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New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals

MLBregular • 2026 Season
completed
Royals logo
Royals
Kansas City
1
vs
Yankees logo
Yankees
New York
15
KC 55%45% NYY
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Kansas City Royals 55% to win. The biggest signal favoring Royals:

  • Home Field Advantage. Base home field advantage applied (no detailed stats available)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: KC 52% (−3)

Win probability movement

KC home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement61%55%50%May 23May 26

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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VenueKauffman Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri

Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Yankees (away)
Royals (home)
45%
Win probability
55%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Yankees defeated the Royals 15-1.

Our model predicted the Royals would win with 55% confidence, but the Yankees won against the model's expectation. Results like this help us refine the model.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Royals and was a notable factor: Base home field advantage applied (no detailed stats available)
  • Offensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: No offensive stats available for comparison
  • Defensive Efficiency was neutral and a contributing factor: No defensive stats available for comparison

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Yankees won 1-15

Yankees won convincingly

Prediction IncorrectWe predicted Royals at 55%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Kansas City Royals
  • Offensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • Defensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • InjuriesNeutral
  • Rest DaysNeutral
  • Weather ImpactNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

NYY
KC
Home Field Advantage
Favours NYY|Favours KC

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Understanding the win probability calculation

1 factor not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.1.0 • Calculated: 5/26/2026, 11:30:02 PM

Key Players

Yankees

Cam SchlittlerSP
Ryan WeathersSP
Alexander CornielleSP
Max FriedSP
Carlos RodonSP

Royals

Randy DobnakSP
Noah CameronSP
Michael WachaSP
Stephen KolekSP
Seth LugoSP

Learn About Our Analysis

Learn about the factors behind our predictions

Frequently Asked Questions

Royals has a 55% win probability, while Yankees has a 45% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers weather conditions, offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.

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