Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Maikel Garcia 3B
- 2 Bobby Witt Jr. SS
- 3 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B
- 4 Salvador Perez C
- 5 Carter Jensen DH
- 6 Lane Thomas LF
- 7 Jac Caglianone RF
- 8 Michael Massey 2B
- 9 Kyle Isbel CF
- 1 Trent Grisham CF
- 2 Aaron Judge RF
- 3 Cody Bellinger LF
- 4 Giancarlo Stanton DH
- 5 Ben Rice 1B
- 6 Amed Rosario 3B
- 7 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
- 8 José Caballero SS
- 9 Austin Wells C
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade C / C+ entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 0-3 with KC 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.
- Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.37 vs actual lineup 2.36
- Player execution −0.36 R/G Players fell 0.36 short of the lineup's 2.36 projection (scored 2)
- Game variance −0.37 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Garcia 0-for-3 batting 1st
- Manager lineup cost −0.10 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.70 vs actual lineup 3.80
- Player execution +0.20 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.80 projection by 0.20 (scored 4)
- Game variance +0.30 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Grisham 0-for-4 batting 1st
Optimal lineups projected 2.4 – 3.7 — actual was 2 – 4.
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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.