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April 25, 2026 · AL East

Cleveland Guardians vs Toronto Blue Jays

April 25, 2026Rogers CentreRoof Closed 68°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Cleveland Guardians
15-13
3
vs
HOME
Toronto Blue Jays
11-15
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CLE
Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
IP 5
HOME · TOR
Kevin Gausman
Kevin Gausman
IP 6.2

Lineups

AWAY · CLE
  1. 1 Angel Martínez CF
  2. 2 Chase DeLauter DH
  3. 3 José Ramírez 3B
  4. 4 Rhys Hoskins 1B
  5. 5 George Valera LF
  6. 6 David Fry RF
  7. 7 Juan Brito 2B
  8. 8 Bo Naylor C
  9. 9 Brayan Rocchio SS
HOME · TOR
  1. 1 Myles Straw RF
  2. 2 Ernie Clement 2B
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero 1B
  4. 4 Kazuma Okamoto 3B
  5. 5 Eloy Jiménez DH
  6. 6 Daulton Varsho CF
  7. 7 Davis Schneider LF
  8. 8 Andrés Giménez SS
  9. 9 Tyler Heineman C

Box score

  123456789 R
CLE 001000101 3
TOR 000103100 5

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C+ / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · CLE
Stephen Vogt
C+ Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.4 R
HOME · TOR
John Schneider
B Lineup 0.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · CLE
6-4 W3 +7 run diff
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HOME · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with CLE 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 · Cleveland Guardians
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.12 vs actual lineup 3.12
  • Player execution −0.12 R/G Players fell 0.12 short of the lineup's 3.12 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.12 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.05 vs actual lineup 3.05
  • Player execution +1.95 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.05 projection by 1.95 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.95 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.1 – 3.0 — actual was 3 – 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.