Updated Monday Apr. 13

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
RockiesCOL6-10
NL West 30
14.20
2
MarlinsMIA8-8
NL East 26
14.30
3
CardinalsSTL8-7
NL Central 24
14.30
4
Blue JaysTOR6-9
AL East 15
14.70
5
NationalsWSH7-8
NL East 28
14.80
6
RedsCIN9-7
NL Central 17
14.90
7
OriolesBAL8-7
AL East 16
15.00
8
MetsNYM7-9
NL East 13
15.00
9
Red SoxBOS6-9
AL East 12
15.00
10
PhilliesPHI7-8
NL East 8
15.00
11
BrewersMIL8-7
NL Central 7
15.00
12
RaysTB8-7
AL East 20
15.10
13
GiantsSF6-10
NL West 25
15.10
14
AngelsLAA8-8
AL West 27
15.20
15
White SoxCHW6-10
AL Central 29
15.30
16
CubsCHC7-8
NL Central 11
15.30
17
PadresSD10-6
NL West 4
15.30
18
AstrosHOU6-10
AL West 23
15.40
19
YankeesNYY8-7
AL East 3
15.80
20
PiratesPIT9-6
NL Central 9
15.80
21
DiamondbacksARI9-7
NL West 14
15.90
22
BravesATL10-6
NL East 2
16.00
23
TwinsMIN9-7
AL Central 22
16.10
24
AthleticsOAK8-7
AL West 19
16.20
25
TigersDET7-9
AL Central 18
16.20
26
MarinersSEA7-9
AL West 5
16.40
27
RoyalsKC7-9
AL Central 21
16.50
28
DodgersLAD11-4
NL West 1
16.60
29
RangersTEX8-7
AL West 6
16.80
30
GuardiansCLE9-7
AL Central 10
17.50

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
GuardiansCLE9-7
AL Central 10
8.90
2
DiamondbacksARI9-7
NL West 14
9.00
3
RangersTEX8-7
AL West 6
10.00
4
GiantsSF6-10
NL West 25
10.40
5
AthleticsOAK8-7
AL West 19
11.40
6
NationalsWSH7-8
NL East 28
11.70
7
PiratesPIT9-6
NL Central 9
12.50
8
AngelsLAA8-8
AL West 27
13.00
9
RaysTB8-7
AL East 20
14.00
10
MarinersSEA7-9
AL West 5
14.40
11
DodgersLAD11-4
NL West 1
14.90
12
RockiesCOL6-10
NL West 30
15.00
13
Red SoxBOS6-9
AL East 12
15.70
14
RoyalsKC7-9
AL Central 21
15.80
15
White SoxCHW6-10
AL Central 29
16.10
16
TwinsMIN9-7
AL Central 22
16.50
17
RedsCIN9-7
NL Central 17
16.60
18
BravesATL10-6
NL East 2
16.90
19
TigersDET7-9
AL Central 18
17.30
20
CardinalsSTL8-7
NL Central 24
17.30
21
MetsNYM7-9
NL East 13
17.90
22
CubsCHC7-8
NL Central 11
17.90
23
YankeesNYY8-7
AL East 3
18.00
24
OriolesBAL8-7
AL East 16
18.50
25
AstrosHOU6-10
AL West 23
18.80
26
MarlinsMIA8-8
NL East 26
19.10
27
Blue JaysTOR6-9
AL East 15
19.30
28
PadresSD10-6
NL West 4
19.60
29
PhilliesPHI7-8
NL East 8
20.20
30
BrewersMIL8-7
NL Central 7
20.60