Arizona Diamondbacks Playoff Chances 2012-3WC 50/50

Beat Giants 4-1, playoff odds up 2.5 to 18.9%
23-28   .451

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

How we did yesterday and who we should root for today.   Explain

Wednesday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Giants 1 Arizona 4 +2.4
+0.3
Dodgers 3 Milwaukee 6 +0.1
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
San Diego vs Arizona-2.3+2.3
-0.3+0.3
Giants vs Cubs-0.3+0.3
Colorado vs Dodgers+0.1-0.1

What If

Chances based on how well the Arizona finish out the regular season.   Explain

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
100-134In100231*
9976-35In99183
9875-36In9712156
9774-37In9442316
9673-38In9064702
9572-39In8490601,204
9471-40In7814072,074
9370-41In691911103,725
9269-42In5625217006,071
9168-43In40334221010,071
9067-44In27347283015,498
8966-45100.0%1533113371023,134
8865-4699.972716341320033,035
8764-4799.1218193122610045,568
8663-4895.91101922291540060,976
8562-4987.0041712292511200077,778
8461-5067.8011251930228200097,016
8360-5141.208182430207100115,362
8259-5217.90402112630196100132,767
8158-535.702003132730185100148,750
8057-541.410014152930164100159,772
7956-550.40001517302915300164,720
7855-560.10001619322812200165,036
7754-570.0000018233425810159,278
7653-580.0000021128341940148,283
7552-590.000004173531111133,844
7451-60Out00182639224116,275
7350-61Out00031637351096,731
7249-62Out001830431978,261
7148-63Out00320463160,522
7047-64Out00112434446,205
6946-65Out06365733,023
6845-66Out003286823,112
6744-67Out01207915,484
6643-68Out01138610,051
6542-69Out09916,264
6441-70Out05943,715
6340-71Out3972,188
6239-72Out2981,236
6138-73Out0100649
6037-74Out199340
23-59Out100494*
Total:18.9%12334567789101010962,200,000

* Row combines multiple less frequent records.

Games Above .500
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

Ye of little faith, already thinking about next year. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds.

Big Games

WednesdayNone
FridayNone

What If

This isn't your lottery pick because it does not factor in ping pong balls.
It's the final seed that gets you the ping pong balls.
The top 12 seeds are wrong, just ignore them for now.

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
TWW-L123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
23-134
Total: