MLB · 2026
Detroit Tigers4th AL Central - .480 pct vWed 26 Aug, 1:10 PM EDT Tampa Bay Rays1st AL East - .603 pct
Match resultDetroit 47%Tampa Bay 53%
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 4% 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 8 points in the Playoffs race.
Detroit Tigers
Playoffs14%
Division5%
Pennantseason odds1%
Byeseason odds3%
Tampa Bay Rays
Playoffsmagic number 23>99%
Division80%
Pennantseason odds29%
World Seriesseason odds14%
Byeseason odds80%
Detroit winPlayoffsDetroit Tigers14%25%▲ +11
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsDetroit Tigers14%17%▲ +3
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%63-65.49244DetroitDivision5%61-66.4805.5AL East · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-LPCTGB
1Tampa BayDivision80%76-50.603-2YankeesDivision18%71-55.56453BostonDivision3%68-59.5358.5The wild card · top 6 in the American League qualify