Updated Thursday Jul. 23

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
RedsCIN47-54
NL Central 25
12.10
2
MetsNYM43-60
NL East 23
12.40
3
CubsCHC57-45
NL Central 5
12.70
4
RockiesCOL41-63
NL West 30
13.60
5
MarlinsMIA52-51
NL East 16
13.90
6
OriolesBAL50-53
AL East 13
14.20
7
PiratesPIT53-50
NL Central 9
14.30
8
BravesATL59-42
NL East 3
14.40
9
CardinalsSTL52-49
NL Central 18
14.60
10
PhilliesPHI56-47
NL East 7
14.70
11
Blue JaysTOR46-56
AL East 20
14.80
12
BrewersMIL64-38
NL Central 2
15.10
13
NationalsWSH52-51
NL East 21
15.20
14
GiantsSF42-60
NL West 26
15.50
15
AngelsLAA41-62
AL West 29
15.50
16
YankeesNYY57-45
AL East 4
15.60
17
DiamondbacksARI53-49
NL West 12
15.60
18
RaysTB59-42
AL East 8
16.10
19
DodgersLAD65-38
NL West 1
16.30
20
White SoxCHW54-47
AL Central 14
16.30
21
Red SoxBOS52-49
AL East 6
16.30
22
AthleticsOAK43-59
AL West 28
16.40
23
PadresSD50-52
NL West 17
16.50
24
TwinsMIN50-53
AL Central 24
16.60
25
MarinersSEA51-52
AL West 10
16.80
26
RoyalsKC43-60
AL Central 27
16.90
27
RangersTEX51-51
AL West 19
17.60
28
TigersDET48-54
AL Central 15
17.60
29
AstrosHOU50-54
AL West 22
17.60
30
GuardiansCLE54-49
AL Central 11
19.60

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
NationalsWSH52-51
NL East 21
13.90
2
Blue JaysTOR46-56
AL East 20
14.20
3
CardinalsSTL52-49
NL Central 18
14.30
4
RedsCIN47-54
NL Central 25
14.40
5
PadresSD50-52
NL West 17
14.60
6
GiantsSF42-60
NL West 26
14.70
7
Red SoxBOS52-49
AL East 6
14.70
8
PiratesPIT53-50
NL Central 9
14.80
9
RockiesCOL41-63
NL West 30
15.00
10
RoyalsKC43-60
AL Central 27
15.00
11
MetsNYM43-60
NL East 23
15.10
12
MarlinsMIA52-51
NL East 16
15.10
13
RaysTB59-42
AL East 8
15.10
14
TwinsMIN50-53
AL Central 24
15.30
15
OriolesBAL50-53
AL East 13
15.30
16
GuardiansCLE54-49
AL Central 11
15.30
17
DiamondbacksARI53-49
NL West 12
15.50
18
BrewersMIL64-38
NL Central 2
15.70
19
PhilliesPHI56-47
NL East 7
15.70
20
TigersDET48-54
AL Central 15
15.70
21
AngelsLAA41-62
AL West 29
16.00
22
YankeesNYY57-45
AL East 4
16.10
23
BravesATL59-42
NL East 3
16.20
24
AthleticsOAK43-59
AL West 28
16.20
25
White SoxCHW54-47
AL Central 14
16.30
26
CubsCHC57-45
NL Central 5
16.50
27
RangersTEX51-51
AL West 19
16.60
28
AstrosHOU50-54
AL West 22
16.70
29
DodgersLAD65-38
NL West 1
17.20
30
MarinersSEA51-52
AL West 10
17.80