Dodgers’ 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).

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Indians’ Bieber tops players for Sunday, May 19, rises to 10th; Hader, Ryu also rise in top 10 rankings

Indians pitcher Shane Bieber is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.

Also Sunday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors—Brewers pitcher Josh Hader maintains his second-place spot and Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu rises to seventh place.

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Cubs’ Cole Hamels tops players for Friday, April 12, rises to 15th on Box-Toppers career points list

Cubs pitcher Cole Hamels is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 15th place in career Box-Toppers points since 1995.

Hamels struck out six over eight innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Angels.

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Padres' Jordan Lyles tops players for Friday, April 6; Orioles' Alvarez tops AL players

Padres pitcher Jordan Lyles is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Lyles struck out four over two scoreless innings of middle relief, allowing no hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Astros. Lyles picked up a no-decision and did not earn the win or the save. He pitched the sixth and seventh innings, holding the Padres’ lead, before handing it off to two subsequent relievers. 

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