Yankees’ Rodon tops players Monday, July 22; Reds’ Greene tops NL players

Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, Pirates relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman earned Box-Toppers points in his 15th consecutive season after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Rangers’ Bradford tops players for Friday, April 5; Royals’ Singer rises to 1st in rankings

Rangers pitcher Cody Bradford is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Royals pitcher Brady Singer rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, two players extend significant streaks of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday—Orioles closer Craig Kimbrel (15 seasons) and Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola (10 seasons).

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ALCS Preview: Astros favored over higher-ranked Rangers due to Texas’ injury woes

Though the Texas Rangers finished first overall in Box-Toppers team rankings for 2023, Box-Toppers favors the Houston Astros to beat them in the American League Championship Series.

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Blue Jays’ Bassitt tops players for Friday, May 12; Brewers’ Burnes tops NL players

Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Bassitt pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout, striking out eight and walking two, in the 3-0 win over the Braves.

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Padres’ Wacha tops players for Saturday April 8; Rays’ Springs rises to 1st place

Padres pitcher Michael Wacha is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Rays pitcher Jeffrey Springs rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.

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Mets’ deGrom tops players for Saturday, Aug. 13; Astros’ McCullers tops AL players

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

deGrom struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Phillies.

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Astros’ Javier tops players for Thursday, April 22, Padres’ Weathers tops NL players

Astros pitcher Cristian Javier is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Javier struck out nine over five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 8-2 win over the Angels.

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Braves’ Wright, Dodgers’ Urias among top players in Thursday's league division series games

In four league division series playoff games Thursday these are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners:

  • Braves pitcher Kyle Wright is top player in Thursday’s 7-0 win over the Marlins.

  • Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias is top player in Thursday’s 12-3 win over the Padres.

  • Carlos Correa of the Astros is top player in Thursday’s 11-6 win over the Athletics.

  • Yankees pitcher Chad Green is top player in Thursday’s 5-1 win over the Rays.

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Braves’ Max Fried tops players in Wednesday's 8 Wild Card round games

Pitchers won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in all eight of Wednesday’s Wild Card round playoff games.

Braves pitcher Max Fried had the highest Box-Toppers game score among the eight who earned Player of the Game honors (+6.0) in the 1-0, 13-inning win over the Reds.

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Cubs’ Alec Mills tops players for Sunday, Sept. 13 with no-hitter; Rangers’ Lynn rises to 2nd in player rankings

Cubs pitcher Alec Mills is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a no-hitter.

Also Sunday, Rangers pitcher Lance Lynn rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Yates, Hendriks win Reliever of the Year Awards from internet baseball writers group

Kirby Yates of the Padres and Liam Hendriks of the Athletics are winners of this year’s reliever of the year awards as voted on by the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA).

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ALCS Preview: Rocketing Astros face the rising, resilient, rehabilitating Yankees

Do the New York Yankees even stand a chance facing the rocketing Houston Astros in the American League Championship Series?

Astros players accumulated by far the most Box-Toppers points of any team (158.1). The Yankees had 123.4 points, ranked fifth overall. The Astros top three pitchers are among Box-Toppers’ top-10 ranked players in 2019. Meanwhile, the Yankees top player, James Paxton (14.1 Box-Toppers points), ranks 19th overall.

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Morton, Scherzer, Torres, Goldschmidt top players in Monday's four league division series games

In four league division series playoff games Monday these are Box-Toppers Players of the Game:

Rays pitcher Charlie Morton, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, Gleyber Torres of the Yankees and Paul Goldschmidt of the Cardinals.

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Yankees’ Aroldis Chapman is Box-Toppers Player of the Game as AL wins 2019 All-Star Game

Yankees closing pitcher Aroldis Chapman is Box-Toppers 2019 All-Star Game Player of the Game.

Chapman struck out three in a scoreless ninth inning, allowing no hits, no walks and earning the save, in the American League’s 4-3 win Tuesday over the National League.

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Astros’ Brad Peacock tops players for Monday, May 20; Padres’ Paddack rises to 3rd in player rankings

Astros pitcher Brad Peacock is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game.

Also Monday, Padres pitcher Chris Paddack rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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