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 | ||
| Diamondbacks (84‑75) |
Astros (87‑72) |
3 | 171 |
| Mariners (86‑73) |
Rangers (89‑70) |
3 | 145 |
| Blue Jays (88‑71) |
Rays (97‑62) |
3 | 25 |
| Rockies (58‑101) |
Twins (85‑74) |
3 | 0 |
| Tigers (76‑83) |
Guardians (75‑84) |
3 | 0 |
| Orioles (100‑59) |
Red Sox (76‑83) |
3 | 0 |
| White Sox (61‑98) |
Padres (79‑80) |
3 | 0 |
| Royals (54‑105) |
Yankees (81‑78) |
3 | 0 |
| Angels (71‑88) |
Athletics (49‑110) |
3 | 0 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Diamondbacks (84‑75) |
Astros (87‑72) |
54 |
| Mariners (86‑73) |
Rangers (89‑70) |
50 |
| Blue Jays (88‑71) |
Rays (97‑62) |
8 |
| Rockies (58‑101) |
Twins (85‑74) |
0 |
| Tigers (76‑83) |
Guardians (75‑84) |
0 |
| Orioles (100‑59) |
Red Sox (76‑83) |
0 |
| White Sox (61‑98) |
Padres (79‑80) |
0 |
| Royals (54‑105) |
Yankees (81‑78) |
0 |
| Angels (71‑88) |
Athletics (49‑110) |
0 |