The Most Important Games for the Nationals are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Nationals final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Nationals 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 |
Nationals 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 | |||
| Rockies (6‑29) vs Tigers (23‑13) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Rockies Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Tigers Sweeps 2 Games | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Rays (16‑20) vs Phillies (21‑15) 1 Game Remaining |
1 | Rays Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Phillies Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Dodgers (25‑12) vs DiamondbacksD. Backs (19‑18) 4 Games Remaining |
1 | Dodgers Sweeps 4 Games | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| DiamondbacksD. Backs Sweeps 4 Games | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Reds (19‑19) vs Braves (17‑19) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Reds Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Braves Sweeps 1 Game | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Nationals 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 | |||
| Rays (16‑20) vs Phillies (21‑15) |
1 | Rays Wins | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Phillies Wins | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| DiamondbacksD. Backs (19‑18) vs Dodgers (25‑12) |
0 | DiamondbacksD. Backs Wins | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Dodgers Wins | <1% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Tigers (23‑13) vs Rockies (6‑29) |
0 | Tigers Wins | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Rockies Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Reds (19‑19) vs Braves (17‑19) |
0 | Reds Wins | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Braves Wins | <1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||