Here is scenario in which NC wins 93 additional games (100 total) but does not reach the postseason. Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB Kiwoom 98 43 3 0.6950 0.0 Lotte 98 43 3 0.6950 0.0 Samsung 98 43 3 0.6950 0.0 Hanwha 100 44 0 0.6944 -0.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. LG 100 44 0 0.6944 -0.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. NC 100 44 0 0.6944 -0.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Doosan 46 98 0 0.3194 53.5 KIA 33 111 0 0.2292 66.5 SSG 23 121 0 0.1597 76.5 KT 19 124 1 0.1329 80.0 Explanation of Tie-breakers: The following table shows how many games each of the teams tied for fifth place in the scenario have already won against each other: Team Hanwha LG NC Total Hanwha - 0 1 1 LG 3 - 2 5 NC 0 0 - 0 The following table shows how many additional games each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha LG NC Total Hanwha - 7 12 19 LG 6 - 3 9 NC 3 11 - 14 The following table shows how many games total each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha LG NC Total Hanwha - 7 13 20 LG 9 - 5 14 NC 3 11 - 14 The first tiebreaker does not resolve the tie. The following table shows how many runs each of the teams tied for fifth place as already scored against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha LG NC Total Hanwha - 1 12 13 LG 11 - 22 33 NC 4 8 - 12 The following table shows how many additional runs each of the teams tied for fifth place scores against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha LG NC Total Hanwha - 119 12 131 LG 108 - 3 111 NC 3 129 - 132 The following table shows how many runs total each of the teams tied for fifth place scores against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha LG NC Total Hanwha - 120 24 144 LG 119 - 25 144 NC 7 137 - 144 NC finished #9 in the standings last year. LG finished #3 in the standings last year. To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB LG 17 4 0 123 0.810 0.0 Lotte 12 10 1 121 0.545 5.5 Hanwha 12 11 0 121 0.522 6.0 KT 10 10 1 123 0.500 6.5 Samsung 11 11 0 122 0.500 6.5 SSG 9 10 0 125 0.474 7.0 Doosan 9 11 0 124 0.450 7.5 KIA 9 12 0 123 0.429 8.0 NC 7 10 0 127 0.412 8.0 Kiwoom 8 15 0 121 0.348 10.0 The next two tables show, respectively, how many of their remaining games each team wins and ties against each of the other teams in the scenario: Scenario Additional Wins Against Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Wins Doosan - 0 15 0 8 0 0 0 0 14 37 Hanwha 13 - 13 11 14 7 4 12 1 13 88 KIA 0 0 - 0 10 0 0 0 0 14 24 Kiwoom 14 2 13 - 15 3 9 12 9 13 90 KT 5 0 3 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 9 LG 13 6 14 10 13 - 0 3 9 15 83 Lotte 13 10 13 3 13 14 - 0 7 13 86 NC 16 3 14 1 13 11 13 - 6 16 93 Samsung 13 12 14 3 14 4 7 7 - 13 87 SSG 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 - 14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 87 33 99 28 114 40 33 34 32 111 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 0 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 1 0 2 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Samsung 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 0 3 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 The next two tables show, respectively, how many total games each team wins and ties against each of the other teams in the scenario: Scenario Total Wins Against Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Wins Doosan - 1 16 2 9 1 2 0 1 14 46 Hanwha 15 - 15 13 15 7 4 13 2 16 100 KIA 0 1 - 1 12 0 2 1 1 15 33 Kiwoom 14 3 15 - 16 4 9 13 9 15 98 KT 7 1 4 0 - 2 1 2 2 0 19 LG 15 9 16 12 14 - 2 5 11 16 100 Lotte 14 12 14 6 14 14 - 2 8 14 98 NC 16 3 15 3 14 11 14 - 8 16 100 Samsung 15 14 15 5 14 5 7 8 - 15 98 SSG 2 0 1 1 16 0 2 0 1 - 23 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 98 44 111 43 124 44 43 44 43 121 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 0 0 1 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 1 0 3 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 Samsung 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 0 3 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 3 0