2023 Tampa Bay Rays season

The 2023 Tampa Bay Rays season was the 26th season of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise and their 16th as the Rays. The Rays played their home games at Tropicana Field as members of Major League Baseball's American League East Division.

2023 Tampa Bay Rays
American League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record99–63 (.611)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersStuart Sternberg
President of baseball operationsErik Neander
General managersPeter Bendix
ManagersKevin Cash
Local televisionBally Sports Sun
Local radioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
WGES (Spanish)
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The Rays started the season with 13 consecutive wins, tying the 1982 Atlanta Braves and the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers for the modern era (post-1900) record, and the most since the 1884 St. Louis Maroons, before suffering their first loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on April 14.[1]

The Rays drew a total attendance of 1,440,301 to home games at Tropicana Field — a 27.6% increase from the previous season but still only 27th of the 30 MLB teams.[2][3]

On September 17, the Rays qualified for the postseason for the fifth straight year.[4] However, they were defeated by the Texas Rangers in the AL Wild Card Series in a two-game sweep.

Offseason

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season:[5]

  • institution of a pitch clock between pitches;
  • limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance;
  • limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and
  • larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares);

Regular season

Game log
Legend
 Rays win
 Rays loss
 Postponement
 Clinched playoff spot
BoldRays team member
2023 Game Log: 99–63 (Home: 53–28; Away: 46–35)
March/April: 23–6 (Home: 14–2; Away: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
1March 30Tigers4–0McClanahan (1–0)Rodríguez (0–1)—25,0251–0W1
2April 1Tigers12–2Eflin (1–0)Turnbull (0–1)—20,2042–0W2
3April 2Tigers5–1Springs (1–0)Wentz (0–1)—19,4253–0W3
4April 3@ Nationals6–2Rasmussen (1–0)Williams (0–1)—10,7544–0W4
5April 4@ Nationals10–6Thompson (1–0)Finnegan (0–1)—15,2725–0W5
6April 5@ Nationals7–2McClanahan (2–0)Corbin (0–2)—13,8366–0W6
7April 7Athletics9–5Eflin (2–0)Waldichuk (0–2)—15,9807–0W7
8April 8Athletics11–0Springs (2–0)Fujinami (0–2)—15,8808–0W8
9April 9Athletics11–0Rasmussen (2–0)Kaprielian (0–1)—11,1599–0W9
10April 10Red Sox1–0Poche (1–0)Martin (0–1)Fairbanks (1)13,47010–0W10
11April 11Red Sox7–2McClanahan (3–0)Whitlock (0–1)—12,64911–0W11
12April 12Red Sox9–7Bradley (1–0)Sale (1–1)Fairbanks (2)17,13612–0W12
13April 13Red Sox9–3Kelly (1–0)Kluber (0–3)Bristo (1)21,17513–0W13
14April 14@ Blue Jays3–6Berríos (1–2)Rasmussen (2–1)Romano (5)34,82213–1L1
15April 15@ Blue Jays2–5Kikuchi (2–0)Kelley (0–1)Romano (6)41,67913–2L2
16April 16@ Blue Jays8–1McClanahan (4–0)Manoah (1–1)—39,17914–2W1
17April 17@ Reds1–8Gibaut (1–0)Beeks (0–1)—7,37514–3L1
18April 18@ Reds10–0Bradley (2–0)Lodolo (2–1)—11,30415–3W1
19April 19@ Reds8–0Rasmussen (3–1)Stoudt (0–1)—10,20516–3W2
20April 21White Sox8–7Kelly (2–0)López (0–2)—17,97317–3W3
21April 22White Sox4–3 (10)Cleavinger (1–0)Lambert (1–1)—22,33318–3W4
22April 23White Sox4–1Eflin (3–0)Giolito (1–2)Fairbanks (3)22,70219–3W5
23April 24Astros8–3Bradley (3–0)Urquidy (1–2)—10,61120–3W6
24April 25Astros0–5García (2–2)Rasmussen (3–2)—9,91620–4L1
25April 26Astros0–1Brown (3–0)Faucher (0–1)Pressly (2)14,16820–5L2
26April 27@ White Sox14–5McClanahan (5–0)Cease (2–1)—11,06021–5W1
