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 National 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 | ||
| Phillies (31‑32) |
Dodgers (36‑28) |
2 | 23 |
| Pirates (33‑29) |
Mets (30‑34) |
2 | 22 |
| Giants (32‑31) |
Cubs (27‑36) |
2 | 17 |
| Brewers (34‑30) |
Athletics (15‑50) |
2 | 16 |
| Braves (39‑24) |
Nationals (25‑37) |
2 | 15 |
| Rockies (26‑39) |
Padres (30‑33) |
2 | 10 |
| Cardinals (27‑38) |
Reds (30‑35) |
1 | 9 |
| Tigers (26‑36) |
Diamondbacks (39‑25) |
1 | 9 |
| White Sox (29‑37) |
Marlins (36‑29) |
1 | 8 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Phillies (31‑32) |
Dodgers (36‑28) |
11 |
| Brewers (34‑30) |
Athletics (15‑50) |
10 |
| Pirates (33‑29) |
Mets (30‑34) |
10 |
| Giants (32‑31) |
Cubs (27‑36) |
10 |
| Braves (39‑24) |
Nationals (25‑37) |
9 |
| Cardinals (27‑38) |
Reds (30‑35) |
9 |
| Tigers (26‑36) |
Diamondbacks (39‑25) |
9 |
| White Sox (29‑37) |
Marlins (36‑29) |
8 |
| Rockies (26‑39) |
Padres (30‑33) |
7 |