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 | ||
| Orioles (31‑36) |
Mariners (35‑32) |
3 | 33 |
| Guardians (37‑31) |
Yankees (39‑26) |
2 | 29 |
| White Sox (34‑31) |
Braves (45‑21) |
3 | 27 |
| Royals (27‑39) |
Rangers (32‑33) |
3 | 25 |
| Athletics (31‑35) |
Brewers (41‑23) |
2 | 17 |
| Rays (38‑25) |
Red Sox (27‑37) |
2 | 17 |
| Tigers (27‑39) |
Twins (30‑37) |
3 | 15 |
| Angels (25‑42) |
Astros (31‑37) |
2 | 13 |
| Blue Jays (32‑35) |
Phillies (36‑30) |
2 | 11 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Guardians (37‑31) |
Yankees (39‑26) |
16 |
| Royals (27‑39) |
Rangers (32‑33) |
13 |
| Orioles (31‑36) |
Mariners (35‑32) |
12 |
| Rays (38‑25) |
Red Sox (27‑37) |
12 |
| Athletics (31‑35) |
Brewers (41‑23) |
11 |
| White Sox (34‑31) |
Braves (45‑21) |
9 |
| Angels (25‑42) |
Astros (31‑37) |
8 |
| Blue Jays (32‑35) |
Phillies (36‑30) |
7 |
| Tigers (27‑39) |
Twins (30‑37) |
6 |