Wild Card Watch
A personalized MLB playoff race tracker that follows one fan's teams and tells them, in plain English, exactly what has to happen for their team to make or miss the postseason — and when the dream is realistically over.
MLB fans whose teams are in a tight playoff race and want to stop checking Baseball Reference five times a day
- Live "what-if" calculator: paste today's scores and instantly see how each result reshuffles your team's Wild Card odds
- Push notifications only when something actually changed for your team (no spam), with a one-line reason
- "Clinched / eliminated / still alive" verdict updated daily, with the date and scenario where the team was mathematically finished
- End-of-season recap export showing the exact moment the race turned for each followed team
The Tigers–Cubs trend mentions the Cubs' 6-game gap behind the Brewers and the Tigers 5 games back of a Wild Card spot — exactly the kind of fan anxiety this product exists to answer.
Real fan anxiety exists around tight MLB wild card races (Cubs/Brewers, Tigers), and dedicated playoff-odds apps have entered both App Store and Google Play, confirming demand — but it is highly seasonal, peaking only Aug–Sept.Clinch: Playoff Odds Tracker - App Store ↗Clinch MLB Playoff Odds & Standings ↗
Clinch is essentially this exact product — personalized team tracking, rooting guide, plain-English explanations, Monte Carlo odds — shipping on iOS/Android with a free tier and $1.99/mo Pro. Free web simulators (Pro Football Network, Sage Calculator, Brave Calculator) further crowd the niche.NHL, NBA & MLB Playoff Odds Tracker | Clinch ↗Free MLB Playoff Predictor 2026 - Pro Football Network ↗
Pro tier price floor appears to be ~$1.99/mo (Clinch), suggesting low willingness-to-pay for odds/scenario tools; MLB.TV proves fans pay for content, not analysis. Niche analytics subscription products typically top out at small ARPU.Clinch pricing (Pro starts at $1.99/mo) ↗MLB.TV All Packages | Buy MLB.TV ↗
MLB playoff relevance is a narrow ~8-week window each year (late Aug–World Series); off-season usage likely minimal, and the differentiation ('dream is over' framing) is easy to replicate.
Building blocks are proven and off-the-shelf: public schedule/standings data, Monte Carlo simulation pattern already shipped by Clinch, standard mobile stack — well within indie scope.