The Most Important Games for the Guardians are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Guardians final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Guardians 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 |
Guardians 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 | |||
| Guardians (14‑10) vs Red Sox (14‑13) 3 Games Remaining |
15 | Guardians Sweeps 3 Games | 16% | 12% | 12% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Red Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 11% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Orioles (10‑14) vs Tigers (15‑10) 3 Games Remaining |
4 | Orioles Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Tigers Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Rangers (14‑11) vs Giants (17‑9) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Rangers Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Giants Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Angels (12‑12) vs Twins (9‑16) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Angels Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Twins Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Marlins (11‑13) vs Mariners (14‑11) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Marlins Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Mariners Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Astros (13‑11) vs Royals (12‑14) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Astros Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Royals Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 42% | ||
| Yankees (15‑10) vs Blue Jays (12‑13) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Yankees Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 12% | 12% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Blue Jays Sweeps 3 Games | 15% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Padres (17‑8) vs Rays (11‑14) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Padres Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Rays Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Athletics (12‑13) vs White Sox (6‑19) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Athletics Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| White Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 14% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 41% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Guardians 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 | |||
| Guardians (14‑10) vs Red Sox (14‑13) |
6 | Guardians Wins | 15% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Red Sox Wins | 13% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Padres (17‑8) vs Rays (11‑14) |
1 | Padres Wins | 15% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Rays Wins | 14% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Yankees (15‑10) vs Blue Jays (12‑13) |
1 | Yankees Wins | 14% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Blue Jays Wins | 14% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Marlins (11‑13) vs Mariners (14‑11) |
1 | Marlins Wins | 14% | 11% | 12% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Mariners Wins | 14% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Orioles (10‑14) vs Tigers (15‑10) |
1 | Orioles Wins | 14% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Tigers Wins | 14% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Twins (9‑16) vs Angels (12‑12) |
1 | Twins Wins | 14% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Angels Wins | 14% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 42% | ||
| Giants (17‑9) vs Rangers (14‑11) |
0 | Giants Wins | 14% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 13% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Astros (13‑11) vs Royals (12‑14) |
0 | Astros Wins | 14% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Royals Wins | 14% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 41% | ||
| Athletics (12‑13) vs White Sox (6‑19) |
0 | Athletics Wins | 14% | 12% | 12% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 11% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| White Sox Wins | 15% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 41% | ||