| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 6.0 | 1 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.7 | |
| 2 | Houck, Tanner 4342 | pi sp | bos al | 6.0 | 2 | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 7.7 | |
| 3 | Lugo, Seth 3729 | pi sp | kc al | 5.4 | 3 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| 4 | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | sea al | 5.0 | 4 | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| 5 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 5.0 | 5 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.0 | |
| 6 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 4.7 | 6 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.0 | |
| 7 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 4.7 | 7 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 5.0 | |
| 8 | Pepiot, Ryan 4714 | pi sp mr | tb al | 4.7 | 8 | Helsley, Ryan 4589 | pi cp | stl nl | 5.0 | |
| 9 | Gil, Luis 4498 | pi sp | nyy al | 4.7 | 9 | Lodolo, Nick 4586 | pi sp | cin nl | 5.0 | |
| 10 | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | min al | 4.0 | 10 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Soto, Juan 3994 | rf | nyy al | 4.5 | 1 | Doyle, Brenton 4803 | cf | col nl | 4.2 | |
| 2 | Gimenez, Andres 4288 | 2b | cle al | 3.0 | 2 | Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss ph | nym nl | 3.2 | |
| 3 | Langeliers, Shea 4715 | ca | oak al | 3.0 | 3 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | 1b dh | phi nl | 3.2 | |
| 4 | Witt, Bobby Jr. 4592 | ss | kc al | 2.7 | 4 | Garcia, Luis 4671 | 2b ss ph | dc nl | 3.2 | |
| 5 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | dh cf rf | nyy al | 2.5 | 5 | Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | dh | atl nl | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Henderson, Gunnar 4739 | ss 3b dh | bal al | 2.5 | 6 | Taylor, Tyrone 4393 | lf rf ph | nym nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh lf | hou al | 2.5 | 7 | Gurriel, Lourdes Jr. 4148 | lf | ari nl | 2.7 | |
| 8 | Ramirez, Harold 4164 | dh | tb al | 2.5 | 8 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | ss 2b rf | lad nl | 2.5 | |
| 9 | Altuve, Jose 3007 | 2b | hou al | 2.0 | 9 | d’Arnaud, Travis 3384 | ca dh | atl nl | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Mountcastle, Ryan 4325 | 1b dh ph | bal al | 2.0 | 10 | Stott, Bryson 4607 | 2b | phi nl | 2.5 |
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Cease also rises to lead National League pitchers, joining two other new category leaders this week—Logan Gilbert of the Mariners rises to lead American League pitchers and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters. Juan Soto of the Yankees remains this week’s leader among AL batters.
Cease leads
Cease has 7.7 Box-Toppers points to lead all players, passing last week’s leader, Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez, who falls to fourth overall with 6.7 points. Cease also passes Suarez for the lead among NL pitchers.
Cease leads over second-place player, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga. Though Cease and Imanaga both have 7.7 points on the season, Cease ranks ahead because he has more 2023 points—10.0 vs. 0.0.
American League pitchers
Logan Gilbert of the Marinres rises to lead AL pitchers this week with 6.0 points, passing last week’s leader, Tanner Houck of the Red Sox, who falls to second with 6.0 points. Though Gilbert and Cease both have 6.0 points, Gilbert ranks ahead because he has more 2023 points—13.4 vs. 2.0.
Gilbert ranks fifth overall.
National League batters
Brenton Doyle of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters this week with 4.2 points, passing last week’s leader, Francisco Lindor of the Mets, who falls to second place with 3.2 points.
Doyle ranks 22nd overall.
American League batters
Juan Soto of the Yankees maintains his lead in the category with 4.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He leads over second-place Andres Gimenez of the Guardians, with 3.0 points.
Soto ranks 21st among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2024—364 (last week there were 322).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—84 (last week there were 60).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2024 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—42 (last week there were 39).
Games completed so far in 2024—565, an average of 37.7 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—23.3.
Pitchers earned Player of the Game honors in 64 of the 92 games this week (69.6 percent) while batters won in 28 games (30.4 percent). (These were the exact same numbers last week for the games between April 26 and May 2.) Pitchers increased their share of Player of the Game honors won overall from 67.2 percent last week to 67.6 percent this week (382 times in 565 total games). Batters have won 183 times in 565 games (32.4 percent).
Batters have won 225.5 of the total 675.6 Box-Toppers points awarded this season. Their share of points decreased from last week (33.7 percent) to this week (33.4 percent). (Pitchers have 450.1 points or 66.6 percent.) The all-time low share of points for batters in a single season is 38.1 percent in 2022. (Batters had 40.7 percent in 2023.) While batters have struggled to reach parity with pitchers in recent seasons, it wasn’t always this way: From 1995 to 2009, batters generally won half or more of all Box-Toppers points each season. But their share of points dropped precipitously after 2009 and is on track to plummet to a record-shattering low in 2024.
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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