MLB · 2026
Cleveland Guardians3rd AL Central - .480 pct vSat 29 Aug, 4:10 PM EDT Kansas City Royals5th AL Central - .422 pct
Match resultCleveland 57%Kansas City 43%
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 8 points in the Playoffs race.
Cleveland Guardians
Playoffs19%
Division7%
Pennantseason odds2%
Byeseason odds3%
Cleveland winPlayoffsCleveland Guardians19%27%▲ +8
Kansas City winPlayoffsCleveland Guardians19%19%±0
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%66-60.524-3ClevelandDivision7%61-66.4805.55Kansas CityDivision<1%54-74.42213The wild card · top 6 in the American League qualify