A Box-Toppers look at probable pitching matchups for Thursday, April 14

A Box-Toppers look at Thursday’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.

Game Starter ’22 ’21‑22 ’17‑22 Career
OAK Irvin, Cole 4140 0.0 4.7 7.7 7.7
TB Rasmussen, Drew 4547 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
SEA Gilbert, Logan 4439 1.0 8.0 8.0 8.0
CHW Jimmy Lambert* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
STL Wainwright, Adam 2150 1.0 13.0 31.3 143.3
MIL Woodruff, Brandon 3868 0.0 17.1 33.8 33.8
WSH Joan Adon* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
PIT Brubaker, JT 4382 0.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
PHI Gibson, Kyle 3312 2.0 9.7 29.5 46.5
MIA Alcantara, Sandy 4061 0.0 9.7 19.1 19.1
TOR Gausman, Kevin 3191 0.0 13.7 32.5 56.7
NYY Severino, Luis 3567 0.0 1.0 41.8 46.8
LAA Ohtani, Shohei 3933 0.0 16.1 30.6 30.6
TEX Dunning, Dane 4317 0.0 2.0 5.0 5.0
ATL Morton, Charlie 2503 1.0 13.7 57.0 84.7
SD Musgrove, Joe 3705 1.0 17.1 33.1 36.8
DET Mize, Casey 4377 0.0 7.7 7.7 7.7
KC Keller, Brad 4008 1.7 4.7 19.7 19.7
CHC Steele, Justin 4415 1.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
COL Freeland, Kyle 3763 0.0 7.0 27.4 27.4
CIN Reiver Sanmartin* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LAD Buehler, Walker 3943 0.0 16.7 53.9 53.9
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
Starters subject to change.
What are those numbers after players' names?
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