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April 28, 2026 · AL West

New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers

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AWAY
New York Yankees
20-10
3
vs
HOME
Texas Rangers
14-16
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · NYY
Cam Schlittler
Cam Schlittler
IP 6
HOME · TEX
Jacob deGrom
Jacob deGrom
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · NYY
  1. 1 Trent Grisham CF
  2. 2 Ben Rice 1B
  3. 3 Aaron Judge RF
  4. 4 Cody Bellinger LF
  5. 5 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
  6. 6 Jasson Domínguez DH
  7. 7 Austin Wells C
  8. 8 Ryan McMahon 3B
  9. 9 José Caballero SS
HOME · TEX
  1. 1 Brandon Nimmo RF
  2. 2 Josh Jung 3B
  3. 3 Corey Seager SS
  4. 4 Joc Pederson DH
  5. 5 Jake Burger 1B
  6. 6 Evan Carter CF
  7. 7 Josh Smith 2B
  8. 8 Alejandro Osuna LF
  9. 9 Danny Jansen C

Box score

  123456789 R
NYY 100000101 3
TEX 000000002 2

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 · TEX
Skip Schumaker
B- Lineup 1.0 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 0.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · NYY
7-3 L1 +26 run diff
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HOME · TEX
3-7 L2 -20 run diff
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Season series: 4-2 with NYY listed first across 6 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 −0.06 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.97 vs actual lineup 3.03
  • Player execution −0.03 R/G Players fell 0.03 short of the lineup's 3.03 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance +0.03 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Wells HR from the 7-hole

HOME · Texas Rangers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.37 vs actual lineup 2.41
  • Player execution −0.41 R/G Players fell 0.41 short of the lineup's 2.41 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −0.37 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Pederson 0-for-4 batting 4th

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.0 – 2.4 — actual was 3 – 2.

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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.