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 (35‑35) vs Giants (41‑31) 3 Games Remaining |
20 | Guardians Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 3% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Giants Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 2% | 2% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 67% | ||
| Pirates (29‑44) vs Tigers (46‑27) 3 Games Remaining |
5 | Pirates Sweeps 3 Games | 2% | 3% | 4% | 10% | 10% | 11% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Tigers Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% | ||
| Orioles (30‑40) vs Rays (39‑32) 4 Games Remaining |
3 | Orioles Sweeps 4 Games | 1% | 3% | 2% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Rays Sweeps 4 Games | 1% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Reds (36‑35) vs Twins (36‑35) 3 Games Remaining |
3 | Reds Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 3% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 11% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Twins Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| DiamondbacksD. Backs (36‑34) vs Blue Jays (38‑33) 3 Games Remaining |
2 | DiamondbacksD. Backs Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 3% | 3% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Blue Jays Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 3% | 2% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Athletics (29‑44) vs Astros (41‑30) 4 Games Remaining |
1 | Athletics Sweeps 4 Games | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Astros Sweeps 4 Games | 1% | 2% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Mariners (36‑34) vs Red Sox (37‑36) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Mariners Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Red Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Angels (33‑37) vs Yankees (42‑28) 4 Games Remaining |
1 | Angels Sweeps 4 Games | 2% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Yankees Sweeps 4 Games | 1% | 3% | 2% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 61% | ||
| Rangers (36‑36) vs Royals (34‑38) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Rangers Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 2% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Royals Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% | ||
| Cardinals (37‑35) vs White Sox (23‑49) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Cardinals Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 2% | 3% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| White Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 1% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| 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 (35‑35) vs Giants (41‑31) |
7 | Guardians Wins | 1% | 3% | 3% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Giants Wins | 1% | 2% | 2% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 63% | ||
| DiamondbacksD. Backs (36‑34) vs Blue Jays (38‑33) |
2 | DiamondbacksD. Backs Wins | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Blue Jays Wins | 1% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Angels (33‑37) vs Yankees (42‑28) |
2 | Angels Wins | 2% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Yankees Wins | 1% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Orioles (30‑40) vs Rays (39‑32) |
1 | Orioles Wins | 1% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Rays Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% | ||
| Pirates (29‑44) vs Tigers (46‑27) |
1 | Pirates Wins | 1% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Tigers Wins | 1% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 62% | ||
| Reds (36‑35) vs Twins (36‑35) |
1 | Reds Wins | 1% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Twins Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| White Sox (23‑49) vs Cardinals (37‑35) |
1 | White Sox Wins | 1% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Cardinals Wins | 1% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Royals (34‑38) vs Rangers (36‑36) |
0 | Royals Wins | 1% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 1% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 12% | 11% | 61% | ||
| Athletics (29‑44) vs Astros (41‑30) |
0 | Athletics Wins | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Astros Wins | 1% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 62% | ||
| Red Sox (37‑36) vs Mariners (36‑34) |
0 | Red Sox Wins | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Mariners Wins | 1% | 2% | 3% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 61% | ||