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 | ||
| Astros (81‑69) |
Rangers (79‑71) |
3 | 126 |
| Royals (75‑75) |
Mariners (82‑68) |
3 | 67 |
| Tigers (85‑65) |
Guardians (78‑71) |
3 | 55 |
| Red Sox (82‑68) |
Athletics (70‑80) |
3 | 40 |
| Rays (73‑76) |
Blue Jays (87‑62) |
4 | 35 |
| Twins (65‑84) |
Yankees (83‑66) |
3 | 27 |
| White Sox (57‑93) |
Orioles (69‑80) |
3 | 1 |
| Brewers (91‑59) |
Angels (69‑81) |
3 | 1 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Astros (81‑69) |
Rangers (79‑71) |
43 |
| Royals (75‑75) |
Mariners (82‑68) |
22 |
| Tigers (85‑65) |
Guardians (78‑71) |
16 |
| Red Sox (82‑68) |
Athletics (70‑80) |
13 |
| Twins (65‑84) |
Yankees (83‑66) |
10 |
| Rays (73‑76) |
Blue Jays (87‑62) |
9 |
| Brewers (91‑59) |
Angels (69‑81) |
1 |
| White Sox (57‑93) |
Orioles (69‑80) |
0 |