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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2024 preseason rankings.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the San Diego Padres saw the biggest decline.
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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 MoreThe World Series champion Texas Rangers, leaders among all teams in Box-Toppers points in 2023, also led all teams in points earned by pitchers. The Los Angeles Dodgers, meanwhile, which finished third overall among all teams, had the most points won by batters in 2023.
Read MoreSix of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2023 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2023 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 player most helps his team win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.
Read MoreAlek Thomas of the Diamondbacks is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Friday’s National League Championship Series Game 4.
Also Friday, Astros closing pitcher Ryan Pressly is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the American League Championship Series Game 5.
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Source: MLB.com
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.
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The Tampa Bay Rays and the Texas Rangers have the most players among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2023 player rankings at the All-Star break.
Both the Rays and Rangers have seven players on the top 100 list (which actually consists of 102 players because of a tie for 100th place). Both American League teams are also among the top three in Box-Toppers team rankings at the All-Star break—the Rays rank first and the Rangers rank third, second among AL teams.
Read MoreGiants pitcher Logan Webb is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreMarlins pitcher Sandy Alcantara is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo rises to first place in season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. Yandy Diaz of the Rays also rises to second place in season player rankings after earning AL Batter of the Day honors.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Corbin Burnes is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Burnes struck out seven over eight scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Marlins.
Read MoreMets pitcher Max Scherzer is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Scherzer struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Braves.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Dustin May is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s World Series Game 5.
The Los Angeles Dodgers win 4-2 to take a 3-2 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the best-of-seven game series.
Read MoreYandy Diaz of the Rays is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s American League Wild Card Game.
Diaz hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 5-1 win over the Athletics. The Rays advance to the AL Division Series Friday against the Astros.
Read MoreNationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to sixth in season player rankings.
Also Thursday, Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale had the chance to become the season leader in Box-Toppers points but was shellacked by the Indians, giving up seven runs over three innings and picking up the loss. Sale did not earn Player of the Game honors and remains in third place in Box-Toppers rankings.
Read MoreBox-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.