The Most Important Games for the Rays are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Rays final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Rays 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 |
Rays 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 | |||
| Rays (6‑8) vs Braves (4‑10) 1 Game Remaining |
4 | Rays Sweeps 1 Game | 3% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Braves Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 69% | ||
| Mariners (7‑8) vs Rangers (9‑6) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Mariners Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Rangers Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Giants (10‑4) vs Yankees (8‑6) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Giants Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Yankees Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Tigers (9‑5) vs Twins (4‑11) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Tigers Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Twins Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Astros (6‑8) vs Angels (9‑5) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Astros Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Angels Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 68% | ||
| White Sox (4‑10) vs Red Sox (7‑9) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | White Sox Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Red Sox Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Blue Jays (8‑7) vs Orioles (6‑8) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Blue Jays Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Orioles Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Royals (7‑8) vs Guardians (8‑6) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Royals Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Guardians Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Athletics (6‑9) vs Mets (9‑5) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Athletics Sweeps 1 Game | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Mets Sweeps 1 Game | 3% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Rays 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 | |||
| Rays (6‑8) vs Braves (4‑10) |
4 | Rays Wins | 3% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Braves Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 69% | ||
| Mariners (7‑8) vs Rangers (9‑6) |
1 | Mariners Wins | 2% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Giants (10‑4) vs Yankees (8‑6) |
1 | Giants Wins | 2% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Yankees Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Tigers (9‑5) vs Twins (4‑11) |
1 | Tigers Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Twins Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Astros (6‑8) vs Angels (9‑5) |
1 | Astros Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Angels Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 68% | ||
| White Sox (4‑10) vs Red Sox (7‑9) |
1 | White Sox Wins | 2% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Red Sox Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Blue Jays (8‑7) vs Orioles (6‑8) |
0 | Blue Jays Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Orioles Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Royals (7‑8) vs Guardians (8‑6) |
0 | Royals Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Guardians Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Athletics (6‑9) vs Mets (9‑5) |
0 | Athletics Wins | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Mets Wins | 3% | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||