Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2018 season through the games of April 12.


	AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP		NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	4.0	1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	3.7
2	Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	3.0	2	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	3.0
3	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	3.0	3	Pivetta, Nick 3825	pi sp	phi nl	3.0
4	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	hou al	2.7	4	Taillon, Jameson 3658	pi sp	pit nl	2.7
5	Price, David 2593	pi sp	bos al	2.7	5	Godley, Zack 3538	pi sp	ari nl	2.0
6	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	2.0	6	Maeda, Kenta 3609	pi sp	lad nl	2.0
7	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	2.0	7	Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp	lad nl	2.0
8	Diaz, Edwin 3690	pi cp	sea al	2.0	8	Wheeler, Zack 3204	pi sp	nym nl	2.0
9	Osuna, Roberto 3512	pi cp	tor al	2.0	9	Lyles, Jordan 3100	pi mr sp	sd nl	2.0
10	Junis, Jakob 3857	pi sp	kc al	2.0	10	Mahle, Tyler 3929	pi sp	cin nl	2.0

	AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP		NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Sano, Miguel 3527	3b	min al	3.0	1	Polanco, Gregory 3361	rf	pit nl	2.5
2	Bogaerts, Xander 3383	ss	bos al	2.5	2	DeJong, Paul 3827	ss	stl nl	2.5
3	Upton, Justin 2411	lf	ana al	2.0	3	Martinez, Jose 3830	1b	stl nl	2.5
4	Ramirez, Hanley 2119	1b dh	bos al	2.0	4	Freeman, Freddie 2887	1b	atl nl	2.5
5	Gregorius, Didi 3184	ss	nyy al	2.0	5	McCutchen, Andrew 2637	cf rf	sf nl	2.0
6	Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	bos al	1.7	6	Yelich, Christian 3334	lf rf	mil nl	2.0
7	Alvarez, Pedro 2817	dh ph	bal al	1.7	7	Villanueva, Christian 3930	3b	sd nl	1.7
8	Alonso, Yonder 2945	1b	cle al	1.5	8	Bruce, Jay 2453	rf	nym nl	1.5
9	Smoak, Justin 2731	1b	tor al	1.5	9	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	1.5
10	Mazara, Nomar 3614	rf	tex al	1.5	10	Baez, Javier 3395	2b 3b	chi nl	1.5

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Twins pitcher Jose Berrios leads Box-Toppers first weekly player rankings report after two weeks of the season.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2018 season as of April 12:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	4.0
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	3.7
3	Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	3.0
4	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	3.0
5	Sano, Miguel 3527	3b	min al	3.0
6	Pivetta, Nick 3825	pi sp	phi nl	3.0
7	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	3.0
8	Taillon, Jameson 3658	pi sp	pit nl	2.7
9	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	hou al	2.7
10	Martinez, Jose 3830	1b	stl nl	2.5

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Meanwhile, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer leads National League players and ranks second overall.

Berrios has 4.0 Box-Toppers points so far in 2018, earning Box-Toppers Player of the Day (worth 2.0 points) twice—on April 1 and on April 12, when he passed Scherzer to take the player rankings lead.

Scherzer leads NL players with 3.7 Box-Toppers points. Miguel Sano of the Twins leads American League batters with 3.0 Box-Toppers points (and ranks fifth among all players). Gregory Polanco of the Pirates leads NL batters with 2.5 Box-Toppers points (while four NL batters have 2.5 points, Polanco ranks highest among them because he had the most 2017 Box-Toppers points of the group—5.5).

So far this season, 160 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 16 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 10 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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