Seattle Mariners Playoff Chances 2012-3WC

Beat Texas 21-8, playoff odds up 9.2 to 17.5%
23-30   .434

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
Texas 8 Seattle 21 +1.8
+0.3
Cleveland 3 Kansas City 6 +0.1
Tampa Bay 3 White Sox 4 +0.1
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
White Sox vs Seattle-1.8+2.9
-0.2+0.3
Angels vs Texas-0.2+0.2
Cleveland vs Minnesota-0.2+0.2
Detroit vs Yankees+0.1-0.2

What If

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

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
102-132In100181*
10178-31In831712
10077-32In894728
9976-33In871345
9875-34In68131113
9774-35In61534246
9673-36In5111138453
9572-37In3911050899
9471-38In291215801,645
9370-39In2012266103,042
9269-40In1112272205,131
9168-41In610375508,475
9067-42100.0%37475101013,441
8966-4399.9154701820020,685
8865-4499.5034582961030,118
8764-4597.801342381320042,010
8663-4692.800225402561057,311
8562-4781.8011234351530075,033
8461-4862.8014213627910094,747
8360-4939.700110293520510114,088
8259-5019.4000316333113200132,623
8158-517.30016233626810149,973
8057-522.0000211303518400161,926
7956-530.400041836301010168,262
7855-540.10001828382140169,742
7754-550.0003173833910163,646
7653-560.0001830411920152,331
7552-57Out00319433050137,252
7451-58Out001103741110118,939
7350-59Out005284719198,652
7249-60Out002184830279,234
7148-61Out01104341561,179
7047-62Out053551945,534
6946-63Out0226571532,680
6845-64Out0117592322,328
6744-65Out0011573114,739
6643-66Out0653419,425
6542-67Out0344525,873
6441-68Out236623,474
6340-69Out130702,009
6239-70Out023771,131
6138-71Out01683584
6037-72Out1090311
5936-73Out1090147
5835-74Out49671
5734-75Out39729
23-56Out100203*
Total:17.5%00055791012141513822,200,000

* 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
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23-132
Total: