Who has the toughest road in the MLB Wild Card race?

We’re down to less than a month to go in the MLB season.

At this point, teams are deep in the race for playoff positioning – and the race to even make the playoffs.

USA TODAY looked at teams in Wild Card position or within five games back as of Aug. 30 and compared their remaining strength of schedule by averaging their opponents’ winning percentages.

Among that subset, the two toughest schedules are the top two National League Wild Card leaders.

No team in the analyzed subset has a tougher remaining schedule than the Philadelphia Phillies, who were tied with the Chicago Cubs atop the National League Wild Card standings. Philadelphia’s remaining opponents average a winning percentage of .547.

The Phillies will face a series against the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves, then will also take on the Brewers. They then close out the season against the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays.

At the time of writing, Philadelphia trails Atlanta by five games for the NL East lead.

Next are the Cubs, whose opponents hold a .546 winning percentage on average.

The Cubs’ remaining schedule includes two series against the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers and then another pair of series against…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/