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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 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 Kyle Harrison is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Mariners pitcher George Kirby rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Skubal struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Phillies.
Read MorePirates pitcher Jared Jones is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to fourth place and Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow rises to fifth place.
Read MoreReds pitcher Nick Lodolo is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
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The Texas Rangers still hold a narrowing lead in Box-Toppers team rankings this week, despite a terrible two-week stretch that has them falling to third place in the American League West Division.
Meanwhile, the Atlanta Braves continue to gain on the Rangers, leading all National League teams. Plus, the Cincinnati Reds, in part on the strength of waiver deadline acquisitions, are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreBoth 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.
Read MoreGuardians pitcher Shane Bieber tops players in Friday’s four Wild Card playoff games:
Other Player of the Game winners in Friday’s Wild Card series games: Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler, Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo and Jurickson Profar of the Padres.
Read MoreAngels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to retake the lead in season player rankings.
Ohtani struck out 13 over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 5-0 win over the Royals.
Read MoreIndians pitcher Shane Bieber is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Bieber struck out 13 over eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Twins.
Read MorePadres pitcher Chris Paddack is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreReds pitcher Luis Castillo is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Castillo struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 14-0 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Meanwhile, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves rises to lead National League batters in 2018 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.
Read MoreYankees pitcher Sonny Gray is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gray struck out eight over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 3-0, 13-inning win over the Blue Jays. Gray picked up a no-decision and did not earn the win because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
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Braves pitcher Julio Teheran is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 18.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 11.7 |
| 3 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
| 4 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 10.0 |
| 5 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 10.0 |
| 6 | Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | pi sp | nym nl | 10.0 |
| 7 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | ari nl | 9.7 |
| 8 | Lackey, John 1640 | pi sp | chi nl | 9.4 |
| 9 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 9.0 |
| 10 | Salazar, Danny 3223 | pi sp | cle al | 8.8 |
Teheran pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout, striking out seven and walking none, in the 6-0 win over the Mets.
American League Player of the Day—Royals pitcher Chris Young struck out seven over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 2-1, 13-inning win over the Tigers. Young did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied 1-1 when he exited.
American League Batter of the Day—Matt Wieters of the Orioles homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 11-6 win over the Blue Jays.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no National League Batter of the Day for Sunday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.
Streak—Angels pitcher Jered Weaver has now earned at least 1.0 Box-Toppers points for 11 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday, his first of the season.
Weaver (CG 3H 0R BB K W in the 2-0 win over the Athletics) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2006 with the Angels and has 124.1 points for his career, rising to 37th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Sunday, he passes one player on the “all-time” list, Gary Sheffield (124.1).
Weaver’s best season was 2011 with the Angels when he had 22.8 Box-Toppers points, second-most among AL pitchers. He had four straight seasons with 15.0 or more points (2009—15.0, 2010—19.4, 2011—22.8, 2012—15.4) all with the Angels. Weaver had 7.7 points in 2015 with the Angels.
Notable—In addition to Weaver, two other players with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points also earned Player of the Game honors Sunday:
Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debuts Sunday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:
Scoring—Teheran earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Young earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Wieters earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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.
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| 6/19 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 15.0 | ATL 6/NYM 0 | Julio Teheran (W,3-7) | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 9.0 | CHC 10/PIT 5 | Kyle Hendricks (W,5-6) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 7.0 | `SF 5/TB 1 | Jake Peavy | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| AL | 7.0 | `KC 2/DET 1 | Chris Young | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| BAT | 6.0 | BAL 11/TOR 6 | Matt Wieters, C | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6.0 | LAA 2/OAK 0 | Jered Weaver (W,6-6) | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5.2 | HOU 6/CIN 0 | Mike Fiers (W,5-3) | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5.0 | BOS 2/SEA 1 | David Price (W,8-4) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 5.0 | ARI 5/PHI 1 | Archie Bradley (W,3-3) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4.0 | MIN 7/NYY 4 | Max Kepler, RF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | MIA 3/COL 0 | Tom Koehler (W,6-6) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 4.0 | SD 6/DC 3 | Fernando Rodney (S,14) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.1 | `LAD 2/MIL 1 | Kenta Maeda | - | - | - | - | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3.0 | `CLE 3/CHW 2 | Cody Allen | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2.0 | TEX 5/STL 4 | Jurickson Profar, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save. | ||||||||||||||
| Player of Game | Pos | Team | 16 | 15-16 | 11-16 | Career | +/- |
| Price, David 2593 | pi sp | bos al | 6.7 | 27.8 | 83.8 | 100.5 | -14.4 |
| Wieters, Matt 2643 | ca | bal al | 6.0 | 7.0 | 25.0 | 30.7 | 5.0 |
| Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.0 | 14.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 | -4.7 |
| Teheran, Julio 3176 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 | 12.7 | 40.8 | 40.8 | -2.7 |
| Peavy, Jake 1635 | pi sp | sf nl | 4.0 | 9.0 | 37.1 | 140.8 | -1.0 |
| Allen, Cody 3265 | pi mr | cle al | 4.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | lad nl | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Young, Chris R. 1933 | pi sp | kc al | 3.7 | 11.7 | 27.8 | 77.8 | -4.3 |
| Rodney, Fernando 1803 | pi cp | sd nl | 3.0 | 4.0 | 21.0 | 33.0 | 2.0 |
| Fiers, Michael 3029 | pi sp | hou al | 2.0 | 9.0 | 23.1 | 23.1 | -5.0 |
| Koehler, Tom 3159 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | -2.0 |
| Bradley, Archie 3438 | pi sp | ari nl | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Weaver, Jered 2178 | pi sp | ana al | 1.0 | 8.7 | 63.3 | 124.1 | -6.7 |
| Kepler, Max 3664 | rf | min al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Profar, Jurickson 3665 | ph | tex al | 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.