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 | ||
| Brewers (59‑37) |
Marlins (52‑45) |
3 | 40 |
| Phillies (54‑43) |
Mets (40‑57) |
3 | 36 |
| Braves (55‑40) |
Rangers (49‑47) |
3 | 35 |
| Cubs (54‑42) |
Twins (48‑49) |
3 | 30 |
| Diamondbacks (49‑47) |
Cardinals (50‑45) |
3 | 30 |
| Guardians (51‑46) |
Pirates (50‑47) |
3 | 19 |
| Athletics (41‑55) |
Nationals (48‑49) |
3 | 15 |
| Royals (38‑59) |
Padres (48‑48) |
3 | 13 |
| Yankees (54‑42) |
Dodgers (61‑36) |
3 | 8 |
| Rockies (39‑59) |
Reds (43‑52) |
3 | 4 |
| Mariners (48‑49) |
Giants (41‑55) |
3 | 2 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Brewers (59‑37) |
Marlins (52‑45) |
13 |
| Braves (55‑40) |
Rangers (49‑47) |
12 |
| Diamondbacks (49‑47) |
Cardinals (50‑45) |
10 |
| Phillies (54‑43) |
Mets (40‑57) |
10 |
| Cubs (54‑42) |
Twins (48‑49) |
10 |
| Guardians (51‑46) |
Pirates (50‑47) |
7 |
| Royals (38‑59) |
Padres (48‑48) |
5 |
| Athletics (41‑55) |
Nationals (48‑49) |
5 |
| Yankees (54‑42) |
Dodgers (61‑36) |
3 |
| Mariners (48‑49) |
Giants (41‑55) |
3 |
| Rockies (39‑59) |
Reds (43‑52) |
1 |