Updated Thursday Jul. 2

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
MetsNYM36-51
NL East 23
11.50
2
RedsCIN39-46
NL Central 24
11.90
3
CardinalsSTL44-39
NL Central 15
13.60
4
PiratesPIT43-44
NL Central 12
13.60
5
MarlinsMIA46-41
NL East 10
14.20
6
BravesATL50-34
NL East 3
14.40
7
DiamondbacksARI43-43
NL West 16
14.50
8
CubsCHC49-38
NL Central 5
14.50
9
RockiesCOL34-53
NL West 30
14.70
10
OriolesBAL40-48
AL East 20
15.00
11
PhilliesPHI49-38
NL East 6
15.00
12
NationalsWSH45-43
NL East 21
15.10
13
BrewersMIL53-31
NL Central 2
15.20
14
RaysTB50-33
AL East 7
15.20
15
YankeesNYY48-38
AL East 4
15.30
16
PadresSD43-42
NL West 13
15.40
17
Blue JaysTOR41-46
AL East 14
15.60
18
AngelsLAA36-51
AL West 29
15.70
19
TwinsMIN42-46
AL Central 27
15.80
20
DodgersLAD56-31
NL West 1
16.10
21
Red SoxBOS37-48
AL East 17
16.10
22
AstrosHOU43-46
AL West 19
16.20
23
MarinersSEA44-43
AL West 8
16.30
24
White SoxCHW45-40
AL Central 18
16.90
25
RoyalsKC35-52
AL Central 28
17.10
26
AthleticsOAK41-46
AL West 26
17.10
27
GiantsSF36-50
NL West 25
17.40
28
TigersDET38-49
AL Central 22
17.50
29
RangersTEX44-43
AL West 11
17.50
30
GuardiansCLE45-42
AL Central 9
20.10

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.

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TEAM DIVISION GURU
RANK		 AVERAGE
OPPONENT
RANK
1
GiantsSF36-50
NL West 25
12.70
2
NationalsWSH45-43
NL East 21
13.40
3
RockiesCOL34-53
NL West 30
13.80
4
Red SoxBOS37-48
AL East 17
14.20
5
MarlinsMIA46-41
NL East 10
14.90
6
GuardiansCLE45-42
AL Central 9
15.00
7
Blue JaysTOR41-46
AL East 14
15.00
8
RedsCIN39-46
NL Central 24
15.00
9
PadresSD43-42
NL West 13
15.10
10
AngelsLAA36-51
AL West 29
15.10
11
CardinalsSTL44-39
NL Central 15
15.10
12
PiratesPIT43-44
NL Central 12
15.10
13
PhilliesPHI49-38
NL East 6
15.20
14
RoyalsKC35-52
AL Central 28
15.20
15
OriolesBAL40-48
AL East 20
15.20
16
CubsCHC49-38
NL Central 5
15.50
17
AthleticsOAK41-46
AL West 26
15.50
18
BrewersMIL53-31
NL Central 2
15.60
19
MetsNYM36-51
NL East 23
15.70
20
DiamondbacksARI43-43
NL West 16
15.70
21
TigersDET38-49
AL Central 22
15.90
22
BravesATL50-34
NL East 3
16.20
23
RangersTEX44-43
AL West 11
16.30
24
TwinsMIN42-46
AL Central 27
16.30
25
White SoxCHW45-40
AL Central 18
16.40
26
RaysTB50-33
AL East 7
16.60
27
DodgersLAD56-31
NL West 1
17.20
28
YankeesNYY48-38
AL East 4
17.30
29
AstrosHOU43-46
AL West 19
17.30
30
MarinersSEA44-43
AL West 8
17.80