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 American 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 | ||
| Red Sox (49‑45) |
Rays (50‑43) |
4 | 50 |
| White Sox (31‑62) |
Guardians (43‑48) |
4 | 20 |
| Yankees (51‑41) |
Mariners (48‑44) |
1 | 17 |
| Angels (45‑47) |
Rangers (45‑48) |
1 | 7 |
| Twins (45‑47) |
Cubs (54‑38) |
1 | 6 |
| Athletics (38‑56) |
Braves (40‑51) |
1 | 4 |
| Orioles (40‑50) |
Mets (53‑39) |
2 | 3 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Yankees (51‑41) |
Mariners (48‑44) |
17 |
| Red Sox (49‑45) |
Rays (50‑43) |
14 |
| Angels (45‑47) |
Rangers (45‑48) |
7 |
| Twins (45‑47) |
Cubs (54‑38) |
6 |
| White Sox (31‑62) |
Guardians (43‑48) |
6 |
| Orioles (40‑50) |
Mets (53‑39) |
4 |
| Athletics (38‑56) |
Braves (40‑51) |
4 |