Red Sox’ Pivetta tops players Wednesday, Sept. 11; Phillies’ Wheeler extends 2024 lead

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.

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Astros’ Kikuchi tops players Saturday, Aug. 31; Phillies’ Wheeler rises to lead rankings

Astros pitcher Yusei Kikuchi is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. In addition, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal extends his lead among American League pitchers in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

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Mariners’ Kirby tops players for Saturday, April 27; Phillies’ Suárez rises to lead rankings

Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez rises to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. Plus, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10: Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow rises to fourth place and Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee rises to ninth place.

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Blue Jays’ Gausman tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 20, rising to 3rd in B-T rankings

Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.

Gausman struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks, in the 6-1 win over the Yankees.

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Braves’ Morton tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 16; Athletics’ Blackburn tops AL players

Braves pitcher Charlie Morton is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Morton struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 2-0 win over the Yankees.

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Rockies’ Freeland tops players for Wednesday, May 3; Ohtani, McClanahan rise in top 10

Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.

Also Wednesday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani rises to fifth place and Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to sixth place.

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Marlins’ Lopez tops players for Thursday, April 21; Twins’ Ryan tops AL players

Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Lopez struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 5-0 win over the Cardinals.

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Phillies’ Nola tops players for Sunday, July 25; Royals’ Lynch tops AL players

Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Nola struck out nine over 8 2/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Braves.

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Blue Jays’ Manoah tops players for Friday, July 2; Phillies’ Wheeler rises to 2nd in player rankings

Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels rises to lead American League batters in 2021 Box-Toppers points after earning AL Batter of the Day honors.

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Padres’ Darvish tops players for Monday, May 17, rises to 3rd in player rankings

Padres pitcher Yu Darvish is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to third place in season player rankings, taking the 2021 Box-Toppers point lead among National League pitchers.

Darvish struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 7-0 win over the Rockies.

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Yankees’ Cole tops players for Tuesday, April 6; Dodgers’ Kershaw tops NL players

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, the active leader in career Box-Toppers points earned his first points of the 2021 season as National League Player of the Day.

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Astros’ Framber Valdez tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 22; Yankees’ Cole rises to 10th in player rankings

Astros pitcher Framber Valdez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

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Mets’ Jacob deGrom tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 26, rises to 5th in player rankings

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.

Also Wednesday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Reds’ Trevor Bauer tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 19, rises to 2nd in season player rankings

Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.

Bauer struck out nine in a scoreless seven-inning complete game, allowing one hit and three walks, in the 5-0, seven-inning win over the Royals.

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How 2020 Hall of Fame candidates fared in Box-Toppers

Derek Jeter and Larry Walker were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday.

Both received the necessary 75 percent of the vote from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and will be inducted in the Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y., in July.

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Box-Toppers selects six players for Hall of Fame in internet writers’ ballot

Box-Toppers votes Todd Helton, Derek Jeter, Jeff Kent,, Curt Schilling, Billy Wagner and Larry Walker into the Hall of Fame on Internet Baseball Writers of America ballot.

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Marlins’ Pablo Lopez tops players for Tuesday, June 4; Ryu, Hendricks, Castillo rise in player rankings top 10

Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, three players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 after earning Player of the Game honors—Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu rises to third place, Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks rises to fifth place and Reds pitcher Luis Castillo rises to sixth place.

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Indians’ Corey Kluber tops players for Saturday, Aug. 4, rises to 9th in player rankings

Indians pitcher Corey Kluber is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings and reaching 100 Box-Toppers points for his career.

Kluber pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out seven and walking one, in the 3-0 win over the Angels.

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Cubs’ Mike Montgomery tops players for Monday, May 28; Astros’ Verlander rises to 8th in player rankings

Cubs pitcher Mike Montgomery is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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A look at Box-Toppers top 100 players of 'all-time' after the 2017 season

Randy Johnson leads Box-Toppers "all-time" career top 100 list, since record-keeping began in 1995. Clayton Kershaw, ranked third overall, leads all active players. And Box-Toppers 2017 Player of the Year Chris Sale makes the biggest jump up the top 100 chart.

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