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Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Kelly struck out 12 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 3-2 win over the Reds. Kelly did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Reds tied the game after he exited.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Framber Valdez, pitching a no-hitter, is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, reclaiming the Box-Toppers points lead among National League pitchers, after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Domingo German, pitching a perfect game, is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
German allowed no hits and no baserunners, striking out nine in his complete game shutout 11-0 win over the Athletics. German threw 99 pitches.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Domingo German is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
German struck out 11 over 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 6-1 win over the Twins.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Alcantara struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and three walks, in the 6-0 win over the Phillies.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Ryu struck out four over four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 4-0 win over the Tigers.
Read MoreBoth American League Division Series begin Monday.
The Houston Astros face the Oakland Athletics in one best-of-five game series and the New York Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Rays in the other series.
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The New York Yankees are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2020 preseason rankings, rising from fifth place at the end of the 2019 season.
The 2019 World Series-champion Washington Nationals, ranked second at the end of 2019, maintain second place in the 2020 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the Toronto Blue Jays made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Houston Astros—2019’s top-ranked team and American League champion—had the biggest decline.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Yu Darvish is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Darvish struck out 14 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Padres.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bumgarner struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 3-2 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreRays pitcher Blake Snell had the biggest improvement in Box-Toppers point totals from 2017 to 2018, and is this season’s Box-Toppers’ Most Improved Player.
Snell had 22.2 more Box-Toppers points in 2018 than he did in 2017. In 2017, he had 5.0 Box-Toppers points and in 2018, he had 27.2 points, first among all players.
Read MoreBox-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, were voted 2018 Rookies of the Year Monday.
The honors for the 2018 season were awarded Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America also named both as top rookies for 2018 on Monday.
Read MoreBaseball’s postseason award finalists named this week are also among Box-Toppers’ top-ranked players for 2018.
The lone exception: J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox, who led all batters in 2018 with 12.5 Box-Toppers points, is not among the three finalists for the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
Read MoreThe Cleveland Indians had the most players—seven–among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2018 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Five teams were tied for the second-most players with six players each among the top 100—the Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies and Seattle Mariners.
Read MoreRays pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Eovaldi struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 9-0 win over the Mets.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Domingo German is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Twins pitcher Jose Berrios maintains his third-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Domingo German is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Nick Tropeano is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBox-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.