A Box-Toppers look at probable pitching matchups for Monday, April 18

A Box-Toppers look at Monday’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
MIN Bundy, Dylan 3655 1.0 3.0 31.8 37.8
BOS Hill, Rich 2215 0.0 6.0 33.4 71.5
CHW Keuchel, Dallas 3050 0.0 3.0 23.8 66.6
CLE McKenzie, Triston 4303 1.0 11.4 15.4 15.4
ARI Bumgarner, Madison 2753 0.0 10.0 29.7 135.4
WSH Gray, Josiah 4503 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
SF Cobb, Alex 2916 1.0 8.4 20.8 52.2
NYM Megill, Tylor 4464 3.7 9.7 9.7 9.7
PIT Thompson, Zach 4437 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
MIL Lauer, Eric 4017 0.0 6.0 19.4 19.4
TB McClanahan, Shane 4399 1.7 6.4 6.4 6.4
CHC Hendricks, Kyle 3386 1.0 5.0 36.8 64.9
LAA Lorenzen, Michael 3479 2.0 2.0 10.5 12.5
HOU Garcia, Luis 4423 0.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
PHI Nola, Aaron 3569 0.0 10.7 65.0 73.7
COL Kuhl, Chad 3687 0.0 2.7 9.7 11.7
BAL Watkins, Spenser 4479 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
OAK Montas, Frankie 3803 1.0 13.4 31.8 31.8
CIN Lodolo, Nick* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SD Manaea, Sean 3637 2.0 17.7 39.5 46.2
ATL Ynoa, Huascar 4343 0.0 6.7 8.4 8.4
LAD Kershaw, Clayton 2494 2.0 15.4 66.9 250.6
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
Starters subject to change.
What are those numbers after players' names?
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