The Most Important Games for the Rays are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Rays final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Rays fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Remaining Games Winner |
Rays Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | |||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Rays (12‑12) vs Tigers (13‑10) 2 Games Remaining |
7 | Rays Sweeps 2 Games | 3% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Tigers Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 8% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Guardians (16‑6) vs Red Sox (13‑10) 3 Games Remaining |
2 | Guardians Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Red Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 69% | ||
| Athletics (9‑14) vs Yankees (15‑8) 3 Games Remaining |
2 | Athletics Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Yankees Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Rangers (12‑11) vs Mariners (11‑11) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Rangers Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Mariners Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Angels (9‑14) vs Orioles (15‑7) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Angels Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Orioles Sweeps 2 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Astros (7‑16) vs Cubs (13‑9) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Astros Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Cubs Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| White Sox (3‑19) vs Twins (8‑13) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | White Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Twins Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 67% | ||
| Royals (13‑10) vs Blue Jays (13‑10) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Royals Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Blue Jays Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 67% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Rays Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | |||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2* First Round Bye |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Rays (12‑12) vs Tigers (13‑10) |
4 | Rays Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Tigers Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 69% | ||
| Astros (7‑16) vs Cubs (13‑9) |
1 | Astros Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Cubs Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| White Sox (3‑19) vs Twins (8‑13) |
1 | White Sox Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Twins Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Guardians (16‑6) vs Red Sox (13‑10) |
0 | Guardians Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Red Sox Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Angels (9‑14) vs Orioles (15‑7) |
0 | Angels Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Orioles Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 68% | ||
| Blue Jays (13‑10) vs Royals (13‑10) |
0 | Blue Jays Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Royals Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Rangers (12‑11) vs Mariners (11‑11) |
0 | Rangers Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Mariners Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 7% | 8% | 9% | 68% | ||
| Yankees (15‑8) vs Athletics (9‑14) |
0 | Yankees Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||
| Athletics Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 68% | ||