Updated Friday Apr. 3

2026 MLB Strength of Schedule Rankings

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

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	RaysTB2-4	AL East	24	14.20
2	NationalsWSH3-3	NL East	25	14.30
3	MarlinsMIA5-1	NL East	18	14.50
4	Red SoxBOS1-5	AL East	13	14.70
5	CardinalsSTL4-2	NL Central	22	14.80
6	AngelsLAA3-4	AL West	26	14.80
7	MetsNYM3-4	NL East	10	14.90
8	Blue JaysTOR4-2	AL East	4	14.90
9	RockiesCOL2-4	NL West	29	14.90
10	RedsCIN3-3	NL Central	16	15.00
11	OriolesBAL3-3	AL East	12	15.00
12	PiratesPIT3-3	NL Central	17	15.10
13	PhilliesPHI3-3	NL East	7	15.20
14	AthleticsOAK1-5	AL West	27	15.20
15	CubsCHC3-3	NL Central	11	15.30
16	PadresSD2-4	NL West	20	15.40
17	BravesATL5-2	NL East	3	15.50
18	DiamondbacksARI3-4	NL West	23	15.60
19	White SoxCHW1-5	AL Central	30	15.60
20	BrewersMIL5-1	NL Central	5	15.60
21	TwinsMIN2-4	AL Central	28	15.80
22	GiantsSF3-4	NL West	21	15.90
23	YankeesNYY5-1	AL East	1	16.00
24	AstrosHOU5-2	AL West	8	16.30
25	RangersTEX4-2	AL West	9	16.30
26	MarinersSEA3-4	AL West	6	16.50
27	TigersDET2-4	AL Central	19	16.50
28	RoyalsKC3-3	AL Central	14	17.00
29	DodgersLAD4-2	NL West	2	17.00
30	GuardiansCLE4-3	AL Central	15	17.10

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.