Updated Sunday May. 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	RedsCIN20-13	NL Central	13	13.30
2	CardinalsSTL20-13	NL Central	16	14.00
3	OriolesBAL15-18	AL East	20	14.00
4	MetsNYM11-22	NL East	23	14.20
5	Blue JaysTOR16-17	AL East	9	14.40
6	PiratesPIT18-16	NL Central	15	14.60
7	Red SoxBOS13-20	AL East	14	14.60
8	BrewersMIL18-14	NL Central	5	14.70
9	RockiesCOL14-20	NL West	30	14.90
10	GiantsSF13-20	NL West	25	15.00
11	White SoxCHW16-17	AL Central	26	15.00
12	PadresSD19-13	NL West	7	15.10
13	RaysTB20-12	AL East	8	15.30
14	CubsCHC21-12	NL Central	4	15.40
15	YankeesNYY22-11	AL East	1	15.50
16	AngelsLAA13-21	AL West	29	15.60
17	AstrosHOU13-21	AL West	24	15.60
18	NationalsWSH15-19	NL East	27	15.70
19	PhilliesPHI13-20	NL East	18	15.70
20	MarlinsMIA16-17	NL East	22	15.80
21	TwinsMIN14-20	AL Central	28	15.90
22	DiamondbacksARI16-16	NL West	17	16.00
23	BravesATL24-10	NL East	3	16.10
24	DodgersLAD20-13	NL West	2	16.40
25	RoyalsKC14-19	AL Central	21	16.40
26	MarinersSEA16-18	AL West	6	16.70
27	AthleticsOAK17-16	AL West	19	16.80
28	TigersDET17-17	AL Central	11	17.10
29	RangersTEX16-17	AL West	12	17.40
30	GuardiansCLE18-16	AL Central	10	17.80

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.