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 | ||
| Royals (75‑76) |
Mariners (83‑68) |
2 | 43 |
| Astros (83‑69) |
Rangers (79‑73) |
1 | 39 |
| Red Sox (82‑69) |
Athletics (71‑80) |
2 | 34 |
| Tigers (85‑67) |
Guardians (80‑71) |
1 | 34 |
| Twins (66‑85) |
Yankees (84‑67) |
1 | 7 |
| Rays (74‑78) |
Blue Jays (89‑63) |
1 | 4 |
| Brewers (93‑59) |
Angels (69‑83) |
1 | 0 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Astros (83‑69) |
Rangers (79‑73) |
39 |
| Tigers (85‑67) |
Guardians (80‑71) |
34 |
| Royals (75‑76) |
Mariners (83‑68) |
21 |
| Red Sox (82‑69) |
Athletics (71‑80) |
17 |
| Twins (66‑85) |
Yankees (84‑67) |
7 |
| Rays (74‑78) |
Blue Jays (89‑63) |
4 |
| Brewers (93‑59) |
Angels (69‑83) |
0 |