A Box-Toppers look at Saturday’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.
What are those numbers after players' names?
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| Game | Starter | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARI | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| STL | Mikolas, Miles 3034 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 16.7 | 19.4 |
| HOU | Garcia, Luis 4423 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| TOR | Berrios, Jose 3791 | 1.0 | 10.4 | 50.9 | 50.9 |
| LAA | Suarez, Jose 4425 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| CHW | Velasquez, Vince 3611 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 19.1 | 27.1 |
| WSH | Adon, Joan 4580 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| SF | Webb, Logan 4258 | 1.0 | 16.5 | 19.2 | 19.2 |
| CLE | Bieber, Shane 4005 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 43.6 | 43.6 |
| OAK | Irvin, Cole 4140 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| MIN | Archer, Chris 3194 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 62.8 |
| TB | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| SEA | Ray, Robbie 3502 | 1.0 | 18.7 | 52.1 | 62.8 |
| MIA | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | 1.0 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 13.1 |
| SD | Manaea, Sean 3637 | 3.0 | 18.7 | 40.5 | 47.2 |
| PIT | Brubaker, JT 4382 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| ATL | Elder, Bryce* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TEX | Dunning, Dane 4317 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| BOS | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | 0.0 | 14.1 | 27.8 | 53.6 |
| BAL | Watkins, Spenser 4479 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| CHC | Steele, Justin 4415 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| MIL | Lauer, Eric 4017 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 21.4 | 21.4 |
| NYY | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | 1.7 | 24.1 | 88.7 | 124.6 |
| KC | Hernandez, Carlos 4466 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PHI | Gibson, Kyle 3312 | 2.0 | 9.7 | 29.5 | 46.5 |
| NYM | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 20.4 | 41.8 |
| CIN | Overton, Connor* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| COL | Kuhl, Chad 3687 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 11.7 | 13.7 |
| DET | Briske, Beau* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| LAD | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | 2.0 | 15.4 | 66.9 | 250.6 |
Starters subject to change.
What are those numbers after players' names?
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