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 National 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 | ||
| Dodgers (44‑29) |
Padres (39‑32) |
3 | 40 |
| Cubs (44‑28) |
Brewers (39‑34) |
3 | 34 |
| Giants (41‑31) |
Guardians (35‑35) |
3 | 28 |
| Marlins (28‑42) |
Phillies (43‑29) |
3 | 27 |
| Braves (31‑39) |
Mets (45‑27) |
3 | 24 |
| White Sox (23‑49) |
Cardinals (37‑35) |
3 | 22 |
| Blue Jays (38‑33) |
Diamondbacks (36‑34) |
3 | 20 |
| Reds (36‑35) |
Twins (36‑35) |
3 | 14 |
| Tigers (46‑27) |
Pirates (29‑44) |
3 | 5 |
| Nationals (30‑42) |
Rockies (15‑57) |
3 | 4 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Dodgers (44‑29) |
Padres (39‑32) |
15 |
| Cubs (44‑28) |
Brewers (39‑34) |
14 |
| Giants (41‑31) |
Guardians (35‑35) |
10 |
| Braves (31‑39) |
Mets (45‑27) |
10 |
| Marlins (28‑42) |
Phillies (43‑29) |
9 |
| White Sox (23‑49) |
Cardinals (37‑35) |
8 |
| Blue Jays (38‑33) |
Diamondbacks (36‑34) |
8 |
| Reds (36‑35) |
Twins (36‑35) |
6 |
| Nationals (30‑42) |
Rockies (15‑57) |
3 |
| Tigers (46‑27) |
Pirates (29‑44) |
3 |