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Tracking & ranking Major League Baseball players & teams based on baseball box score statistics. Since 1995.
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Kyle Schwarber #Phillies, Box-Toppers’ choice for NL #MVP, finishes 2nd in AL MVP voting.

Schwarber led NL batters with 12.0 B-T points in 2025.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Tarik Skubal #Tigers, Box-Toppers’ choice for AL #MVP, finishes 5th in AL MVP voting.

Skubal led all players with 22.1 B-T points in 2025.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Aaron Judge #Yankees & Shohei Ohtani #Dodgers won 2025 #MVP Awards Thursday over Box-Toppers’ choices for the awards, Tarik Skubal #Tigers & Kyle Schwarber #Phillies.

Both Judge and Ohtani won MVP for 2nd straight year—Judge in AL & Ohtani in NL.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Internet baseball writers of @ibwaa.bsky.social voted Cal Raleigh #Mariners as AL #MVP over Aaron Judge #Yankees—sometimes a harbinger of "official" BBWAA vote later today.
Box-Toppers gave a maverick AL MVP nod to Tarik Skubal #Tigers in IBWAA vote. Here's why: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
For the 12th time since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995, the B-T points pitching leaders for the season in both leagues also won their league's #CyYoung Award:
AL—Tarik Skubal #Tigers 22.1 B-T pts
NL—Paul Skenes #Pirates 21.1 BTP
Here is a look at all instances:
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Both pitchers who led their leagues in Box-Toppers points for the season won 2025 #CyYoungAward.

Tarik Skubal #Tigers, who led all players (22.1 B-T points), won the AL award.

Paul Skenes #Pirates, who led NL players (21.1 B-T pts), won the NL award.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Box-Toppers chose managers whose teams had most 2025 B-T points in their league
AL—Aaron Boone #Yankees 127.1
NL—Rob Thompson #Phillies 131.4
On BBWAA's ballot, Boone received no votes in AL, Thompson finished 3rd in NL vote.
How teams ranked in B-T pts: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/9/...
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A Box-Toppers look at Manager of the Year results
Internet baseball writers of @ibwaa.bsky.social choose
AL—John Schneider #BlueJays, team had 111.7 B-T points in 2025, 5th among AL teams.
NL—Pat Murphy #Brewers, team had 112.6 B-T points, 5th among NL teams.
www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A Box-Toppers look at Manager of the Year results
Baseball writers of BBWAA chose
AL—Stephen Vogt #Guardians, whose team had 96.3 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 9th among AL teams.
NL—Pat Murphy #Brewers, whose team had 112.6 B-T points, 5th among NL teams.
www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
2025 AL Rookie of the Year winner Nick Kurtz #Athletics had 4.5 Box-Toppers points in 2025, winning Player of the Game honors 3 times.
B-T’s AL #ROY choice, Jacob Lopez #Athletics, had 11.4 B-T points in 2025, winning Player of the Game honors 8 times.
www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Drake Baldwin #Braves, voted NL Rookie of the Year, was also Box-Toppers' choice for top NL rookie, earning 6.5 B-T points in 2025.
Why Baldwin was B-T’s choice over pitcher Cade Horton #Cubs, who had more 2025 B-T points (9.7): www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Box-Toppers’ top-ranked NL rookie Drake Baldwin #Braves was voted NL Rookie of the Year. However, Nick Kurtz #Athletics was voted AL Rookie of the Year over Box-Toppers’ top AL rookie, #Athletics pitcher Jacob Lopez.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
In 4 of 6 postseason player awards, the 2025 Box-Toppers points leader for each honor is a finalist:

AL #CyYoung—Tarik Skubal #Tigers
NL #CyYoung—Paul Skenes #Pirates
NL #MVP—Kyle Schwarber #Phillies
NL #RookieoftheYear—Drake Baldwin #Braves

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Box-Toppers’ points leaders for 2025 seem likely to win 2 of 4 major postseason awards.

Tarik Skubal #Tigers (22.1 B-T points) seems likely to win AL #CyYoung. Paul Skenes #Pirates (21.1 B-T pts) seems likely to win NL #CyYoung.

B-T award selections: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Baseball’s 2025 #MVP favorites did not perform well in the Box-Toppers metric.

Aaron Judge #Yankees, Cal Raleigh #Mariners & Shohei Ohtani #Dodgers all had 50+ HRs. But comparatively rarely were they the player who contributed most to their team’s wins.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The #Dodgers won the 2025 #WorldSeries after the season’s 12 playoff-qualifying teams played postseason games over 33 days from Sept. 30 to Nov. 1.

A recap look at Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in each of the 47 postseason games for 2025:
www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Yoshinobu Yamamoto #Dodgers won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in 5 postseason games in 2025. That's 2 more than any other player.
He also did it in 3 #WorldSeries games, including back-to-back in Games 6 (as a starter) & 7 (as a reliever).
Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Bo Bichette #BlueJays had the highest Box-Toppers game score (+2.0) of all players in #WorldSeries Game 7 (HR 2-4 R 3BI), but TOR lost, 5-4 (F/11) & #Dodgers win series, 4-3.

Player of the Game—LAD’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto with +1.2 game score.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Max Scherzer #BlueJays recorded a +0.1 Box-Toppers game score game score in #WorldSeries Game 7 loss to #Dodgers Saturday (4.1IP 4H R 3BB ND).

Player of the Game—LAD’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto with +1.2 game score.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Will Smith #Dodgers, who hit an 11th-inning, go-ahead solo home run in #WorldSeries Game 7 Saturday, recorded -1.0 Box-Toppers game score (HR 2B 2-6 2R BI).

Player of the Game—Yoshinobu Yamamoto with +1.2 B-T game score.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yoshinobu Yamamoto #Dodgers is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s #WorldSeries Game 7 (2.2IP H 0R BB K W)

Yoshinobu had a +1.2 B-T game score to lead LAD players.

A look at all Dodgers B-T game scores Saturday: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yoshinobu Yamamoto wins Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in three of the #Dodgers four #WorldSeries wins, including Saturday’s Game 7 in relief (2.2IP H 0R BB K W), leading Los Angeles to back-to-back titles.

Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A Box-Toppers look at Saturday’s #WorldSeries Game 7 starters
Shohei Ohtani #Dodgers 5.5 B-T points, 171st*
Max Scherzer #BlueJays 3.0 B-T points, 327th*
*Overall rank, 2025
Ohtani has 3 B-T Player of the Game honors this postseason; Scherzer, 0.
Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Max Scherzer #BlueJays starts #WorldSeries Game 7.
His 256.7 career Box-Toppers points is 3rd among all players since 1995 & 2nd among active players, behind Clayton Kershaw #Dodgers (280.8).
Scherzer was B-T Player of the Year in 2016 & 2021.
Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Shohei Ohtani #Dodgers starts #WorldSeries Game 7 on short rest.
He's won Box-Toppers Player of the Game 3 times this postseason, twice as a pitcher & once as a batter.
He had a -3.0 B-T game score in Tuesday's Game 4 loss (6IP 6H 4R BB 6K L).
Details: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/11...
November 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM