PlayoffRace

MLB · 2026 Season

Tiebreak Simulator

Decide any game on the real schedule and watch the standings, the seeds and every tiebreaker recompute instantly, right here in your browser.

Real resultsEvery game stands as it actually does. Change any outcome below, or load a scenario, to explore.

Step 1: Impose game results

Set the games any way you like: a batch at a time from the bar in the card, or one game at a time below it.

Game outcomes

Decide each matchup’s remaining games. The results below recompute as you go.

15 of 435 matchups
Set many at once

Pick one to decide a batch of games in a single move.

Filter by team
How the sliders work

Each matchup's remaining games are controlled by two handles: drag the left one (or tap its + button) to hand games to the left team, the right one to hand games to the right team. Whatever gap is left between them is still undecided. Completed games (hidden by default; check "Allow editing completed games" to reveal them) use a single slider, since a real result already exists for those. Everything recomputes instantly in your browser, and nothing is sent to the server.

Diamondbacks logoARIvsSDPadres logo
ARI 0-0SD 0-0
2 remaining
Athletics logoATHvsHOUAstros logo
ATH 0-0HOU 0-0
2 remaining
Braves logoATLvsMIAMarlins logo
ATL 0-0MIA 0-0
2 remaining
Orioles logoBALvsNYYYankees logo
BAL 0-0NYY 0-0
1 remaining
Red Sox logoBOSvsCHCCubs logo
BOS 0-0CHC 0-0
1 remaining
White Sox logoCHWvsCOLRockies logo
CHW 0-0COL 0-0
2 remaining
Reds logoCINvsTORBlue Jays logo
CIN 0-0TOR 0-0
2 remaining
Guardians logoCLEvsKCRoyals logo
CLE 0-0KC 0-0
2 remaining
Tigers logoDETvsPITPirates logo
DET 0-0PIT 0-0
2 remaining
Angels logoLAAvsSEAMariners logo
LAA 0-0SEA 0-0
2 remaining
Dodgers logoLADvsSFGiants logo
LAD 0-0SF 0-0
2 remaining
Brewers logoMILvsSTLCardinals logo
MIL 0-0STL 0-0
2 remaining
Twins logoMINvsTEXRangers logo
MIN 0-0TEX 0-0
2 remaining
Mets logoNYMvsWSHNationals logo
NYM 0-0WSH 0-0
2 remaining
Phillies logoPHIvsTBRays logo
PHI 0-0TB 0-0
2 remaining

Step 2: View results

The standings and the seeds those games make, with every record the tiebreak procedure compares — and the steps it actually needed.

Simulated season

Where every club finishes, and in what seed order, on the games as they are set above.

Overall

TeamRecordPctGL
1MIL logoMIL101-590.6312
2LAD logoLAD98-620.6132
3ATL logoATL93-670.5812
4SD logoSD89-710.5562
5CHC logoCHC88-730.5471
6PHI logoPHI87-730.5442
7ARI logoARI86-740.5372
8PIT logoPIT81-790.5062
9MIA logoMIA79-810.4942
10STL logoSTL77-830.4812
11WSH logoWSH76-840.4752
12CIN logoCIN74-860.4632
13NYM logoNYM73-870.4562
14SF logoSF65-950.4062
15COL logoCOL57-1030.3562

Division

#TeamDivRecordPctGL
1MIL logoMILCentral33-170.6602
2ARI logoARIWest32-180.6402
3ATL logoATLEast32-180.6402
4LAD logoLADWest31-190.6202
5SD logoSDWest30-200.6002
6PHI logoPHIEast28-240.5380
7NYM logoNYMEast26-240.5202
8CHC logoCHCCentral26-260.5000
9PIT logoPITCentral26-260.5000
10STL logoSTLCentral24-260.4802
11MIA logoMIAEast23-270.4602
12CIN logoCINCentral19-330.3650
13SF logoSFWest17-330.3402
14WSH logoWSHEast17-330.3402
15COL logoCOLWest16-360.3080

Intraleague

#TeamRecordPctGL
1MIL logoMIL69-430.6162
2LAD logoLAD67-450.5982
3ATL logoATL66-460.5892
4CHC logoCHC67-470.5880
5ARI logoARI62-500.5542
6PHI logoPHI62-520.5440
7SD logoSD60-520.5362
8MIA logoMIA57-550.5092
9STL logoSTL54-580.4822
10NYM logoNYM50-620.4462
11PIT logoPIT50-640.4390
12SF logoSF49-630.4382
13WSH logoWSH48-640.4292
14CIN logoCIN46-680.4040
15COL logoCOL38-760.3330

Last-Half Intraleague

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#TeamRecordPctGL
1SD logoSD31-150.6742
2MIL logoMIL31-180.6332
3ATL logoATL28-180.6092
4LAD logoLAD28-200.5832
5ARI logoARI25-180.5812
6NYM logoNYM23-190.5482
7CHC logoCHC24-200.5450
8PHI logoPHI21-200.5120
9CIN logoCIN23-290.4420
10SF logoSF16-210.4322
11MIA logoMIA22-290.4312
12STL logoSTL20-300.4002
13WSH logoWSH19-290.3962
14PIT logoPIT16-250.3900
15COL logoCOL12-280.3000
Tiebreaking steps used to generate seedingsNational League · No ties to break right now

No tiebreakers are needed right now — every team has a distinct record.

Step 3: Analyze

What the games as set above still allow: seasons that end a given way, the wins that clinch each spot, and the wins that keep it alive.

Scenario constructorFind complete seasons in which a club finishes with a given win total and still misses, or still makes, a spot.
Find waysfinish with exactlywins and still

Diamondbacks are 86-74 with 2 games undecided in this scenario, so they can finish with 86 to 88 wins. Games already decided here, real or set by hand, stay as they are; only the undecided ones are searched.

Magic numbersFor every club, the fewest more wins that clinch each spot on the games as set here.
For every club, the fewest more wins that leave no way to miss each spot, found by the scenario search on the games as set here.
Elimination numbersFor every club, the fewest more wins that keep a way into each spot alive.
For every club, the fewest more wins that keep a way into each spot alive, found by the scenario search on the games as set here.
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