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 | ||
| Mariners (87‑72) |
Tigers (66‑93) |
3 | 0 |
| Red Sox (76‑84) |
Rays (86‑74) |
2 | 0 |
| Rangers (66‑93) |
Yankees (98‑61) |
3 | 0 |
| Guardians (90‑70) |
Royals (65‑95) |
2 | 0 |
| Orioles (82‑78) |
Blue Jays (91‑69) |
2 | 0 |
| Astros (104‑56) |
Phillies (87‑73) |
2 | 0 |
| White Sox (80‑80) |
Twins (77‑83) |
2 | 0 |
| Athletics (58‑102) |
Angels (73‑87) |
2 | 0 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Mariners (87‑72) |
Tigers (66‑93) |
0 |
| Red Sox (76‑84) |
Rays (86‑74) |
0 |
| Rangers (66‑93) |
Yankees (98‑61) |
0 |
| Guardians (90‑70) |
Royals (65‑95) |
0 |
| Orioles (82‑78) |
Blue Jays (91‑69) |
0 |
| Astros (104‑56) |
Phillies (87‑73) |
0 |
| White Sox (80‑80) |
Twins (77‑83) |
0 |
| Athletics (58‑102) |
Angels (73‑87) |
0 |