl 3.0
10 Devenski, Chris 3702 pi mr cp hou al 3.0 10 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 2.7
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Morrison, Logan 2794 1b tb al 3.2 1 Harper, Bryce 3011 rf dc nl 4.0
2 Gallo, Joey 3485 3b tex al 3.0 2 Marte, Starling 3122 lf cf pit nl 3.0
3 Davis, Khris 3242 lf oak al 2.5 3 Reynolds, Mark 2297 1b col nl 2.5
4 Healy, Ryon 3685 1b 3b oak al 2.5 4 Bruce, Jay 2453 rf nym nl 2.0
5 Garcia, Avisail 3256 rf chi al 2.5 5 Murphy, Daniel 2589 2b dc nl 2.0
6 Haniger, MItch 3772 rf sea al 2.5 6 Duvall, Adam 3573 lf cin nl 2.0
7 Judge, Aaron 3767 rf nyy al 2.5 7 Schimpf, Ryan 3686 3b 2b sd nl 2.0
8 Castro, Starlin 2767 2b nyy al 2.0 8 Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 1b ari nl 2.0
9 Mazara, Nomar 3614 rf tex al 2.0 9 Puig, Yasiel 3193 rf lad nl 2.0
10 Schoop, Jonathan 3307 2b bal al 2.0 10 Russell, Addison 3559 ss chi nl 2.0
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Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report for the second straight week.

Meanwhile, Twins pitcher Ervin Santana rises to lead American League pitchers in Box-Toppers points, passing previous leader, Royals pitcher Jason Vargas.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of April 27:


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 6.0
2 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 5.7
3 Vargas, Jason 2055 pi sp kc al 5.0
4 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 4.7
5 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 4.0
6 Paxton, James 3280 pi sp sea al 4.0
7 Harper, Bryce 3011 rf dc nl 4.0
8 Holland, Greg 2906 pi cp col nl 4.0
9 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 3.7
10 Chacin, Jhoulys 2711 pi mr sp sd nl 3.7
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Kershaw has 6.0 Box-Toppers points, 1.0 point more than last week, and leads second-place player Santana (5.7) by 0.3 points.

Santana leads AL players, passing last week’s leader Vargas, who is now in second place with 5.0.

Batting leaders in both leagues remain the same from last week: Bryce Harper of the Nationals leads NL batters with 4.0 Box-Toppers points and Logan Morrison of the Rays leads AL batters with 3.2 points.

So far this season, 245 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 37 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 21 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. Five players debuted during the past week.

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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Last week’s player rankings report