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April 12, 2026 · AL East

New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays

April 12, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
New York Yankees
8-7
4
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
8-7
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · NYY
Cam Schlittler
Cam Schlittler
IP 5
HOME · TB
Drew Rasmussen
Drew Rasmussen
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · NYY
  1. 1 Trent Grisham CF
  2. 2 Ben Rice 1B
  3. 3 Aaron Judge DH
  4. 4 Cody Bellinger LF
  5. 5 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
  6. 6 Randal Grichuk RF
  7. 7 J.C. Escarra C
  8. 8 Ryan McMahon 3B
  9. 9 José Caballero SS
HOME · TB
  1. 1 Chandler Simpson LF
  2. 2 Junior Caminero 3B
  3. 3 Jonathan Aranda 1B
  4. 4 Yandy Díaz DH
  5. 5 Jake Fraley RF
  6. 6 Cedric Mullins CF
  7. 7 Richie Palacios 2B
  8. 8 Taylor Walls SS
  9. 9 Hunter Feduccia C

Box score

  123456789 R
NYY 000000202 4
TB 120000110 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 3.37 vs actual lineup 3.38
  • Player execution +0.62 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.38 projection by 0.62 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.63 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Grisham 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Tampa Bay Rays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.38 vs actual lineup 2.39
  • Player execution +2.61 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.39 projection by 2.61 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +2.62 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Aranda 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.4 – 2.4 — 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.