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 (59‑46) vs White Sox (55‑49) 4 Games Remaining |
37 | Yankees Sweeps 4 Games | 33% | 1% | <1% | 54% | 9% | 2% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| White Sox Sweeps 4 Games | 12% | 3% | <1% | 51% | 18% | 7% | 8% | ||
| Athletics (44‑61) vs Red Sox (54‑50) 4 Games Remaining |
3 | Athletics Sweeps 4 Games | 22% | 2% | <1% | 58% | 10% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Red Sox Sweeps 4 Games | 22% | 1% | <1% | 49% | 18% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Reds (49‑55) vs Guardians (54‑53) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Reds Sweeps 3 Games | 23% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Guardians Sweeps 3 Games | 22% | 2% | <1% | 52% | 15% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Tigers (50‑56) vs Orioles (51‑55) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Tigers Sweeps 3 Games | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Orioles Sweeps 3 Games | 22% | 2% | <1% | 53% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Blue Jays (48‑58) vs Nationals (54‑52) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Blue Jays Sweeps 3 Games | 23% | 2% | <1% | 53% | 14% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Nationals Sweeps 3 Games | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 3% | ||
| Royals (45‑62) vs Twins (53‑54) 3 Games Remaining |
1 | Royals Sweeps 3 Games | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Twins Sweeps 3 Games | 23% | 2% | <1% | 53% | 14% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Rangers (53‑52) vs Mariners (52‑54) 1 Game Remaining |
0 | Rangers Sweeps 1 Game | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Mariners Sweeps 1 Game | 22% | 2% | <1% | 55% | 14% | 4% | 3% | ||
| Astros (52‑55) vs Angels (42‑64) 3 Games Remaining |
0 | Astros Sweeps 3 Games | 23% | 2% | <1% | 53% | 14% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Angels Sweeps 3 Games | 23% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 5% | 3% | ||
| 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 (59‑46) vs White Sox (55‑49) |
10 | Yankees Wins | 25% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 13% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| White Sox Wins | 19% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 15% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Reds (49‑55) vs Guardians (54‑53) |
1 | Reds Wins | 23% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Guardians Wins | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Angels (42‑64) vs Astros (52‑55) |
1 | Angels Wins | 23% | 2% | <1% | 53% | 14% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Astros Wins | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 3% | ||
| Nationals (54‑52) vs Blue Jays (48‑58) |
0 | Nationals Wins | 22% | 1% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Blue Jays Wins | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Rangers (53‑52) vs Mariners (52‑54) |
0 | Rangers Wins | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Mariners Wins | 22% | 2% | <1% | 55% | 14% | 4% | 3% | ||
| Twins (53‑54) vs Royals (45‑62) |
0 | Twins Wins | 23% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Royals Wins | 23% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 3% | ||
| Tigers (50‑56) vs Orioles (51‑55) |
0 | Tigers Wins | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Orioles Wins | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 3% | ||
| Athletics (44‑61) vs Red Sox (54‑50) |
0 | Athletics Wins | 22% | 2% | <1% | 55% | 13% | 4% | 4% |
| Current Probabilities | 22% | 2% | <1% | 54% | 14% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Red Sox Wins | 23% | 2% | <1% | 52% | 15% | 5% | 4% | ||