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April 29, 2026 · AL West

New York Yankees vs Texas Rangers

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AWAY
New York Yankees
20-11
0
vs
HOME
Texas Rangers
15-16
3

Starting pitchers

AWAY · NYY
Elmer Rodríguez
Elmer Rodríguez
IP 4
HOME · TEX
Nathan Eovaldi
Nathan Eovaldi
IP 7

Lineups

AWAY · NYY
  1. 1 Trent Grisham CF
  2. 2 Ben Rice 1B
  3. 3 Aaron Judge DH
  4. 4 Cody Bellinger RF
  5. 5 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
  6. 6 Jasson Domínguez LF
  7. 7 J.C. Escarra 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 Kyle Higashioka C
  8. 8 Alejandro Osuna LF
  9. 9 Ezequiel Duran 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
NYY 000000000 0
TEX 000020100 3

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 +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.56 vs actual lineup 4.56
  • Player execution −4.56 R/G Players fell 4.56 short of the lineup's 4.56 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −4.56 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Grisham 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Texas Rangers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.97 vs actual lineup 3.97
  • Player execution −0.97 R/G Players fell 0.97 short of the lineup's 3.97 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.97 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Seager 0-for-3 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.6 – 4.0 — actual was 0 – 3.

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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.