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 | ||
| Tigers (33‑20) |
Guardians (29‑22) |
1 | 15 |
| Astros (27‑25) |
Mariners (29‑22) |
1 | 14 |
| Twins (29‑22) |
Royals (28‑25) |
1 | 12 |
| Rays (25‑26) |
Blue Jays (25‑26) |
1 | 11 |
| Rockies (9‑43) |
Yankees (31‑20) |
1 | 9 |
| Red Sox (27‑27) |
Orioles (17‑34) |
1 | 8 |
| Angels (25‑26) |
Marlins (20‑30) |
1 | 8 |
| White Sox (17‑35) |
Rangers (25‑28) |
1 | 8 |
| Athletics (22‑31) |
Phillies (34‑18) |
1 | 7 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Tigers (33‑20) |
Guardians (29‑22) |
15 |
| Astros (27‑25) |
Mariners (29‑22) |
14 |
| Twins (29‑22) |
Royals (28‑25) |
12 |
| Rays (25‑26) |
Blue Jays (25‑26) |
11 |
| Rockies (9‑43) |
Yankees (31‑20) |
9 |
| Red Sox (27‑27) |
Orioles (17‑34) |
8 |
| Angels (25‑26) |
Marlins (20‑30) |
8 |
| White Sox (17‑35) |
Rangers (25‑28) |
8 |
| Athletics (22‑31) |
Phillies (34‑18) |
7 |