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 | ||
| Pirates (27‑26) |
Cubs (29‑24) |
4 | 34 |
| Brewers (30‑20) |
Cardinals (29‑22) |
3 | 34 |
| Padres (31‑21) |
Phillies (26‑27) |
3 | 27 |
| Dodgers (33‑20) |
Rockies (20‑34) |
3 | 23 |
| Giants (22‑31) |
Diamondbacks (28‑24) |
3 | 21 |
| Guardians (32‑23) |
Nationals (27‑27) |
3 | 19 |
| Red Sox (22‑30) |
Braves (36‑18) |
3 | 16 |
| Mets (22‑31) |
Reds (27‑25) |
3 | 15 |
| Blue Jays (25‑28) |
Marlins (25‑29) |
3 | 11 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Brewers (30‑20) |
Cardinals (29‑22) |
16 |
| Pirates (27‑26) |
Cubs (29‑24) |
11 |
| Padres (31‑21) |
Phillies (26‑27) |
11 |
| Dodgers (33‑20) |
Rockies (20‑34) |
10 |
| Giants (22‑31) |
Diamondbacks (28‑24) |
9 |
| Guardians (32‑23) |
Nationals (27‑27) |
8 |
| Red Sox (22‑30) |
Braves (36‑18) |
7 |
| Blue Jays (25‑28) |
Marlins (25‑29) |
7 |
| Mets (22‑31) |
Reds (27‑25) |
6 |