A Box-Toppers look at Sunday’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOS | Hill, Rich 2215 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 33.4 | 71.5 |
| TB | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| COL | Kuhl, Chad 3687 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 11.7 | 13.7 |
| DET | Alexander, Tyler 4196 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| CLE | Civale, Aaron 4173 | 0.0 | 11.7 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| NYY | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | 0.0 | 22.4 | 87.0 | 122.9 |
| MIA | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| ATL | Elder, Bryce* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| SF | Webb, Logan 4258 | 1.0 | 16.5 | 19.2 | 19.2 |
| WSH | Gray, Josiah 4503 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| STL | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | 2.0 | 14.0 | 32.3 | 144.3 |
| CIN | Lodolo, Nick* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CHW | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 39.1 | 39.1 |
| MIN | Archer, Chris 3194 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 62.8 |
| TOR | Kikuchi, Yusei 4136 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| HOU | Garcia, Luis 4423 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| PIT | Brubaker, JT 4382 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| CHC | Steele, Justin 4415 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| BAL | Ellis, Chris 4517 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| LAA | Suarez, Jose 4425 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| TEX | Howard, Spencer 4386 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OAK | Irvin, Cole 4140 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| KC | Hernandez, Carlos 4466 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| SEA | Ray, Robbie 3502 | 1.0 | 18.7 | 52.1 | 62.8 |
| LAD | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | 2.0 | 15.4 | 66.9 | 250.6 |
| SD | Manaea, Sean 3637 | 3.0 | 18.7 | 40.5 | 47.2 |
| NYM | Megill, Tylor 4464 | 3.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| ARI | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 29.7 | 135.4 |
| MIL | Lauer, Eric 4017 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 19.4 | 19.4 |
| PHI | Nola, Aaron 3569 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 65.0 | 73.7 |
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.
About Box-Toppers—Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.
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