PREVIEW Starts 1:05 PM ET · Yankee Stadium
September 22, 2026 · AL East

Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees

September 22, 20261:05 PM ETYankee Stadium
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
68-46
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HOME
New York Yankees
64-51

Lineups

Lineups are usually announced ~90 minutes before first pitch. Check back soon.

Hitter season stats

Season-to-date lines for each hitter in the projected lineup, with a Marcel projection (Proj OPS). Season columns are 2026 to date; Proj is a forward-looking estimate, not a result.

AWAY · TB Projected · top 9 by AB
BATTER 2026 SEASON PROJ OPS
AVGOBPSLGOPSHRRBIK
1 Junior Caminero 3B · R .284 .373 .559 .932 33 71 91 .767
2 Yandy Díaz DH · R .300 .373 .458 .831 15 64 72 .747
3 Jonathan Aranda 1B · L .285 .374 .432 .806 14 71 111 .743
4 Chandler Simpson LF · L .299 .329 .357 .686 0 23 39 .731
5 Liam Hicks C · L .282 .364 .439 .803 15 66 39 .726
6 Cedric Mullins CF · L .204 .280 .357 .637 13 35 79 .711
7 Taylor Walls SS · S .214 .305 .280 .585 0 23 81 .694
8 Ben Williamson 2B · R .247 .309 .332 .641 3 26 51 .727
9 Nick Fortes C · R .276 .317 .383 .700 4 28 32 .697
HOME · NYY Projected · top 9 by AB
BATTER 2026 SEASON PROJ OPS
AVGOBPSLGOPSHRRBIK
1 Ben Rice 1B · L .260 .355 .550 .905 31 73 116 .741
2 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B · L .217 .295 .399 .694 17 47 131 .742
3 Luis García Jr. 1B · L .283 .313 .560 .873 24 78 61 .733
4 Trent Grisham CF · L .211 .310 .379 .689 12 43 61 .727
5 José Caballero SS · R .245 .298 .396 .694 12 41 81 .707
6 Paul Goldschmidt 1B · R .247 .307 .453 .760 16 44 77 .709
7 Heliot Ramos LF · R .261 .303 .420 .723 9 34 84 .740
8 Ryan McMahon 3B · L .212 .276 .372 .648 10 27 82 .715
9 Austin Wells C · L .169 .268 .289 .557 8 16 68 .727

Manager comparison

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 3.7 R IBBs 3.5 R
HOME · NYY
Aaron Boone
Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 2.6 R

Bullpen availability

AWAY · TB
  • Available 8
  • Limited 0
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 0
HOME · NYY
  • Available 7
  • Limited 0
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 1

Recent form

AWAY · TB
7-3 W3 +0 run diff
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HOME · NYY
5-5 L1 -3 run diff
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Season series: 1-1 with TB listed first across 2 prior meetings.

Pitching & bullpen preview

Probable starters and each bullpen's availability load in the sections above — the Rays and Yankees staffs going in.

Once the game ends, a full pitching and bullpen breakdown appears here: starter lines, the relief sequence and each arm's role, pitch counts, and where the game turned.

Keep reading

How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

Read the full methodology.