Updated Saturday May. 9

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	RedsCIN20-19	NL Central	19	13.10
2	MetsNYM15-23	NL East	22	13.70
3	OriolesBAL17-22	AL East	21	13.80
4	Blue JaysTOR17-21	AL East	12	14.10
5	PiratesPIT21-18	NL Central	9	14.50
6	CardinalsSTL23-15	NL Central	16	14.50
7	BrewersMIL20-16	NL Central	5	14.60
8	RockiesCOL16-23	NL West	30	14.70
9	White SoxCHW17-21	AL Central	28	14.70
10	Red SoxBOS17-22	AL East	11	14.70
11	PadresSD22-16	NL West	8	14.80
12	MarlinsMIA17-22	NL East	24	15.10
13	AngelsLAA15-24	AL West	29	15.20
14	GiantsSF15-23	NL West	26	15.20
15	RaysTB25-13	AL East	7	15.60
16	CubsCHC27-12	NL Central	2	15.60
17	PhilliesPHI17-22	NL East	14	15.70
18	YankeesNYY26-13	AL East	1	15.70
19	TwinsMIN16-23	AL Central	27	15.80
20	NationalsWSH19-20	NL East	25	15.80
21	BravesATL26-13	NL East	4	15.80
22	AstrosHOU16-23	AL West	23	16.10
23	DiamondbacksARI17-20	NL West	20	16.10
24	DodgersLAD24-14	NL West	3	16.30
25	RoyalsKC18-21	AL Central	18	16.70
26	AthleticsOAK20-18	AL West	17	16.90
27	MarinersSEA19-20	AL West	6	17.10
28	TigersDET18-21	AL Central	13	17.10
29	RangersTEX17-21	AL West	15	17.80
30	GuardiansCLE21-19	AL Central	10	18.10

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.