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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 MoreOverall Box-Toppers points leader, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, leads the Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2024 regular season.
The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to nine batters in each league are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.
Read MoreEight of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2024 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2024 Box-Toppers point totals.
The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers, analyzing traditional box scores, tracks which players most helps their teams win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Logan Webb is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease increases his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreThree of Box-Toppers four main category leaders, including the overall leader in Box-Toppers points for 2024, were not selected to the 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star teams.
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil, who leads all players with 14.4 Box-Toppers points, was not selected to participate in the All-Star Game. Joining him as key All-Star snubs are Dylan Cease of the Padres, who leads National League pitchers with 12.4 points and outfielder Brenton Doyle of the Rockies, who leads NL batters with 8.7 points.
Read MoreNationals pitcher Jake Irvin is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Irvin struck out eight over eight scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Mets.
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 MoreBraves pitcher Max Fried is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMariners pitcher George Kirby is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings, winning Player of the Game honors for the second straight day, both times for batting. Plus, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Read MoreWhite 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 MoreDodgers pitcher Tyler Anderson is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Anderson struck out eight over eight scoreless innings, allowing five hits and no walks, in the 10-1 win over the Nationals.
Read MoreJose Abreu of the White Sox and Freddie Freeman of the Braves were voted 2020 Most Valuable Players Thursday, ahead of other Box-Toppers points leaders.
Abreu, who ranked sixth in Box-Toppers points among American League batters with 4.5, was voted AL MVP. Freeman, who ranked eighth in Box-Toppers points among National League batters with 3.5, was voted NL MVP.
Read MoreBlue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia earned Box-Toppers points in his 18th straight season after earning Player of the Game honors, setting the record for longest such streak among pitchers (since 1995 when Box-Toppers tracking began) and taking sole possession of the longest active streak.
Box-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers, were unanimously named 2017 Rookies of the Year Monday.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, earning the highest Box-Toppers game score of the season.
Also Friday, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
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Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to 10th in season player rankings.
| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | bos al | 8.4 |
| 2 | Santana, Ervin 2005 | pi sp | min al | 7.7 |
| 3 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.0 |
| 4 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 6.0 |
| 5 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | rf | dc nl | 6.0 |
| 6 | Vargas, Jason 2055 | pi sp | kc al | 6.0 |
| 6 | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | pi sp | cle al | 5.4 |
| 8 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 5.4 |
| 9 | Triggs, Andrew 3723 | pi sp | oak al | 5.4 |
| 10 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 5.0 |
Also Tuesday, Bryce Harper of the Nationals rises to fifth place in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—Darvish struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run and four hits, in the 5-1 win over the Phillies.
Darvish earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, rising to 10th place in season player rankings, seventh among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Charlie Blackmon of the Rockies homered and went 3-for-5, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 7-3 win over the Twins.
American League Batter of the Day—Chris Davis of the Orioles homered twice and doubled, going 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 13-11, 13-inning win over the Tigers.
Davis had a Box-Toppers game score of +5.0, which was tied with Jake Marisnick of the Astros, who was Player of the Game in the 12-2 win over the Marlins. Marisnick had a very similar line score to Davis, homering twice, doubling and going 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs. But Davis beat Marisnick to earn AL Batter of the Day on a tiebreaker—he had more walks Tuesday (two vs. zero).
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Charlie Blackmon.
Rankings—Bryce Harper of the Nationals rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Harper (HR 2-4 2R 2BI in the 8-4 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 6.0 for the season. He maintains his rank as top-ranked batter and is the only batter among the top 10 in Box-Toppers player rankings.
Notable—Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia now has 188.0 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday (6.2IP 5H 0R 2BB 4K W in the 7-1 win over the Royals). Sabathia ranks fifth among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began, trailing fourth-place player and active career points leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (190.7).
Also notable—Matt Kemp of the Braves earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Tuesday. Kemp (2-5 R 4BI in the 9-5 win over the Blue Jays) also was Player of the Game Monday in the 10-6 win over the Blue Jays. He has 3.5 Box-Toppers points on the season, fifth among NL batters.
Debut—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:
Scoring—Darvish earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Blackmon earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Davis earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
About Box-Toppers—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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.
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| 5/16 | Score | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 8.0 | TEX 5, PHI 1 | Yu Darvish (W,4-2) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| BAT | 5.0 | BAL 13, DET 11 (F/13) | Chris Davis, 1B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5.0 | HOU 12, MIA 2 | Jake Marisnick, CF | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.2 | NYY 7, KC 1 | CC Sabathia (W,3-2) | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 3.0 | LAA 7, CHW 6 (F/11) | Cameron Maybin, LF | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | OAK 9, SEA 6 | Mark Canha, CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | `TB 6, CLE 4 | Jose Alvarado (H,2) | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| NL | 2.0 | COL 7, MIN 3 | Charlie Blackmon, CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2.0 | ATL 9, TOR 5 | Matt Kemp, LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | MIL 6, SD 2 | Eric Sogard, 3B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | WSH 8, PIT 4 | Bryce Harper, RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | BOS 6, STL 3 | Jackie Bradley Jr., CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | CHC 9, CIN 5 | Ian Happ, CF-LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | SF 2, LAD 1 | Ty Blach (W,1-2) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2.0 | ARI 5, NYM 4 | Fernando Rodney (S,10) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’17 | ’16-17 | ’12-17 | Career | +/- |
| Harper, Bryce 3011 | rf | dc nl | 6.0 | 9.0 | 33.4 | 33.4 | 3.0 |
| Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 5.0 | 15.4 | 60.6 | 60.6 | -5.4 |
| Kemp, Matt 2151 | lf | atl nl | 3.5 | 11.0 | 34.0 | 62.6 | -4.0 |
| Sabathia, C.C. 1492 | pi sp | nyy al | 3.0 | 9.0 | 35.5 | 188.0 | -3.0 |
| Maybin, Cameron 2672 | lf | ana al | 2.0 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 17.5 | -1.0 |
| Sogard, Eric 3174 | ss 3b 2b | mil nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 |
| Blackmon, Charlie 2891 | cf | col nl | 1.7 | 5.7 | 12.2 | 13.7 | -2.3 |
| Davis, Chris 2478 | 1b | bal al | 1.5 | 9.0 | 50.9 | 59.4 | -6.0 |
| Bradley, Jackie Jr. 3293 | cf | bos al | 1.0 | 6.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | -4.5 |
| Rodney, Fernando 1803 | pi cp | ari nl | 1.0 | 6.0 | 24.0 | 36.0 | -4.0 |
| Blach, Ty 3754 | pi sp | sf nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -1.0 |
| Marisnick, Jake 3428 | cf | hou al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Canha, Mark 3454 | cf | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| Alvarado, Jose 3797 | pi mr | tb al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Happ, Ian 3798 | cf lf | chi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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.