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April 3, 2026 · AL Cent

Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox

April 3, 2026Rate FieldPartly Cloudy 53°F · 6 mph, L To R
AWAY
Toronto Blue Jays
4-3
4
vs
HOME
Chicago White Sox
2-5
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · TOR
Dylan Cease
Dylan Cease
IP 4.1
HOME · CWS
Sean Burke
Sean Burke
IP 6

Box score

  12345678910 R
TOR 0100000201 4
CWS 1020000002 5

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / D- entering this matchup.

AWAY · TOR
John Schneider
B Lineup 0.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.3 R
HOME · CWS
Will Venable
D- Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 1.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · CWS
6-4 L3 +9 run diff
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Tactical analysis

RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.

AWAY · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.34 vs actual lineup 3.39
  • Player execution +0.61 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.39 projection by 0.61 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.66 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Giménez HR from the 9-hole

HOME · Chicago White Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.14 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.57 vs actual lineup 3.44
  • Player execution +1.56 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.44 projection by 1.56 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.43 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Vargas 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.3 – 3.6 — actual was 4 – 5.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.