New York Yankees Playoff Chances 2012-3WC 50/50

Beat Angels 6-5, playoff odds up 3.8 to 52.7%
27-23   .540

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
Angels 5 Yankees 6 +3.8
+0.3
If winner is:HomeAway
Friday100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Detroit vs Yankees-3.6+3.6
-0.3+0.3
Cleveland vs Minnesota-0.2+0.2

What If

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

100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TWW-Lplayoffs12345678910111213141516Count
102-139In100638*
10174-38In10000496
10073-39In10000955
9972-40In99101,731
9871-41In98202,930
9770-42In973014,928
9669-43In935027,970
9568-44In89703012,924
9467-45In831105019,129
9366-46In751619028,216
9265-47In64211140039,104
9164-48In51262201053,266
9063-49100.0%362842830069,271
8962-50100.0222873660087,414
8861-51100.012249411310106,256
8760-5299.75171141224000124,243
8659-5398.719103533101000140,508
8558-5494.80482339215000154,334
8457-5583.4015113333143000162,361
8356-5661.3002420362710200165,333
8255-5733.601172535237100163,041
8154-5812.60002112734206100153,937
8053-593.0000313303217400140,612
7952-600.50000417323013300124,931
7851-610.100016213427910106,349
7750-620.0000292736215087,521
7649-630.0000315343313268,998
7548-64Out0016243925553,386
7447-65Out0021335371139,250
7346-66Out01627452128,170
7245-67Out0218463419,165
7144-68Out0110434712,884
7043-69Out0535598,161
6942-70Out0227704,873
6841-71Out0119812,969
6740-72Out015851,678
6639-73Out0694948
6538-74Out595459
6437-75Out397263
6336-76Out397123
27-62Out100275*
Total:52.7%863131210987765322,200,000

* 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
TWW-L123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
27-139
Total: