Boston Red Sox Playoff Chances 2012-3WC 50/50

Beat Detroit 6-4, playoff odds up 3.8 to 45.6%
26-24   .520

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
Boston 6 Detroit 4 +3.6
+0.3
Minnesota 4 Oakland 0 +0.2
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Toronto vs Boston-3.7+3.7
-0.3+0.3
Cleveland vs Minnesota-0.2+0.2
Angels vs Texas-0.2+0.2
Detroit vs Yankees+0.2-0.2

What If

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

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
101-138In100629*
10074-38In9910499
9973-39In9810931
9872-40In972011,760
9771-41In963013,002
9670-42In9350205,104
9569-43In8970307,956
9468-44In841006013,073
9367-45In751519019,024
9266-46In6420115128,233
9165-47In51252211038,893
9064-48100.0%362842930053,448
8963-49100.0222773770069,005
8862-50100.01223942141087,638
8761-5199.7516104223400106,713
8660-5298.7199353410100124,160
8559-5394.80472339225000140,852
8458-5483.2014113333143000154,301
8357-5561.40024203627101000162,810
8256-5634.101182535237100165,672
8155-5713.0000211283319510162,403
8054-583.2000314313216400154,211
7953-590.50000417333012200141,450
7852-600.100017223526910124,261
7751-610.00021028352050106,473
7650-620.0000316343312186,942
7549-63Out0017253924468,838
7448-64Out0021436361053,362
7347-65Out001728442039,078
7246-66Out00319473127,730
7145-67Out00111434519,138
7044-68Out006375712,753
6943-69Out0329697,986
6842-70Out121784,955
6741-71Out014862,957
6640-72Out010901,674
6539-73Out694937
6438-74Out595499
6337-75Out298253
6236-76Out397125
6135-77Out29852
26-60Out100220*
Total:45.6%653111110998876532,200,000

* 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
26-138
Total: