Mariners’ Woo tops players for Friday, April 3; Phillies’ Nola tops NL players

Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola, Tristan Gray of the Twins, Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Andy Pages of the Dodgers.

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Yankees’ Fried tops players in Wednesday’s 2026 opening game win over Giants

Yankees pitcher Max Fried is the first Box-Toppers Player of the Day for 2026, leading New York to a 7-0 Opening Day win over the Giants.

Fried struck out four over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 7-0 win, the first game of the 2026 season and the only game on Wednesday’s schedule.

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Cubs’ Horton, Twins’ Keaschall top players in spring games of Monday, March 16

Cubs pitcher Cade Horton is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.

Other top players Monday include Brandon Lockridge of the Brewers, Luke Keaschall of the Twins and George Springer of the Blue Jays.

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Twins’ Abel tops players in Monday’s spring games; Padres’ Sanabria tops NL players

Twins pitcher Mick Abel is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.

Other top performers include Romeo Sanabria (Padres), the National League Player of the Day, and José Ramírez (Guardians), the American League Batter of the Day.

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Box-Toppers’ 2026 daily coverage begins with Friday’s first spring training games

Box-Toppers coverage of the 2026 Major League Baseball season begins with the first spring training games Friday.

Since 1995, Box-Toppers has tracked each Major League game played, tracking 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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Box-Toppers 2025 year-end All-Star teams

Overall Box-Toppers points leader, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal, leads the Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2025 regular season.

The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to nine batters in each league are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.

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Judge, Ohtani repeat as Hank Aaron Award winners in 2025, despite lower B-T rankings

Both Hank Aaron Award-winners for 2025—Aaron Judge of the Yankees in the American League and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers in the National League—won the honor for the second straight season.

However, neither player led their league’s batters in Box-Toppers points in 2025, though both ranked first in 2024.

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Four Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2025 All-MLB First Team

Four Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2025’s 16-member “All-MLB” Team. Five other Box-Toppers leaders are among the “All-MLB” Second Team.

The All-MLB team is selected with half the vote coming from fans and half coming from an expert panel. Unlike the selections for baseball’s All-Star Game, players are chosen not based on their affiliation with the American League or National League. Instead, players are selected from all Major League Baseball teams, regardless of league affiliation, and are designated as “First Team” or “Second Team.”

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How 2025 Silver Slugger winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings

Seven of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2025 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2025 Box-Toppers point totals.

The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers, analyzing traditional box scores, tracks which players most help their teams win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.

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