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 | ||
| Padres (89‑70) |
Diamondbacks (85‑74) |
3 | 62 |
| Phillies (87‑72) |
Rays (96‑63) |
3 | 45 |
| Red Sox (86‑74) |
Cubs (88‑72) |
2 | 7 |
| Tigers (74‑85) |
Pirates (81‑78) |
3 | 0 |
| Nationals (75‑84) |
Mets (73‑86) |
3 | 0 |
| Blue Jays (77‑82) |
Reds (74‑85) |
3 | 0 |
| Marlins (78‑81) |
Braves (93‑66) |
3 | 0 |
| Brewers (100‑59) |
Cardinals (77‑82) |
3 | 0 |
| White Sox (82‑77) |
Rockies (57‑102) |
3 | 0 |
| Giants (65‑94) |
Dodgers (97‑62) |
3 | 0 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Padres (89‑70) |
Diamondbacks (85‑74) |
16 |
| Phillies (87‑72) |
Rays (96‑63) |
13 |
| Red Sox (86‑74) |
Cubs (88‑72) |
3 |
| Tigers (74‑85) |
Pirates (81‑78) |
0 |
| Nationals (75‑84) |
Mets (73‑86) |
0 |
| Blue Jays (77‑82) |
Reds (74‑85) |
0 |
| Marlins (78‑81) |
Braves (93‑66) |
0 |
| Brewers (100‑59) |
Cardinals (77‑82) |
0 |
| White Sox (82‑77) |
Rockies (57‑102) |
0 |
| Giants (65‑94) |
Dodgers (97‑62) |
0 |