Updated Tuesday Apr. 7

2026 MLB Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Remaining and Strength of Schedule Played for all 30 MLB teams.

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Our Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite MLB Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

MLB Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
NationalsWSH4-6
NL East 28
14.10
2
CardinalsSTL5-5
NL Central 24
14.10
3
MarlinsMIA6-4
NL East 21
14.20
4
RockiesCOL4-6
NL West 30
14.60
5
CubsCHC4-6
NL Central 11
14.70
6
PhilliesPHI6-4
NL East 4
14.80
7
BravesATL6-5
NL East 6
14.90
8
RaysTB5-5
AL East 22
14.90
9
Blue JaysTOR4-6
AL East 14
14.90
10
MetsNYM6-4
NL East 3
14.90
11
RedsCIN7-3
NL Central 8
15.10
12
PiratesPIT6-4
NL Central 12
15.20
13
OriolesBAL4-6
AL East 18
15.40
14
BrewersMIL8-2
NL Central 5
15.40
15
GiantsSF3-8
NL West 26
15.40
16
AngelsLAA6-5
AL West 23
15.50
17
Red SoxBOS2-8
AL East 17
15.50
18
PadresSD5-5
NL West 13
15.50
19
AthleticsOAK3-6
AL West 27
15.70
20
DiamondbacksARI5-5
NL West 20
15.70
21
White SoxCHW4-6
AL Central 29
15.80
22
TwinsMIN4-6
AL Central 25
15.80
23
AstrosHOU6-5
AL West 10
16.20
24
YankeesNYY7-2
AL East 2
16.30
25
TigersDET4-6
AL Central 19
16.50
26
DodgersLAD8-2
NL West 1
16.60
27
RangersTEX5-5
AL West 9
16.60
28
MarinersSEA4-7
AL West 7
16.60
29
GuardiansCLE6-5
AL Central 15
17.10
30
RoyalsKC5-5
AL Central 16
17.20

MLB Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
GiantsSF3-8
NL West 26
6.60
2
DiamondbacksARI5-5
NL West 20
8.30
3
NationalsWSH4-6
NL East 28
8.50
4
GuardiansCLE6-5
AL Central 15
9.30
5
RangersTEX5-5
AL West 9
10.90
6
PiratesPIT6-4
NL Central 12
10.90
7
AthleticsOAK3-6
AL West 27
11.80
8
Red SoxBOS2-8
AL East 17
12.00
9
AngelsLAA6-5
AL West 23
12.30
10
RoyalsKC5-5
AL Central 16
12.90
11
RockiesCOL4-6
NL West 30
12.90
12
MarinersSEA4-7
AL West 7
12.90
13
White SoxCHW4-6
AL Central 29
13.20
14
RedsCIN7-3
NL Central 8
14.60
15
CardinalsSTL5-5
NL Central 24
14.80
16
TwinsMIN4-6
AL Central 25
17.10
17
RaysTB5-5
AL East 22
17.70
18
YankeesNYY7-2
AL East 2
17.90
19
OriolesBAL4-6
AL East 18
18.10
20
PadresSD5-5
NL West 13
18.30
21
DodgersLAD8-2
NL West 1
18.80
22
MarlinsMIA6-4
NL East 21
18.80
23
BravesATL6-5
NL East 6
19.10
24
TigersDET4-6
AL Central 19
19.10
25
CubsCHC4-6
NL Central 11
20.30
26
BrewersMIL8-2
NL Central 5
20.50
27
MetsNYM6-4
NL East 3
21.00
28
AstrosHOU6-5
AL West 10
21.10
29
PhilliesPHI6-4
NL East 4
22.60
30
Blue JaysTOR4-6
AL East 14
24.40