| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.0 | 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.4 | |
| 2 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 | 2 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.4 | |
| 3 | Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 6.0 | 3 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | ari nl | 6.0 | |
| 4 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | chi al | 5.0 | 4 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 6.0 | |
| 5 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 | 5 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.7 | |
| 6 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 4.7 | 6 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 | 7 | Flaherty, Jack 3971 | pi sp | stl nl | 5.0 | |
| 8 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 4.7 | 8 | Ynoa, Huascar 4343 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 | |
| 9 | Duffy, Danny 2915 | pi sp | kc al | 4.0 | 9 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.7 | |
| 10 | Javier, Cristian 4290 | pi sp | hou al | 4.0 | 10 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 4.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 6.2 | 1 | Story, Trevor 3607 | ss | col nl | 3.2 | |
| 2 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b dh | chi al | 4.0 | 2 | Castellanos, Nicholas 3349 | rf | cin nl | 3.0 | |
| 3 | Olson, Matt 3836 | 1b | oak al | 3.5 | 3 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 3.0 | |
| 4 | Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 | dh | nyy al | 3.5 | 4 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b | stl nl | 2.5 | |
| 5 | Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss dh | bos al | 3.0 | 5 | Polanco, Gregory 3361 | rf dh | pit nl | 2.5 | |
| 6 | Walsh, Jared 4332 | 1b | ana al | 3.0 | 6 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | stl nl | 2.5 | |
| 7 | Mercedes, Yermin 4367 | dh | chi al | 3.0 | 7 | Posey, Buster 2745 | ca | sf nl | 2.5 | |
| 8 | Candelario, Jeimer 4025 | 3b 1b | det al | 2.5 | 8 | Marisnick, Jake 3428 | cf | chi nl | 2.5 | |
| 9 | Seager, Kyle 3031 | 3b dh | sea al | 2.5 | 9 | Gregorius, Didi 3184 | ss | phi nl | 2.0 | |
| 10 | Gurriel, Yuli 3796 | 1b 3b | hou al | 2.5 | 10 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf lf | pit nl | 2.0 |
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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report, passing Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow, who led the past four weeks.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, May 13.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.0 |
| 2 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 |
| 3 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.4 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.4 |
| 5 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 6.2 |
| 6 | Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 6.0 |
| 7 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | ari nl | 6.0 |
| 8 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 6.0 |
| 9 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.7 |
| 10 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.0 |
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Meanwhile, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers rises to lead National League pitchers. Plus, both league batting leaders maintain their leads—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox leads American League batters and Trevor Story of the Rockies leads NL batters.
Cole has 9.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021, passing Glasnow (7.0), who led all players from April 12 until May 12, when he was passed by Cole. Cole also assumes the lead among AL pitchers ahead of Glasnow.
National League pitchers—Clayton Kershaw rises to lead with 6.4 Box-Toppers points, third place overall. He passes last week’s leader, Yu Darvish of the Padres, who falls to fifth place this week with 5.7 points. Kershaw leads second-place NL pitcher Brandon Woodruff of the Brewers (6.4). Though Kershaw and Woodruff both have 6.4 Box-Toppers points this season, Kershaw ranks ahead because he had more 2020 points—7.7 vs. 7.0.
American League batters—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox leads for the fifth straight week with 6.2 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He falls from third place overall last week to fifth this week. He ranks ahead of second-place AL batter Jose Abreu of the White Sox (4.0 points).
National League batters—Trevor Story of the Rockies leads for the second straight week with 3.2 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. Story ranks ahead of second-place NL batter Nick Castellanos of the Reds (3.0 points). Story is 40th among all players in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2021—350
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—80
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2021 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—41
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut in the past week—5
Games completed so far in 2021—552
Percentage of scheduled season completed—22.7
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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