Updated Sunday May. 24

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.

DIFFICULT

EASY

	TEAM	DIVISION	GURU RANK	AVERAGE OPPONENT RANK
1	RedsCIN27-25	NL Central	17	12.20
2	MetsNYM22-30	NL East	18	12.70
3	OriolesBAL22-29	AL East	21	13.90
4	PiratesPIT26-26	NL Central	12	14.00
5	CardinalsSTL29-22	NL Central	16	14.10
6	MarlinsMIA24-29	NL East	22	14.60
7	RockiesCOL20-33	NL West	30	14.60
8	PadresSD31-20	NL West	7	14.70
9	Red SoxBOS22-29	AL East	13	14.80
10	PhilliesPHI26-26	NL East	9	15.00
11	Blue JaysTOR25-27	AL East	10	15.10
12	DiamondbacksARI27-24	NL West	14	15.10
13	NationalsWSH26-27	NL East	27	15.20
14	GiantsSF21-31	NL West	25	15.30
15	BrewersMIL30-19	NL Central	3	15.30
16	BravesATL36-17	NL East	2	15.40
17	YankeesNYY30-22	AL East	4	15.60
18	CubsCHC29-23	NL Central	5	15.80
19	DodgersLAD32-20	NL West	1	16.00
20	White SoxCHW26-25	AL Central	20	16.00
21	TwinsMIN25-27	AL Central	24	16.40
22	RaysTB34-15	AL East	6	16.50
23	AngelsLAA19-34	AL West	29	16.50
24	AstrosHOU22-31	AL West	28	16.50
25	RoyalsKC21-31	AL Central	26	16.50
26	TigersDET20-32	AL Central	23	16.90
27	MarinersSEA25-28	AL West	11	17.00
28	AthleticsOAK26-26	AL West	19	17.10
29	RangersTEX24-27	AL West	15	17.50
30	GuardiansCLE31-23	AL Central	8	17.90

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.