The Most Important Games for the Twins are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Twins final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Twins 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 |
Twins 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 | |||
| Twins (13‑18) vs Guardians (17‑13) 1 Game Remaining |
3 | Twins Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Guardians Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 80% | ||
| Rays (14‑16) vs Royals (16‑15) 1 Game Remaining |
2 | Rays Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Royals Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 80% | ||
| White Sox (7‑23) vs Brewers (16‑15) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | White Sox Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Brewers Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 79% | ||
| Angels (12‑17) vs Tigers (19‑12) 4 Games Remaining |
1 | Angels Sweeps 4 Games | 1% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Tigers Sweeps 4 Games | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Athletics (16‑15) vs Rangers (16‑15) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Athletics Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Rangers Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Red Sox (17‑15) vs Blue Jays (14‑16) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Red Sox Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Blue Jays Sweeps 1 Game | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Twins 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 | |||
| Twins (13‑18) vs Guardians (17‑13) |
3 | Twins Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Guardians Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 80% | ||
| Rays (14‑16) vs Royals (16‑15) |
2 | Rays Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Royals Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 80% | ||
| White Sox (7‑23) vs Brewers (16‑15) |
1 | White Sox Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Brewers Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 79% | ||
| Athletics (16‑15) vs Rangers (16‑15) |
1 | Athletics Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Red Sox (17‑15) vs Blue Jays (14‑16) |
0 | Red Sox Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Blue Jays Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Angels (12‑17) vs Tigers (19‑12) |
0 | Angels Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 79% | ||
| Tigers Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 79% | ||