Updated Wednesday Sep. 20

2023 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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK
AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
NationalsWSH67-85
NL East 27
5.30
2
GiantsSF76-75
NL West 18
5.60
3
Blue JaysTOR84-67
AL East 6
6.90
4
RockiesCOL56-95
NL West 29
7.90
5
MarinersSEA83-68
AL West 5
10.00
6
MetsNYM70-81
NL East 15
11.30
7
RangersTEX83-68
AL West 8
11.60
8
RaysTB93-59
AL East 3
11.90
9
Red SoxBOS75-77
AL East 17
12.70
10
AngelsLAA68-83
AL West 21
13.50
11
CardinalsSTL67-84
NL Central 23
13.60
12
RoyalsKC50-102
AL Central 28
14.30
13
DiamondbacksARI80-72
NL West 19
15.00
14
PiratesPIT70-81
NL Central 25
15.30
15
YankeesNYY76-75
AL East 13
15.50
16
CubsCHC79-72
NL Central 14
15.80
17
White SoxCHW58-94
AL Central 26
16.00
18
AstrosHOU84-68
AL West 4
16.50
19
PhilliesPHI82-69
NL East 7
16.80
20
MarlinsMIA79-73
NL East 16
17.10
21
AthleticsOAK46-105
AL West 30
17.30
22
GuardiansCLE72-80
AL Central 20
17.60
23
BrewersMIL85-66
NL Central 12
18.70
24
OriolesBAL95-56
AL East 9
18.80
25
RedsCIN79-74
NL Central 22
21.10
26
BravesATL97-54
NL East 1
21.80
27
DodgersLAD93-57
NL West 2
21.90
28
PadresSD74-78
NL West 10
22.70
29
TigersDET70-81
AL Central 24
23.70
30
TwinsMIN80-72
AL Central 11
26.20

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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK
AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
AthleticsOAK46-105
AL West 30
13.80
2
Red SoxBOS75-77
AL East 17
13.90
3
YankeesNYY76-75
AL East 13
14.20
4
OriolesBAL95-56
AL East 9
14.60
5
RockiesCOL56-95
NL West 29
14.80
6
AngelsLAA68-83
AL West 21
14.80
7
NationalsWSH67-85
NL East 27
15.10
8
MarlinsMIA79-73
NL East 16
15.10
9
Blue JaysTOR84-67
AL East 6
15.30
10
DiamondbacksARI80-72
NL West 19
15.30
11
PadresSD74-78
NL West 10
15.40
12
TigersDET70-81
AL Central 24
15.40
13
RoyalsKC50-102
AL Central 28
15.50
14
RaysTB93-59
AL East 3
15.50
15
PiratesPIT70-81
NL Central 25
15.60
16
RedsCIN79-74
NL Central 22
15.60
17
MetsNYM70-81
NL East 15
15.60
18
White SoxCHW58-94
AL Central 26
15.70
19
PhilliesPHI82-69
NL East 7
15.90
20
AstrosHOU84-68
AL West 4
15.90
21
RangersTEX83-68
AL West 8
15.90
22
CardinalsSTL67-84
NL Central 23
16.00
23
GuardiansCLE72-80
AL Central 20
16.10
24
BravesATL97-54
NL East 1
16.10
25
MarinersSEA83-68
AL West 5
16.20
26
DodgersLAD93-57
NL West 2
16.20
27
GiantsSF76-75
NL West 18
16.30
28
TwinsMIN80-72
AL Central 11
16.30
29
BrewersMIL85-66
NL Central 12
16.50
30
CubsCHC79-72
NL Central 14
16.60