Giants pitcher Blake Snell is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a no-hitter.
Snell pitched a complete-game, no-hit shutout, striking out 11 and allowing three walks, in the 3-0 win over the Reds.
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Yankees’ Gil leads player rankings for 2nd week, Braves’ Sale rises to lead NL pitchers
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil leads Box-Toppers season player rankings report for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, Chris Sale of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers, Brenton Doyle of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters and Juan Soto of the Yankees extends his lead among American League batters.
Read MoreYankees’ Gil tops players for Wednesday, May 29, regaining season player rankings lead
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, regaining the lead in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTwins’ Ryan tops players for Monday, May 27, rising to 7th in player rankings
Twins pitcher Joe Ryan is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Charlie Blackmon of the Rockies has now earned Box-Toppers points in 12 straight seasons after earning National League Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreOrioles’ Kremer tops players for Wednesday, April 24; Yankees’ Soto rises to lead AL batters
Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Juan Soto of the Yankees rises to first place in 2024 Box-Toppers rankings among American League batters after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreReds’ Lodolo tops players for Saturday, April 13; Cubs’ Imanaga rises to 4th in rankings
Reds pitcher Nick Lodolo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Braves, Astros, Mariners among leaders in Box-Toppers offseason team rankings
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.
Read MoreDiamondbacks’ Pfaadt tops players in Wednesday’s 3 league division series games
Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Pfaadt tops players in Wednesday’s three league division series playoff games.
Other Player of the Game winners in Wednesday’s league division series games: Astros pitcher Ryan Pressly and Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola.
Read MoreAstros’ Javier, Rangers’ Eovaldi top players in Tuesday’s AL Division Series games
Astros pitcher Cristian Javier tops players in Tuesday’s two American League Division Series playoff games.
Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi was Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the other ALDS game.
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Source: MLB.com.
Box-Toppers’ AL Division Series preview: Rangers vs. Orioles, Twins vs. Astros
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.
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Source: MLB.com
A Box-Toppers preview of the four Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday, Oct. 3
The Wild Card round of Major League Baseball’s postseason begins Tuesday 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 MoreBraves’ Fried tops players for Friday, Sept. 1; Brewers’ Peralta rises to 3rd in rankings
Braves 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 MoreAstros’ Tucker tops players for Monday, July 3; Padres’ Bogaerts tops NL players
Kyle Tucker of the Astros is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Tucker hit a grand slam, doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 12-11 win over the Rangers.
Read MoreTwins’ Ryan tops players for Thursday, June 22; Marlins’ Garrett rises to 5th place
Twins pitcher Joe Ryan is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Marlins pitcher Braxton Garrett rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTwins’ Ryan tops players for Thursday, April 13; Pirates’ Velasquez tops NL players
Rockies’ Toglia, Twins’ Ryan top players in spring games for Monday, March 27
Michael Toglia of the Rockies is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.
Toglia homered and hit two doubles, going 4-for-4, scoring four times and driving in three runs, in the 12-8 win over the Brewers.
Read MoreReds’ Ashcraft, Mariners’ Kirby top players in spring games for Wednesday, March 22
Reds pitcher Graham Ashcraft is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.
Ashcraft struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Padres.
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A look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2022
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander tops Box-Toppers list of the top 100 players of 2022.
Verlander had 26.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season. Verlander came back after sitting out most of the previous two seasons, recovering from Tommy John surgery. He earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2020 and none in 2021. His 26.0 point gain from 0.0 in 2021 to 26.0 in 2022 is the largest single-season point gain for any player since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
Read MoreJustin Verlander sets Box-Toppers record for biggest one-season improvement
Astros pitcher Justin Verlander is the clear-cut choice for Comeback Player of the Year in the American League, but three different National League players have won 2022 comeback awards, none of whom were among Box-Toppers’ top NL resurgent players.
Read MoreAwards wrap-up: Box-Toppers points leaders win 3 of 6 major postseason awards in 2022
Box-Toppers’ choices for baseball’s major postseason awards won three of six of the 2022 honors.
Also, Box-Toppers’ top-ranked American League batter, Aaron Judge of the Yankees, won the AL MVP, though our choice for the award was Shohei Ohtani of the Angels.
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