A Box-Toppers look at Friday’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | Quintana, Jose 3040 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 36.5 | 71.7 |
| CHC | Smyly, Drew 3009 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 49.5 |
| STL | Matz, Steven 3516 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 25.1 | 40.7 |
| CIN | Greene, Hunter* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CLE | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| NYY | Taillon, Jameson 3658 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 30.4 | 35.4 |
| MIL | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 31.4 | 31.4 |
| PHI | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| SF | Wood, Alex 3246 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 33.7 | 53.1 |
| WSH | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 48.8 | 81.3 |
| BOS | Wacha, Michael 3276 | 1.7 | 8.8 | 23.8 | 43.5 |
| TB | Kluber, Corey 3200 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 49.7 | 115.1 |
| COL | Senzatela, Antonio 3760 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 1.7 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 |
| MIA | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| ATL | Wright, Kyle 4349 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CHW | Kopech, Michael 4385 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| MIN | Ober, Bailey 4441 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| TOR | Stripling, Ross 3629 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 22.4 | 27.1 |
| HOU | Verlander, Justin 2112 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 69.3 | 208.6 |
| BAL | Zimmermann, Bruce 4410 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| LAA | Detmers, Reid 4513 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| KC | Keller, Brad 4008 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 |
| SEA | Flexen, Chris 4368 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| LAD | Urias, Julio 3652 | 1.0 | 20.1 | 28.1 | 33.8 |
| SD | Martinez, Nick 3430 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 7.7 |
| NYM | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ARI | Gallen, Zac 4171 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 15.7 | 15.7 |
| TEX | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| OAK | Oller, Adam* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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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