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The New York Yankees are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2019 preseason rankings, rising from second place at the end of the 2018 season.
The 2018 World Series-champion Boston Red Sox fall from first at the end of last season to second place in the 2019 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Reds made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Arizona Diamondbacks had the biggest decline.
Read MoreFrancisco Lindor, Javier Baez and Willson Contreras are among the players rising onto Box-Toppers’ All-Star teams in the past week.
With Major League All-Star voting coming to a close today (Thursday, July 5), here is a look at who is leading at Box-Toppers points at each position in both leagues.
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Pinch hitter Daniel Descalso, who singled and scored the walk-off run in the bottom of the 13th inning as the Cardinals won Game 1 of the National League Championship Series is Friday's Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Descalso only had a Box-Toppers game score of 1.0, but it was still more than his Cardinals teammates in the 3-2 win over the Dodgers, allowing the Cardinals to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series.
Descalso had 2.7 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, ranking 367th among all players.
Coming Saturday: All four remaining playoff teams are in action Saturday in the league championship series. Here are pitching match-ups:
ALCS Game 1, Tigers at Red Sox
Tigers: Anibal Sanchez, 17.1 Box-Toppers points, ranked seventh overall (see the Top 10 Player ranking list on the home page)
Red Sox: Jon Lester, 12.7 Box-Toppers points, ranked 34th overall
NLCS Game 2, Cardinals lead Dodgers 1-0
Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw, 21.7 Box-Toppers points, ranked first overall (see the Top 10 Player ranking list on the home page)
Cardinals: Michael Wacha, 3.0 Box-Toppers points, ranked 361st overall
In
regular season games, 2.0 Box-Toppers points are awarded for Player of
the Day, 1.7 for top player in the opposite league, 1.5 for top
batter in each league and 1.0 for the top player in each of the other games. However, no Box-Toppers points are awarded during
the postseason.
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| 1011 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 1.0 | Cardinals | Daniel Descalso PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer is Tuesday's Player of the Day. Scherzer gave up only two hits and one run over eight innings in the 5-1 win over the Indians.
Daniel Descalso of the Cardinals is National League Player of the Day. Descalso hit a grand slam homer and went 3-for-3 in the 10-2 win over the Padres.
Mike Trout of the Angels is American League Batter of the Day. Trout hit for the cycle (single, double, triple, home run) in the 12-0 win over the Mariners.
Scherzer receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Day. Descalso receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Trout receives 1.5 for being AL Batter of the Day.
All of Tuesday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
| 521 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 10.0 | Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Max Scherzer (W, 6-0) | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 10.0 | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Straily (W, 2-2) | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| NL | 8.0 | Cardinals | Daniel Descalso 2B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.1 | White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jose Quintana (W, 3-1) | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| BAT | 6.0 | Angels | Mike Trout CF | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.0 | Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Leake (W, 4-2) | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 4.0 | Pirates | Travis Snider PH, RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4.0 | `Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Cain | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 3.0 | Phillies | Ryan Howard 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.0 | Orioles | Chris Dickerson CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.0 | `Brewers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Gonzalez (H, 3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2.0 | Braves | Brian McCann C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.1 | Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alex Cobb (W, 5-2) | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 1.0 | Rockies | DJ LeMahieu 2B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Royals | Alcides Escobar PH, SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.