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April 10, 2026 · AL East

New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays

April 10, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
New York Yankees
8-5
3
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
6-7
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · NYY
Luis Gil
Luis Gil
IP 4
HOME · TB
Steven Matz
Steven Matz
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · NYY
  1. 1 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
  2. 2 Aaron Judge RF
  3. 3 Cody Bellinger CF
  4. 4 Giancarlo Stanton DH
  5. 5 Amed Rosario 3B
  6. 6 Jazz Chisholm 2B
  7. 7 Randal Grichuk LF
  8. 8 José Caballero SS
  9. 9 Austin Wells C
HOME · TB
  1. 1 Chandler Simpson LF
  2. 2 Junior Caminero 3B
  3. 3 Jonathan Aranda 1B
  4. 4 Yandy Díaz DH
  5. 5 Cedric Mullins CF
  6. 6 Jonny DeLuca RF
  7. 7 Ben Williamson 2B
  8. 8 Taylor Walls SS
  9. 9 Nick Fortes C

Box score

  123456789 R
NYY 200000010 3
TB 210002000 5

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C+ / B- entering this matchup.

AWAY · NYY
Aaron Boone
C+ Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 1.1 R
HOME · TB
Kevin Cash
B- Lineup 0.9 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 2.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · NYY
7-3 L1 +26 run diff
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HOME · TB
8-2 L1 +17 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with NYY listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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 · New York Yankees
  • Manager lineup cost +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.30 vs actual lineup 4.29
  • Player execution −1.29 R/G Players fell 1.29 short of the lineup's 4.29 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −1.30 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Bellinger 0-for-3 batting 3rd

HOME · Tampa Bay Rays
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.77 vs actual lineup 4.76
  • Player execution +0.24 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.76 projection by 0.24 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +0.23 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Aranda 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.3 – 4.8 — actual was 3 – 5.

Keep reading

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.