MLB · 2026
Houston Astros1st AL West - .500 pct vThu 17 Sep, 7:15 PM EDT Kansas City Royals5th AL Central - .422 pct
Match resultHouston 60%Kansas City 40%
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 3% 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 10 points in the Playoffs race.
Houston Astros
Playoffs66%
Division60%
Pennantseason odds10%
World Seriesseason odds3%
Byeseason odds20%
Houston winPlayoffsHouston Astros66%72%▲ +6
Kansas City winPlayoffsHouston Astros66%62%▼ -4
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%54-74.42213AL West · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1HoustonDivision60%63-63.500-2TexasDivision24%62-64.49213SeattleDivision16%60-67.4723.5The wild card · top 6 in the American League qualify
PlayoffsW-LPCTWCGB
5HoustonPlayoffs66%63-63.5006MinnesotaPlayoffs30%63-65.492-Playoff line
7TexasPlayoffs34%62-64.492-13Kansas CityPlayoffs<1%54-74.4229