MLB · 2026

Kansas City Royals5th AL Central - .422 pct vSat 26 Sep, 7:10 PM EDT Cleveland Guardians3rd AL Central - .480 pct

Match resultKansas City 50%Cleveland 50%

What this game means

The two ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.

At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 2% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.

The result is worth up to 7 points in the Playoffs race.

Cleveland Guardians
Playoffs19%
Division7%
Pennantseason odds2%
Byeseason odds3%
Kansas City winPlayoffsCleveland Guardians19%16%▼ -3
Cleveland winPlayoffsCleveland Guardians19%23%▲ +4

The race they're in

Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.

AL Central · winner qualifies direct

The wild card · top 6 in the American League qualify