Tampa Bay Rays Playoff Chances 2012-3WC 50/50

Lost to White Sox 3-4, playoff odds down 3.3 to 63.9%
29-22   .569

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
Tampa Bay 3 White Sox 4 -3.4
-0.3
Minnesota 4 Oakland 0 +0.1
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Tampa Bay vs Baltimore+3.5-3.5
+0.3-0.3
Cleveland vs Minnesota-0.2+0.2

What If

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

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
102-140In1001,455*
10172-39In10001,244
10071-40In99102,133
9970-41In99103,688
9869-42In98106,382
9768-43In9630110,170
9667-44In94401015,400
9566-45In90703022,970
9465-46In841105032,967
9364-47In7615180045,591
9263-48In65211130060,502
9162-49In52263191077,926
9061-50100.0%372952730097,360
8960-51100.02329734600115,648
8859-52100.0122510401210133,507
8758-5399.8518124122300148,454
8657-5498.91101135329100159,311
8556-5595.3049243820400164,701
8455-5684.401512343213200165,472
8354-5763.200342135269100160,024
8253-5835.601182635227100148,715
8152-5913.7000211283319510133,483
8051-603.5000314313216400115,098
7950-610.600151732301320097,391
7849-620.10001722342691078,154
7748-630.00002102735215061,256
7647-640.0000315333313145,157
7546-65Out0016243825533,033
7445-66Out0021335371222,962
7344-67Out01627452115,356
7243-68Out0031846339,862
7142-69Out011043466,141
7041-70Out0537583,693
6940-71Out227702,154
6839-72Out118811,177
6738-73Out01486682
6637-74Out991301
6536-75Out892156
6435-76Out39880
29-63Out100244*
Total:63.9%1394151310876543212,200,000

* 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.

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If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
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29-140
Total: