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Orioles’ Rodriguez tops players for Saturday, March 30; Giants’ Hicks tops NL players

Shawn Plank March 31, 2024

Orioles pitcher Grayson Rodriguez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Rodriguez struck out nine over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 13-4 win over the Angels.

Dodgers lead 2024 Box-Toppers preseason team rankings; Rays top AL teams

Shawn Plank March 25, 2024

The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2024 preseason rankings.

Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the San Diego Padres saw the biggest decline.

Braves, Astros, Mariners among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings

Shawn Plank January 18, 2024

The Atlanta Braves are Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team going into 2024, with a roster mostly intact from 2023 when they had baseball’s best record.

Meanwhile, the Houston Astros and Seattle Mariners are Box-Toppers’ top two American League teams, with the Mariners having one of the best offseason improvements of any team so far. And also, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have made big offseason splashes adding Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow and Teoscar Hernandez, their offseason ranking has actually fallen from third place last season to fourth place now.

Twins’ Lopez, Rangers’ Bradford top players in Sunday’s ALDS playoff games

Shawn Plank October 9, 2023

Twins pitcher Pablo Lopez tops players in Sunday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.

Rangers pitcher Cody Bradford was Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the other ALDS game.

Diamondbacks’ Kelly tops players in Saturday’s opening league division series games

Shawn Plank October 8, 2023

Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly tops players in Saturday’s four league division series playoff games.

Other Player of the Game winners in Saturday’s league division series games: Ranger Suarez of the Phillies, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros and Evan Carter of the Rangers.

Box-Toppers’ AL Division Series preview: Rangers vs. Orioles, Twins vs. Astros

Shawn Plank October 6, 2023

Both American League Division Series begin Saturday.

The Texas Rangers face the Baltimore Orioles in one best-of-five game series and the Minnesota Twins face the Houston Astros in the other. The top two AL seeds, the Orioles (first) and the Astros (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played this week.

Orioles’ Rodriguez tops players for Saturday, Sept. 16; Tovar tops both games in twin bill

Shawn Plank September 17, 2023

Orioles pitcher Grayson Rodriguez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Ezequiel Tovar of the Rockies became just the 13th player to win Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in both games of a doubleheader since player tracking began in 1995.

Blue Jays’ Gausman tops players for Sunday, April 23, rising to 1st in player rankings

Shawn Plank April 23, 2023

Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to regain the lead in season player rankings.

Also Sunday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom rises to second place and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to fifth place.

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

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.