Royals pitcher Brady Singer is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Singer struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 11-0 win over the Twins.
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels and Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves were voted 2023 Most Valuable Player award winners. While Ohtani was also Box-Toppers’ choice as AL MVP, Pete Alonso of the Mets was Box-Toppers’ NL MVP leader over Acuña.
Box-Toppers’ pick Ohtani wins AL MVP, but Acuña wins NL MVP over our pick, Alonso
Shohei Ohtani of the Angels was voted 2023 American League Most Valuable Player Wednesday. He was also Box-Toppers’ choice as AL MVP.
However, in the National League, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves was voted MVP—he finished second in Box-Toppers’ NL MVP ballot behind Pete Alonso of the Mets.
Read MoreMariners’ Castillo tops players for Monday, Aug. 21; Pirates’ Falter tops NL players
Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Castillo struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 14-2 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ NL Division Series preview: Padres vs. Dodgers, Phillies vs. Braves
Both National League Division Series begin Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers face the San Diego Padres in one best-of-five game series and the Atlanta Braves face the Philadelphia Phillies in the other. The top two NL seeds, the Dodgers (first) and the Braves (second) received byes from the first round of playoffs and face the winners of the best-of-three Wild Card series played over the weekend.
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Source: MLB.com.
A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series that begin Friday, Oct. 7
The new Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Friday with four best-of-three series. Here is a Box-Toppers look at the eight teams competing in the four Wild Card round series.
Read MoreWhite Sox’ Dylan Cease tops Box-Toppers’ list of worthy, but unchosen All-Stars
White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease is the most deserving player not selected to the 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
A Box-Toppers look at All-Star starters, reserves and snubs.
Read MoreAngels’ Silseth tops players for Friday, May 13; Brewers’ Burnes tops NL players
Angels pitcher Chase Silseth is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Silseth struck out four over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 2-0 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreRays’ Kluber tops players for Friday, April 29; Mets’ Megill rises to lead player rankings
Rays pitcher Corey Kluber is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Mets pitcher Tylor Megill rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Two other players also rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 Friday—Jose Ramirez of the Guardians rises to fifth place and Yordan Alvarez of the Astros rises to sixth. Plus, C.J. Cron of the Rockies rises to first place among National League batters in 2022 Box-Toppers points Friday.
Read MoreBlue Jays’ Manoah tops players for Thursday, April 28, Braves’ Wright rises to 2nd in player rankings
Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Braves pitcher Kyle Wright rises to second place in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMarlins’ Rogers tops players for Saturday, April 10; Indians’ Civale tops AL players
Marlins pitcher Trevor Rogers is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Indians pitcher Aaron Civale rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
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