Box-Toppers points leaders won none of the six major postseason awards for 2021.
Baseball writers have awarded Most Valuable Player, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in both leagues and Box-Toppers leaders failed to win any of them.
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Randy Arozarena of the Rays and Jonathan India of the Reds were voted Rookies of the Year. They beat Box-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Bobby Dalbec of the Red Sox in the American League and Trevor Rogers of the Marlins in the National League.
Box-Toppers’ top-ranked rookies Dalbec, Rogers, lose Rookie of the Year honors to Arozarena, India
Randy Arozarena of the Rays and Jonathan India of the Reds were voted 2021 Rookies of the Year by baseball writers.
Neither were among Box-Toppers’ top-ranked rookies in 2021. Arozarena was Box-Toppers’ eighth-ranked American League rookie and India was Box-Toppers’ second-ranked National League rookie.
Read MoreA look at 2021 awards finalists and how they fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Max Scherzer is only 2021 Box-Toppers points leader to win a Players Choice Award
Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer is the only Box-Toppers points leader to win one of nine Players Choice Awards for 2021 as voted by the players’ union.
Scherzer, who led all players in 2021 Box-Toppers points with 25.1, was voted National League Outstanding Pitcher.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ picks for postseason awards include Max Scherzer, Gerrit Cole, Jose Ramirez
Box-Toppers has cast votes for postseason honors for Gerrit Cole, Jose Ramirez and for Max Scherzer—twice.
I have cast my vote in the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) for Dodgers pitcher Scherzer to be both National League Cy Young Award winner and NL Most Valuable Player.
Read MoreDodgers’ Scherzer tops players for Thursday, Aug. 26, rising to lead NL pitchers & rising to 4th in ‘all-time’ rankings
Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to lead National League pitchers in season player rankings.
Scherzer also rises to second place overall in season player rankings with 17.4 Box-Toppers points in 2021, trailing Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (19.4). Scherzer also rises to fourth place in career Box-Toppers points with 218.6, passing Astros pitcher Zack Greinke (217.8). (Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.) Scherzer now ranks second among active players in career points, trailing only teammate Clayton Kershaw (246.6).
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is Box-Toppers Player of the Game as AL wins 2021 All-Star Game
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers 2021 All-Star Game Player of the Game.
Guerrero homered, going 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the American League’s 5-2 win Tuesday over the National League.
Read MoreMarlins’ Lopez tops players for Saturday, June 19; Red Sox’ Dalbec tops AL players
Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Lopez struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 11-1 win over the Cubs.
Read MoreReds’ Wade Miley, pitching a no-hitter, tops players for Friday, May 7
Reds pitcher Wade Miley, pitching a no-hitter, is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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