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.
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* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
Starters subject to change.
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| Game | Starter | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIL | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 31.4 | 31.4 |
| PIT | Quintana, Jose 3040 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 36.5 | 71.7 |
| SD | Martinez, Nick 3430 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 7.7 |
| CIN | Mahle, Tyler 3929 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 24.7 | 24.7 |
| BAL | Zimmermann, Bruce 4410 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| NYY | Taillon, Jameson 3658 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 30.4 | 35.4 |
| COL | Senzatela, Antonio 3760 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| PHI | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | 0.0 | 21.1 | 42.8 | 54.5 |
| MIA | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| WSH | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 2.7 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| MIN | Ober, Bailey 4441 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| SEA | Flexen, Chris 4368 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| TB | Kluber, Corey 3200 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 49.7 | 115.1 |
| HOU | Verlander, Justin 2112 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 69.3 | 208.6 |
| TEX | Perez, Martin 3213 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 9.4 | 22.4 |
| KC | Keller, Brad 4008 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 |
| CHW | Kopech, Michael 4385 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| BOS | Whitlock, Garrett 4431 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| TOR | Manoah, Alek 4424 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| CLE | Quantrill, Cal 4195 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| LAA | Detmers, Reid 4513 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| CHC | Smyly, Drew 3009 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 49.5 |
| ATL | Wright, Kyle 4349 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| ARI | Castellanos, Humberto* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| STL | Hudson, Dakota 4035 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
| CLE | Plesac, Zach 4168 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| LAA | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | 5.0 | 21.1 | 35.6 | 35.6 |
| OAK | Blackburn, Paul 3869 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| SF | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Starters subject to change.
What are those numbers after players' names?
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