The Most Important Games/Series for a league are those in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games/series. Use this table to identify the most interesting American League games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Series | Remaining Games |
Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | ||
| Guardians (36‑32) |
Twins (41‑33) |
5 | 74 |
| Angels (35‑40) |
White Sox (34‑37) |
3 | 24 |
| Blue Jays (40‑32) |
Red Sox (42‑31) |
3 | 22 |
| Mariners (34‑40) |
Orioles (34‑40) |
3 | 14 |
| Royals (26‑45) |
Rangers (34‑37) |
3 | 11 |
| Rays (40‑32) |
Brewers (42‑33) |
2 | 10 |
| Yankees (53‑20) |
Athletics (25‑49) |
3 | 8 |
| Mets (47‑27) |
Astros (45‑27) |
2 | 8 |
| Giants (39‑33) |
Tigers (28‑44) |
2 | 2 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Guardians (36‑32) |
Twins (41‑33) |
16 |
| Angels (35‑40) |
White Sox (34‑37) |
9 |
| Blue Jays (40‑32) |
Red Sox (42‑31) |
9 |
| Mariners (34‑40) |
Orioles (34‑40) |
6 |
| Rays (40‑32) |
Brewers (42‑33) |
6 |
| Royals (26‑45) |
Rangers (34‑37) |
5 |
| Mets (47‑27) |
Astros (45‑27) |
5 |
| Yankees (53‑20) |
Athletics (25‑49) |
4 |
| Giants (39‑33) |
Tigers (28‑44) |
2 |