The Most Important Games for the Yankees are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Yankees final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Yankees 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 |
Yankees 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 | |||
| Yankees (50‑40) vs Rays (52‑36) 3 Games Remaining |
46 | Yankees Sweeps 3 Games | 27% | 8% | 2% | 41% | 11% | 5% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Rays Sweeps 3 Games | 9% | 3% | 1% | 47% | 16% | 9% | 15% | ||
| Cubs (50‑40) vs Orioles (42‑49) 3 Games Remaining |
3 | Cubs Sweeps 3 Games | 17% | 5% | 1% | 46% | 14% | 7% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Orioles Sweeps 3 Games | 17% | 5% | 1% | 44% | 14% | 7% | 12% | ||
| Angels (36‑55) vs Rangers (45‑45) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Angels Sweeps 3 Games | 16% | 5% | 1% | 46% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Rangers Sweeps 3 Games | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 12% | ||
| Mets (38‑53) vs Royals (37‑54) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Mets Sweeps 3 Games | 16% | 5% | 1% | 44% | 14% | 8% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Royals Sweeps 3 Games | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 12% | ||
| Giants (38‑52) vs Blue Jays (42‑49) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Giants Sweeps 2 Games | 17% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Blue Jays Sweeps 2 Games | 17% | 5% | 1% | 44% | 14% | 7% | 12% | ||
| Marlins (49‑42) vs Mariners (47‑44) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Marlins Sweeps 3 Games | 17% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Mariners Sweeps 3 Games | 16% | 5% | 2% | 44% | 14% | 8% | 11% | ||
| Tigers (40‑50) vs Athletics (41‑49) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Tigers Sweeps 3 Games | 17% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 8% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Athletics Sweeps 3 Games | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 12% | ||
| Nationals (47‑45) vs Astros (45‑48) 2 Games Remaining |
1 | Nationals Sweeps 2 Games | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Astros Sweeps 2 Games | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 12% | ||
| Guardians (47‑44) vs Twins (44‑47) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Guardians Sweeps 3 Games | 16% | 5% | 1% | 44% | 15% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Twins Sweeps 3 Games | 17% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 13% | 7% | 12% | ||
| Red Sox (40‑48) vs White Sox (47‑42) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Red Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 17% | 4% | 1% | 46% | 13% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| White Sox Sweeps 3 Games | 16% | 5% | 1% | 44% | 14% | 8% | 11% | ||
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Yankees 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 | |||
| Yankees (50‑40) vs Rays (52‑36) |
15 | Yankees Wins | 20% | 6% | 2% | 44% | 13% | 7% | 9% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Rays Wins | 14% | 4% | 1% | 46% | 14% | 8% | 12% | ||
| Giants (38‑52) vs Blue Jays (42‑49) |
1 | Giants Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 8% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Blue Jays Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Mets (38‑53) vs Royals (37‑54) |
1 | Mets Wins | 17% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Royals Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 8% | 11% | ||
| Guardians (47‑44) vs Twins (44‑47) |
1 | Guardians Wins | 17% | 5% | 1% | 44% | 14% | 8% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Twins Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 46% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Rangers (45‑45) vs Angels (36‑55) |
1 | Rangers Wins | 17% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Angels Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 15% | 8% | 11% | ||
| Nationals (47‑45) vs Astros (45‑48) |
1 | Nationals Wins | 17% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Astros Wins | 17% | 5% | 1% | 44% | 14% | 7% | 12% | ||
| Orioles (42‑49) vs Cubs (50‑40) |
1 | Orioles Wins | 17% | 5% | 2% | 45% | 14% | 8% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Cubs Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 44% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Marlins (49‑42) vs Mariners (47‑44) |
0 | Marlins Wins | 17% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Mariners Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Tigers (40‑50) vs Athletics (41‑49) |
0 | Tigers Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Athletics Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 44% | 14% | 8% | 11% | ||
| Red Sox (40‑48) vs White Sox (47‑42) |
0 | Red Sox Wins | 17% | 5% | 1% | 46% | 13% | 7% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 14% | 7% | 11% | ||
| White Sox Wins | 16% | 5% | 1% | 45% | 15% | 7% | 11% | ||