Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreNationals’ Irvin tops players for Thursday, July 4; Red Sox’ Pivetta tops AL pitchers
Nationals 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 MoreRed Sox’ Pivetta tops players for Wednesday, June 5; Phillies’ Nola rises to 5th
Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreA detailed look at Box-Toppers points leaders for 2023: Top players by position in each league
Four Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2023 All-MLB First Team
Only four Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2023’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced this month. Three other Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.
The All-MLB team players are not selected based on their affiliation with American League or National League. Rather, all players are chosen regardless of league as “First Team” or “Second Team” players.
Read MoreBox-Toppers’ top-ranked relievers—Bautista, Williams—win Reliever of Year Awards
Box-Toppers’ top-ranked relief pitchers in both leagues were named 2023 Relievers of the Year by Major League Baseball.
Felix Bautista of the Orioles, who led American League relievers with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Devin Williams of the Brewers, who led National League relievers with 8.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Pivetta tops players for Friday, Sept. 29; Padres’ Martinez tops NL players
Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Pivetta struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Orioles.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Pivetta tops players for Monday, July 17; Nationals’ Ruiz tops NL players
Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Pivetta struck out 13 over six scoreless and hitless innings, allowing two walks, in the 7-0 win over the Athletics.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers’ top 100 players for 2021-22 and 2017-22
Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani is Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player over the past two seasons while Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranks first in points over the past six seasons.
Ohtani earned 40.8 Box-Toppers points combined in 2021 and 2022 to lead all players in that span, while Scherzer earned 104.6 from 2017-2022, most in that span.
Read MoreBraves’ Anderson tops players for Sunday, June 19; Marlins’ Alcantara rises to 5th
Braves pitcher Ian Anderson is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Marlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara rises to fifth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Pivetta tops players for Wednesday, May 18; Phillies’ Wheeler tops NL players
Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Pivetta pitched a complete-game two-hitter, allowing one run and no walks, and striking out eight, in the 5-1 win over the Astros.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Pivetta, Reds’ Garcia top players in Saturday’s spring training games
Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Pivetta struck out five over three scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Twins.
Read MoreDodgers’ Jansen, Astros’ Graveman top players in Tuesday’s league championship series games
Dodgers closing pitcher Kenley Jansen and Astros middle reliever Kendall Graveman are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s two league championship series games.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Martinez tops players in Monday’s AL Championship Series Game 3
J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s American League Championship Series Game 3.
Martinez homered, doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 12-3 win over the Astros. The Red Sox take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Pivetta, White Sox’ Garcia top players in Sunday’s pair of AL Division Series games
Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta and Leury Garcia of the White Sox are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Sunday’s pair of American League Division Series games.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Pivetta tops players for Sunday, July 4; Rockies’ Marquez rises to 7th in player rankings
Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Rockies pitcher German Marquez rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Yankees top Box-Toppers 2019 preseason team rankings; champion Red Sox fall to 2nd
The New York Yankees are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2019 preseason rankings, rising from second place at the end of the 2018 season.
The 2018 World Series-champion Boston Red Sox fall from first at the end of last season to second place in the 2019 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Reds made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Arizona Diamondbacks had the biggest decline.
Read MoreA correction: Rays' Blake Snell leads by wider margin after fixing errors in 2018 Box-Toppers stats
Striving to create a more perfect Box-Toppers, I discovered some errors in player tracking in 2018 and have been correcting them in recent weeks.
There were 10 total errors I discovered that changed the Box-Toppers point totals for 17 different players. Those errors were discovered after re-examining about one-third of the 2,430 games played in the 2018 season. So in other words, after looking at about 830 games, I found 10 errors.
Read MoreRays’ Tyler Glasnow tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 7; Red Sox’ Martinez extends AL batting rankings lead
Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox extended his season Box-Toppers points lead among American League batters, becoming the first batter in 2018 to reach 10 Box-Toppers points.
Read MoreRed Sox’ Steve Pearce tops players for Thursday, Aug. 2; Scherzer extends player rankings lead
Steve Pearce of the Red Sox is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer extended his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. Scherzer also became the first player to reach 20 Box-Toppers points this season, the fifth straight season he’s reached that milestone.
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