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April 11, 2026 · AL East

New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays

April 11, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
New York Yankees
8-6
4
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
7-7
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · NYY
Max Fried
Max Fried
IP 8
HOME · TB
Nick Martinez
Nick Martinez
IP 4.2

Lineups

AWAY · NYY
  1. 1 Trent Grisham CF
  2. 2 Aaron Judge RF
  3. 3 Cody Bellinger LF
  4. 4 Ben Rice 1B
  5. 5 Giancarlo Stanton DH
  6. 6 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
  7. 7 Austin Wells C
  8. 8 José Caballero SS
  9. 9 Ryan McMahon 3B
HOME · TB
  1. 1 Yandy Díaz DH
  2. 2 Ryan Vilade LF
  3. 3 Jonathan Aranda 1B
  4. 4 Junior Caminero 3B
  5. 5 Ben Williamson 2B
  6. 6 Jonny DeLuca RF
  7. 7 Cedric Mullins CF
  8. 8 Nick Fortes C
  9. 9 Taylor Walls SS

Box score

  12345678910 R
NYY 0100000201 4
TB 0100010102 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 +0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.58 vs actual lineup 2.54
  • Player execution +1.47 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.54 projection by 1.47 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +1.42 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Wells HR from the 7-hole

HOME · Tampa Bay Rays
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.74 vs actual lineup 2.74
  • Player execution +2.26 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.74 projection by 2.26 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +2.26 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Aranda 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.6 – 2.7 — actual was 4 – 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.