| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 6.0 | 1 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 6.7 | |
| 2 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 6.0 | 2 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.0 | |
| 3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 6.0 | 3 | Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.7 | |
| 4 | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 | 4 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 3.7 | |
| 5 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 4.7 | 5 | Velasquez, Vince 3611 | pi sp | pit nl | 3.4 | |
| 6 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | min al | 4.7 | 6 | Smyly, Drew 3009 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 4.0 | 7 | Steele, Justin 4415 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | pi sp | tb al | 3.7 | 8 | Contreras, Roansy 4574 | pi sp | pit nl | 3.0 | |
| 9 | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | sea al | 3.7 | 9 | Strahm, Matt 3724 | pi sp mr | phi nl | 3.0 | |
| 10 | Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | tor al | 3.7 | 10 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 2.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Franco, Wander 4630 | ss | tb al | 3.0 | 1 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf lf | pit nl | 3.7 | |
| 2 | Rizzo, Anthony 3063 | 1b | nyy al | 2.7 | 2 | Acuna, Ronald Jr. 3947 | rf | atl nl | 3.5 | |
| 3 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh lf | hou al | 2.5 | 3 | Outman, James 4699 | rf cf lf | lad nl | 3.2 | |
| 4 | Mateo, Jorge 4669 | ss ph | bal al | 2.5 | 4 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| 5 | Heim, Jonah 4492 | ca | tex al | 2.5 | 5 | Gorman, Nolan 4633 | dh 2b | stl nl | 2.5 | |
| 6 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 2.5 | 6 | Winker, Jesse 3988 | dh lf | mil nl | 2.5 | |
| 7 | Diaz, Yandy 3896 | 1b 3b dh | tb al | 2.5 | 7 | Castellanos, Nick 3349 | rf dh | phi nl | 2.5 | |
| 8 | Torres, Gleyber 3972 | 2b ph | nyy al | 2.5 | 8 | Turner, Trea 3730 | ss 2b | phi nl | 2.5 | |
| 9 | Duran, Jarren 4783 | cf | bos al | 2.5 | 9 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 2.0 | |
| 10 | Yoshida, Masataka 4763 | dh lf | bos al | 2.5 | 10 | Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss | nym nl | 2.0 |
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Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2023. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, April 27.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 6.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 6.0 |
| 3 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 6.0 |
| 4 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 6.0 |
| 5 | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 |
| 6 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 4.7 |
| 7 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | min al | 4.7 |
| 8 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 4.0 |
| 9 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.0 |
| 10 | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | pi sp | tb al | 3.7 |
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Gallen leads National League pitchers for the second straight week. Meanwhile, Gerrit Cole of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers, Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates maintains his lead among NL batters and Wander Franco of the Rays maintains his lead among AL batters.
Gallen has 6.7 Box-Toppers points in 2023, passing last week’s leader, Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen (5.0 points), who falls to fifth overall and fourth among AL pitchers. Gallen leads NL pitchers over second-place Spencer Strider of the Braves (4.0). Gallen rises from fifth place overall last week.
American League pitchers—Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole has 6.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s AL pitching leader Drew Rasmussen of the Rays, who falls to fourth place with 5.0 points. Cole leads over second-place AL pitcher Kevin Gausman of the Blue Jays (6.0 points). Though Cole and Gausman both have 6.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, Cole ranks ahead because he has more 2022 points—15.4 vs. 12.7.
National League batters—Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates leads for the third straight week with 3.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week, 14th among all players. He ranks ahead of second-place NL batter Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves (3.5 points).
American League batters—Wander Franco of the Rays leads for the third straight week with 3.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week, 28th among all players. He ranks ahead of second-place AL batter Anthony Rizzo of the Yankees (2.7 points).
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Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2023—285 (there were 234 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—49 (there were 28 as of last week).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2023 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—33 (there were 23 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2023—383, an average of 25.5 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—15.8.
Pitchers had a dominating week, winning more than two-thirds of all Player of the Game honors (67.0 percent), after winning between 51 and 57 percent each of the first three weeks of the season. While that diminished the gains batters have apparently made thanks to rules changes this season, batters have still won a larger share of Player of the Game honors compared to this time in the 2022 season. In the 383 games completed so far this season, batters have won Player of the Game honors in 162 games (42.3 percent) while pitchers won in 221 (57.8 percent). (A year ago, after the first four weeks of the 2022 season, batters had won only 33.9 percent of all Player of the Game honors.) In the past week, batters won Player of the Game honors in 32 of the 97 games (33.0 percent) while pitchers won in 65 of the 97 (67.0 percent). Pitchers increased their share of Player of the Game honors won this season from 54.5 percent last week to 57.8 percent this week. Through the entire 2022 season, batters won a record-low 38 percent share of 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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