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 (24‑13) vs White Sox (9‑28) 4 Games Remaining |
25 | Guardians Sweeps 4 Games | 23% | 18% | 8% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 22% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| White Sox Sweeps 4 Games | 15% | 16% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 32% | ||
| Angels (14‑23) vs Royals (22‑16) 4 Games Remaining |
5 | Angels Sweeps 4 Games | 21% | 18% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Royals Sweeps 4 Games | 20% | 17% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 27% | ||
| Astros (12‑24) vs Yankees (25‑13) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Astros Sweeps 1 Game | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Yankees Sweeps 1 Game | 20% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 27% | ||
| Mariners (20‑17) vs Twins (21‑15) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Mariners Sweeps 1 Game | 21% | 17% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Twins Sweeps 1 Game | 20% | 17% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Nationals (18‑18) vs Red Sox (19‑18) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Nationals Sweeps 3 Games | 21% | 17% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Red Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 20% | 17% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 27% | ||
| 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 (24‑13) vs White Sox (9‑28) |
5 | Guardians Wins | 21% | 17% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| White Sox Wins | 19% | 17% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 28% | ||
| Angels (14‑23) vs Royals (22‑16) |
2 | Angels Wins | 21% | 18% | 8% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Royals Wins | 20% | 17% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Astros (12‑24) vs Yankees (25‑13) |
1 | Astros Wins | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Yankees Wins | 20% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 27% | ||
| Mariners (20‑17) vs Twins (21‑15) |
1 | Mariners Wins | 21% | 17% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Twins Wins | 20% | 17% | 7% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Nationals (18‑18) vs Red Sox (19‑18) |
0 | Nationals Wins | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 17% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 26% | ||
| Red Sox Wins | 21% | 18% | 7% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 27% | ||