The Most Important Games for the Royals are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Royals final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Royals 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 |
Royals 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 | |||
| Royals (35‑52) vs Rays (50‑33) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Royals Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Rays Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| White Sox (45‑40) vs Guardians (45‑42) 4 Games Remaining |
0 | White Sox Sweeps 4 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Guardians Sweeps 4 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Yankees (48‑38) vs Twins (42‑46) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Yankees Sweeps 3 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Twins Sweeps 3 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Angels (36‑51) vs Mariners (44‑43) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Angels Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Mariners Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Tigers (38‑49) vs Rangers (44‑43) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Tigers Sweeps 3 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Rangers Sweeps 3 Games | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Royals 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 | |||
| Royals (35‑52) vs Rays (50‑33) |
1 | Royals Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Rays Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Angels (36‑51) vs Mariners (44‑43) |
0 | Angels Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Mariners Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Guardians (45‑42) vs White Sox (45‑40) |
0 | Guardians Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| White Sox Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Rangers (44‑43) vs Tigers (38‑49) |
0 | Rangers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Tigers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Twins (42‑46) vs Yankees (48‑38) |
0 | Twins Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Yankees Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||