A Box-Toppers look at probable pitching matchups for Wednesday, April 20

A Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’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
PIT Keller, Mitch 4230 0.0 4.0 5.0 5.0
MIL Woodruff, Brandon 3868 1.0 18.1 34.8 34.8
ATL Morton, Charlie 2503 1.0 13.7 57.0 84.7
LAD Gonsolin, Tony 4211 0.0 4.7 12.4 12.4
PHI Eflin, Zach 3679 0.0 3.7 23.8 27.8
COL Marquez, German 3788 1.0 18.4 48.5 48.5
CIN Gutierrez, Vladimir 4525 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
SD Gore, MacKenzie* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHW Lambert, Jimmy* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CLE McKenzie, Triston 4303 1.0 11.4 15.4 15.4
LAA Ohtani, Shohei 3933 3.0 19.1 33.6 33.6
HOU Odorizzi, Jake 3291 0.0 4.0 34.5 60.6
NYY Severino, Luis 3567 1.0 2.0 42.8 47.8
DET Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 0.0 10.0 43.5 54.2
STL Mikolas, Miles 3034 1.0 1.0 15.7 18.4
MIA Alcantara, Sandy 4061 0.0 9.7 19.1 19.1
ARI Kelly, Merrill 4143 1.0 4.0 16.0 16.0
WSH Fedde, Erick 4065 0.0 10.4 15.1 15.1
SF Rodon, Carlos 3494 2.0 13.7 22.7 38.8
NYM Bassitt, Chris 3413 2.0 15.7 30.8 34.8
TOR Berrios, Jose 3791 0.0 9.4 49.9 49.9
BOS Pivetta, Nick 3825 0.0 5.0 27.7 27.7
TB Rasmussen, Drew 4547 0.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
CHC Stroman, Marcus 3327 0.0 10.0 25.7 48.8
MIN Paddack, Chris 4093 0.0 5.0 23.8 23.8
KC Lynch, Daniel 4488 0.0 3.7 3.7 3.7
BAL Lyles, Jordan 3100 0.0 7.0 19.7 27.4
OAK Jefferies, Daulton 4571 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
TEX Dunning, Dane 4317 0.0 2.0 5.0 5.0
SEA Gilbert, Logan 4439 2.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
Starters subject to change.
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