The Most Important Games for the Yankees are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Yankees final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Yankees 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 |
Yankees 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 | |||
| Yankees (39‑26) vs Guardians (37‑31) 2 Games Remaining |
14 | Yankees Sweeps 2 Games | 37% | 8% | 2% | 34% | 9% | 5% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Guardians Sweeps 2 Games | 28% | 10% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 9% | ||
| Red Sox (27‑37) vs Rays (38‑25) 2 Games Remaining |
7 | Red Sox Sweeps 2 Games | 34% | 10% | 3% | 30% | 10% | 6% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Rays Sweeps 2 Games | 31% | 8% | 2% | 35% | 11% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Braves (45‑21) vs White Sox (34‑31) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Braves Sweeps 3 Games | 33% | 8% | 3% | 34% | 10% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| White Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 32% | 9% | 3% | 32% | 11% | 6% | 8% | ||
| Phillies (36‑30) vs Blue Jays (32‑35) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Phillies Sweeps 2 Games | 32% | 9% | 3% | 34% | 10% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Blue Jays Sweeps 2 Games | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 5% | 8% | ||
| Brewers (41‑23) vs Athletics (31‑35) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Brewers Sweeps 2 Games | 32% | 8% | 3% | 34% | 10% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Athletics Sweeps 2 Games | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 8% | ||
| Angels (25‑42) vs Astros (31‑37) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Angels Sweeps 2 Games | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Astros Sweeps 2 Games | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Mariners (35‑32) vs Orioles (31‑36) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Mariners Sweeps 3 Games | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Orioles Sweeps 3 Games | 33% | 8% | 2% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Royals (27‑39) vs Rangers (32‑33) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Royals Sweeps 3 Games | 32% | 8% | 2% | 34% | 11% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Rangers Sweeps 3 Games | 31% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 8% | ||
| Tigers (27‑39) vs Twins (30‑37) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Tigers Sweeps 3 Games | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Twins Sweeps 3 Games | 32% | 8% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Yankees 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 | |||
| Yankees (39‑26) vs Guardians (37‑31) |
8 | Yankees Wins | 35% | 8% | 3% | 34% | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Guardians Wins | 30% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 8% | ||
| Red Sox (27‑37) vs Rays (38‑25) |
5 | Red Sox Wins | 33% | 9% | 3% | 31% | 10% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Rays Wins | 31% | 8% | 2% | 34% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Mariners (35‑32) vs Orioles (31‑36) |
1 | Mariners Wins | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Orioles Wins | 32% | 8% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Angels (25‑42) vs Astros (31‑37) |
1 | Angels Wins | 33% | 8% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Astros Wins | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Blue Jays (32‑35) vs Phillies (36‑30) |
1 | Blue Jays Wins | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 5% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Phillies Wins | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 5% | 8% | ||
| Athletics (31‑35) vs Brewers (41‑23) |
0 | Athletics Wins | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Brewers Wins | 32% | 9% | 2% | 34% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Braves (45‑21) vs White Sox (34‑31) |
0 | Braves Wins | 32% | 8% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 5% | 8% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| White Sox Wins | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 5% | 8% | ||
| Rangers (32‑33) vs Royals (27‑39) |
0 | Rangers Wins | 33% | 8% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Royals Wins | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Twins (30‑37) vs Tigers (27‑39) |
0 | Twins Wins | 33% | 8% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 32% | 9% | 3% | 33% | 10% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Tigers Wins | 33% | 9% | 3% | 32% | 11% | 5% | 8% | ||