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April 17, 2026 · NL West

Toronto Blue Jays vs Arizona Diamondbacks

April 17, 2026Chase FieldClear 81°F · 3 mph, R To L
AWAY
Toronto Blue Jays
7-12
3
vs
HOME
Arizona Diamondbacks
12-8
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · TOR
Eric Lauer
Eric Lauer
IP 5
HOME · AZ
Michael Soroka
Michael Soroka
IP 7

Lineups

AWAY · TOR
  1. 1 Davis Schneider LF
  2. 2 Daulton Varsho CF
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
  4. 4 Jesús Sánchez RF
  5. 5 Lenyn Sosa DH
  6. 6 Andrés Giménez SS
  7. 7 Kazuma Okamoto 3B
  8. 8 Ernie Clement 2B
  9. 9 Tyler Heineman C
HOME · AZ
  1. 1 Ketel Marte DH
  2. 2 Corbin Carroll RF
  3. 3 Geraldo Perdomo SS
  4. 4 Jose Fernandez 1B
  5. 5 Nolan Arenado 3B
  6. 6 Ildemaro Vargas 2B
  7. 7 James McCann C
  8. 8 Tim Tawa LF
  9. 9 Jorge Barrosa CF

Box score

  123456789 R
TOR 000101010 3
AZ 000120210 6

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · TOR
John Schneider
B Lineup 0.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.3 R
HOME · AZ
Torey Lovullo
C- Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 2.1 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · AZ
3-7 L2 -15 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with TOR 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 · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.01 vs actual lineup 2.98
  • Player execution +0.02 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.98 projection by 0.02 (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.01 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Manager lineup cost +0.07 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.92 vs actual lineup 4.86
  • Player execution +1.14 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.86 projection by 1.14 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.08 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.0 – 4.9 — actual was 3 – 6.

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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.