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 | ||
| Braves (17‑18) |
Reds (18‑19) |
2 | 14 |
| Rays (16‑19) |
Phillies (20‑15) |
2 | 13 |
| Cubs (22‑15) |
Giants (23‑14) |
1 | 10 |
| Diamondbacks (19‑17) |
Mets (23‑14) |
1 | 10 |
| Yankees (20‑16) |
Padres (23‑12) |
1 | 9 |
| Marlins (14‑21) |
Dodgers (24‑12) |
1 | 8 |
| Cardinals (18‑19) |
Pirates (12‑25) |
1 | 7 |
| Brewers (19‑18) |
Astros (17‑18) |
1 | 6 |
| Nationals (17‑20) |
Guardians (21‑15) |
1 | 6 |
| Rockies (6‑28) |
Tigers (22‑13) |
3 | 5 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Cubs (22‑15) |
Giants (23‑14) |
10 |
| Braves (17‑18) |
Reds (18‑19) |
10 |
| Diamondbacks (19‑17) |
Mets (23‑14) |
10 |
| Yankees (20‑16) |
Padres (23‑12) |
9 |
| Marlins (14‑21) |
Dodgers (24‑12) |
8 |
| Cardinals (18‑19) |
Pirates (12‑25) |
7 |
| Rays (16‑19) |
Phillies (20‑15) |
7 |
| Brewers (19‑18) |
Astros (17‑18) |
6 |
| Rockies (6‑28) |
Tigers (22‑13) |
6 |
| Nationals (17‑20) |
Guardians (21‑15) |
6 |