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April 26, 2026 · AL East

Cleveland Guardians vs Toronto Blue Jays

April 26, 2026Rogers CentreRoof Closed 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Cleveland Guardians
15-14
2
vs
HOME
Toronto Blue Jays
12-15
4

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CLE
Slade Cecconi
Slade Cecconi
IP 5.2
HOME · TOR
Patrick Corbin
Patrick Corbin
IP 4.2

Lineups

AWAY · CLE
  1. 1 Steven Kwan CF
  2. 2 Angel Martínez LF
  3. 3 José Ramírez DH
  4. 4 Rhys Hoskins 1B
  5. 5 David Fry RF
  6. 6 Daniel Schneemann 3B
  7. 7 Juan Brito 2B
  8. 8 Austin Hedges C
  9. 9 Brayan Rocchio SS
HOME · TOR
  1. 1 Ernie Clement SS
  2. 2 Daulton Varsho CF
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. DH
  4. 4 Jesús Sánchez RF
  5. 5 Kazuma Okamoto 3B
  6. 6 Lenyn Sosa 1B
  7. 7 Yohendrick Piñango LF
  8. 8 Davis Schneider 2B
  9. 9 Brandon Valenzuela C

Box score

  123456789 R
CLE 000020000 2
TOR 200002000 4

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 +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.80 vs actual lineup 3.79
  • Player execution −1.79 R/G Players fell 1.79 short of the lineup's 3.79 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.80 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Ramírez 0-for-3 batting 3rd

HOME · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.61 vs actual lineup 4.69
  • Player execution −0.69 R/G Players fell 0.69 short of the lineup's 4.69 projection (scored 4)
  • Game variance −0.61 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Varsho 0-for-3 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.8 – 4.6 — 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.

Read the full methodology.