A Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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| Game | Starter | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | Hill, Rich 2215 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 33.4 | 71.5 |
| DET | Alexander, Tyler 4196 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| CLE | Bieber, Shane 4005 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 42.6 | 42.6 |
| CIN | Mahle, Tyler 3929 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 24.7 | 24.7 |
| SEA | Brash, Matt* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CHW | Velasquez, Vince 3611 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 19.1 | 27.1 |
| CHC | Smyly, Drew 3009 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 47.5 |
| PIT | Thompson, Zach 4437 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| OAK | Oller, Adam* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TB | Romero, Tommy* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| NYM | Megill, Tylor 4464 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| PHI | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | 0.0 | 21.1 | 42.8 | 54.5 |
| MIL | Lauer, Eric 4017 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 19.4 | 19.4 |
| BAL | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TOR | Kikuchi, Yusei 4136 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| NYY | Cortes, Nestor Jr. 4160 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| MIA | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| LAA | Sandoval, Patrick 4357 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| WSH | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 48.8 | 81.3 |
| ATL | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| LAD | Heaney, Andrew 3515 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 24.1 | 28.1 |
| MIN | Archer, Chris 3194 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 62.8 |
| KC | Lynch, Daniel 4488 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| STL | Hudson, Dakota 4035 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| COL | Kuhl, Chad 3687 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 9.7 | 11.7 |
| TEX | Perez, Martin 3213 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 20.7 |
| HOU | Garcia, Luis 4423 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| ARI | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| SD | Darvish, Yu 3003 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 51.6 | 107.2 |
| SF | Cobb, Alex 2916 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 19.8 | 51.2 |
What are those numbers after players' names?
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