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 | ||
| Phillies (35‑19) |
Braves (25‑28) |
2 | 20 |
| Cubs (34‑21) |
Rockies (9‑46) |
1 | 10 |
| Orioles (19‑35) |
Cardinals (31‑24) |
1 | 10 |
| Mets (34‑21) |
White Sox (17‑38) |
1 | 10 |
| Padres (31‑22) |
Marlins (21‑32) |
1 | 9 |
| Tigers (36‑20) |
Giants (31‑24) |
1 | 7 |
| Diamondbacks (27‑28) |
Pirates (20‑36) |
1 | 7 |
| Guardians (29‑25) |
Dodgers (34‑21) |
1 | 7 |
| Royals (29‑27) |
Reds (28‑28) |
1 | 6 |
| Brewers (28‑28) |
Red Sox (27‑30) |
1 | 5 |
| Mariners (30‑23) |
Nationals (24‑30) |
2 | 5 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Cubs (34‑21) |
Rockies (9‑46) |
10 |
| Orioles (19‑35) |
Cardinals (31‑24) |
10 |
| Mets (34‑21) |
White Sox (17‑38) |
10 |
| Phillies (35‑19) |
Braves (25‑28) |
9 |
| Padres (31‑22) |
Marlins (21‑32) |
9 |
| Tigers (36‑20) |
Giants (31‑24) |
7 |
| Diamondbacks (27‑28) |
Pirates (20‑36) |
7 |
| Guardians (29‑25) |
Dodgers (34‑21) |
7 |
| Royals (29‑27) |
Reds (28‑28) |
6 |
| Mariners (30‑23) |
Nationals (24‑30) |
5 |
| Brewers (28‑28) |
Red Sox (27‑30) |
5 |