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The Los Angeles Dodgers are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2025 but with player injuries factored in, the New York Mets hold the overall edge.
The current 2025 roster of last year’s World Series champion Dodgers accumulated 118.7 Box-Toppers points in 2024, most of any team. However, with several players injured and expected to miss time in 2025, their injury-adjusted Box-Toppers point total drops to 106.7, fifth among all teams.
Read MorePadres pitcher Joe Musgrove tops players in Wednesday’s four Wild Card playoff games.
Three teams swept the best-of-three-game series Wednesday and will advance to their league division series beginning Saturday—the Padres, Tigers and Royals. The Brewers and Mets will play a decisive Game 3 in their Wild Card series on Thursday.
Read MorePadres pitcher Michael King tops players in Tuesday’s four Wild Card playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s Wild Card series games:
Royals pitcher Cole Ragans.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal.
Mark Vientos of the Mets.
Brewers pitcher Frankie Montas is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also two of Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners are in the season player rankings top 10 list: Astros pitcher Framber Valdez ranks seventh and Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes rises to eight place.
Read MoreReds pitcher Frankie Montas is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Yankees pitcher Luis Gil increases his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Plus, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors—Mariners pitcher George Kirby rises to eight place and Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to 10th.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, two other players in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list earned Player of the Game honors—Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon maintained his seventh place spot and Braves pitcher Max Fried rose to eighth.
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Trade deadline deals helped both the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres rise closer to the top of Box-Toppers team rankings this week.
But the top two spots in Box-Toppers team rankings remain the same with the New York Yankees in first place and the top National League team, the Los Angeles Dodgers in second.
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Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer is 2021 Box-Toppers Player of the Year.
Meanwhile Gerrit Cole of the Yankees is Box-Toppers American League Player of the Year, Jose Ramirez of the Indians is Box-Toppers top AL batter and Nick Castellanos of the Reds is Box-Toppers top National League batter.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, 2021 Box-Toppers points leader Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer moved closer to securing Box-Toppers Player of the Year honors after second-place player, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole did not earn Box-Toppers points in his start. Cole trails Scherzer by 2.7 Box-Toppers points with a week left in the season.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Frankie Montas is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Jose Ramirez of the Indians rises to first place among American League batters after earning AL Batter of the Day honors, passing previous leader J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Alcantara struck out 12 over seven innings, allowing one run, six hits and one walk, in the 6-1 win over the Reds.
Read MorePadres pitcher Joe Musgrove is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, pitcher Max Scherzer earns Player of the Game honors Thursday in what appears to be his final start for the Nationals. He is reportedly being traded to the Dodgers, though the deal was not final as of Friday morning.
Read MoreIn four league division series playoff games Wednesday these are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners:
Braves pitcher Ian Anderson is top player in Wednesday’s 2-0 win over the Marlins.
Athletics closing pitcher Liam Hendriks is top player in Wednesday’s 9-7 win over the Astros.
Corey Seager of the Dodgers is top player in Wednesday’s 6-5 win over the Padres.
Kevin Kiermaier of the Rays is top player in Wednesday’s 8-4 win over the Yankees.
Athletics pitcher Frankie Montas is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day on the final day of the regular season.
Montas struck out 13 over six innings, allowing two runs (none earned), four hits and two walks, in the 6-2 win over the Mariners. Montas did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied, 2-2, when he exited.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings.
Meanwhile, the Oakland Athletics maintain their lead among American League teams and the Cleveland Indians are the week’s hottest team.
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The Chicago Cubs maintain the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings.
Meanwhile, the Oakland Athletics rise to lead American League teams and the Tampa Bay Rays are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Frankie Montas is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.
Also Saturday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings and Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly rises to 10th after both earned Player of the Game honors.
Plus, Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers has now earned Box-Toppers points for 18 straight seasons—tied for the fifth-longest streak since 1995—after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.
Read MoreAthletics pitcher Frankie Montas is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, three players rose in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after each earned Player of the Game honors. Reds pitcher Sonny Gray rose to third place, Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole rose to fifth place and Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom rose to sixth place.
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Justin Verlander of the Astros, who led all pitchers in wins 2019 with 21, ranked second among all players in Box-Toppers points with 27.5.
Verlander’s teammate, Gerrit Cole, who led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2019 with 32.2, ranked second in wins with 20.
Of the 12 pitchers with 16 or more wins in 2019, five of them ranked among the top 10 in Box-Toppers points and 10 of them ranked among the top 50 in Box-Toppers points.
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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains the lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings report for the ninth straight week.
Meanwhile, Alex Bregman of the Astros rises to lead American League batters in Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, passing Brett Gardner of the Yankees, who led at the last player rankings report on July 7.
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.