MLB · 2026
Kansas City Royals5th AL Central - .422 pct vThu 3 Sep, 7:40 PM EDT Miami Marlins3rd NL East - .500 pct
Match resultKansas City 49%Miami 51%
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 1% 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 2 points in the Playoffs race.
Miami Marlins
Playoffs4%
Kansas City winPlayoffsMiami Marlins4%2%▼ -2
Miami winPlayoffsMiami Marlins4%5%▲ +1
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
AL Central · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1White SoxDivision75%66-60.524-2MinnesotaDivision13%63-65.49245Kansas CityDivision<1%54-74.42213NL East · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1AtlantaDivision79%74-53.583-2PhiladelphiaDivision21%70-58.5474.53MiamiDivision<1%64-64.50010.5The wild card · top 6 in the American League qualify
PlayoffsW-LPCTWCGB
6MinnesotaPlayoffs31%63-65.492-Playoff line
7TexasPlayoffs24%62-65.4880.513Kansas CityPlayoffs<1%54-74.4229The wild card · top 6 in the National League qualify
PlayoffsW-LPCTWCGB
6San DiegoPlayoffs65%68-60.531-Playoff line
7ArizonaPlayoffs39%67-61.52319MiamiPlayoffs4%64-64.5004