A Box-Toppers look at Sunday’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.
Starters subject to change.
What are those numbers after players' names?
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| Game | Starter | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | 1.7 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| BAL | Zimmermann, Bruce 4410 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| MIN | Ober, Bailey 4441 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| BOS | Wacha, Michael 3276 | 0.0 | 7.1 | 22.1 | 41.8 |
| WSH | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 48.8 | 81.3 |
| PIT | Quintana, Jose 3040 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 36.5 | 71.7 |
| OAK | Oller, Adam* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TOR | Manoah, Alek 4424 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| ARI | Castellanos, Humberto* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| NYM | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| PHI | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | 0.0 | 21.1 | 42.8 | 54.5 |
| MIA | Hernandez, Elieser 4181 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| SF | Wood, Alex 3246 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 33.7 | 53.1 |
| CLE | Civale, Aaron 4173 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| DET | Alexander, Tyler 4196 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| KC | Hernandez, Carlos 4466 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| STL | Hudson, Dakota 4035 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| MIL | Ashby, Aaron 4511 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| TB | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CHW | Velasquez, Vince 3611 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 19.1 | 27.1 |
| LAA | Suarez, Jose 4425 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| TEX | Perez, Martin 3213 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 20.7 |
| CHC | Smyly, Drew 3009 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 48.5 |
| COL | Gomber, Austin 3985 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
| CIN | Mahle, Tyler 3929 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 24.7 | 24.7 |
| LAD | Heaney, Andrew 3515 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 25.1 | 29.1 |
| HOU | Urquidy, Jose 4194 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
| SEA | Brash, Matt* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ATL | Elder, Bryce* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| SD | Darvish, Yu 3003 | 0.0 | 13.1 | 51.6 | 107.2 |
Starters subject to change.
What are those numbers after players' names?
Chart is sortable. Click a column header to re-sort the chart by the values in that column. Refresh page to restore chart to default, game-by-game view.
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