27April 28@ White Sox3–2Poche (2–0)Graveman (1–2)Kelly (1)16,68122–5W2
28April 29@ White Sox12–3Chirinos (1–0)Lynn (0–4)—28,46223–5W3
29April 30@ White Sox9–12Bummer (1–1)Beeks (0–2)—17,04923–6L1
May: 17–12 (Home: 12–4; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
30May 2Pirates4–1Poche (3–0)Contreras (3–2)Adam (1)10,32524–6W1
31May 3Pirates8–1McClanahan (6–0)Keller (3–1)Anderson (1)15,24725–6W2
32May 4Pirates3–2Eflin (4–0)Velasquez (4–3)Adam (2)12,41826–6W3
33May 5Yankees5–4Kelly (3–0)Cordero (1–1)Adam (3)25,00727–6W4
34May 6Yankees2–3Marinaccio (1–1)Kelly (3–1)Hamilton (1)27,07827–7L1
35May 7Yankees8–7 (10)Beeks (1–2)Abreu (1–1)—32,14228–7W1
36May 8@ Orioles3–0McClanahan (7–0)Gibson (4–2)Adam (4)12,66929–7W2
37May 9@ Orioles2–4Rodriguez (2–0)Eflin (4–1)Bautista (8)10,01729–8L1
38May 10@ Orioles1–2Kremer (4–1)Chirinos (1–1)Canó (3)14,39529–9L2
39May 11@ Yankees8–2Rasmussen (4–2)Germán (2–3)—37,68630–9W1
40May 12@ Yankees5–6Holmes (1–2)Adam (0–1)Peralta (1)46,13030–10L1
41May 13@ Yankees8–9Cordero (3–1)Thompson (1–1)Peralta (2)44,71430–11L2
42May 14@ Yankees8–7Eflin (5–1)Schmidt (1–4)Adam (5)42,11631–11W1
43May 16@ Mets8–5Chirinos (2–1)Verlander (1–2)—28,29632–11W2
44May 17@ Mets7–8 (10)Robertson (1–0)Fairbanks (0–1)—29,69532–12L1
45May 18@ Mets2–3Megill (5–2)Littell (0–1)Robertson (8)29,94632–13L2
46May 19Brewers1–0Adam (2–0)Strzelecki (2–3)Fairbanks (4)18,96133–13W1
47May 20Brewers8–4Eflin (6–1)Lauer (4–5)Adam (6)19,95434–13W2
48May 21Brewers4–6Peralta (5–3)Criswell (0–1)Williams (7)20,19334–14L1
49May 22Blue Jays6–4Fleming (1–0)Bassitt (5–3)Fairbanks (5)8,85735–14W1
50May 23Blue Jays1–20Berríos (4–4)Bradley (3–1)—11,90635–15L1
51May 24Blue Jays7–3McClanahan (8–0)Kikuchi (5–2)—8,69936–15W1
52May 25Blue Jays6–3Eflin (7–1)Manoah (1–5)Poche (1)10,73637–15W2
53May 26Dodgers9–3Criswell (1–1)Syndergaard (1–4)—19,71538–15W3
54May 27Dodgers5–6Almonte (3–0)Poche (3–1)Ferguson (2)23,44338–16L1
55May 28Dodgers11–10Beeks (2–2)González (1–2)Adam (7)21,04339–16W1
56May 29@ Cubs0–1Stroman (5–4)Bradley (3–2)—38,16339–17L1
57May 30@ Cubs1–2Merryweather (1–0)McClanahan (8–1)Alzolay (2)31,76239–18L2
58May 31@ Cubs4–3Poche (4–1)Leiter Jr. (1–1)Beeks (1)29,36040–18W1
June: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
—June 2@ Red SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 3
59June 3 (1)@ Red Sox5–8Kluber (3–6)Beeks (3–6)Jansen (12)31,30340–19L1
60June 3 (2)@ Red Sox4–2Faucher (1–1)Jansen (1–3)Adam (8)30,78441–19W1
61June 4@ Red Sox6–2Bradley (4–2)Houck (3–5)—34,19242–19W2
62June 5@ Red Sox4–1McClanahan (9–1)Bello (3–4)Adam (9)30,86043–19W3
63June 6Twins7–0Eflin (8–1)Varland (3–2)—14,68944–19W4
64June 7Twins2–1Adam (2–1)Durán (1–2)—10,84645–19W5
65June 8Twins4–2Chirinos (3–1)Ober (3–3)Adam (10)12,58446–19W6
66June 9Rangers8–3Glasnow (1–0)Heaney (4–4)—17,44747–19W7
67June 10Rangers4–8Eovaldi (9–2)Bradley (4–3)—18,93247–20L1
68June 11Rangers7–3McClanahan (10–1)Pérez (6–2)—23,06948–20W1
69June 12@ Athletics3–4Kaprielian (2–6)Eflin (8–2)Waldichuk (1)4,84848–21L1
70June 13@ Athletics1–2Harris (2–0)Poche (4–2)May (3)27,75948–22L2
71June 14@ Athletics6–3Glasnow (2–0)Medina (1–6)Adam (11)7,05549–22W1
72June 15@ Athletics4–3Stephenson (1–3)Pruitt (1–4)Fairbanks (6)7,13350–22W2
73June 16@ Padres6–2McClanahan (11–1)Darvish (5–5)Fairbanks (7)42,36751–22W3
74June 17@ Padres0–2Snell (3–6)Eflin (8–3)Hader (17)43,18051–23L1
75June 18@ Padres4–5Musgrove (5–2)Chirinos (3–2)Hader (18)44,40451–24L2
76June 20Orioles6–8Bradish (3–3)Glasnow (2–1)Bautista (20)20,90651–25L3
77June 21Orioles7–2Bradley (5–3)Wells (6–3)—19,49352–25W1
78June 22Royals5–6Chapman (3–2)Fairbanks (0–2)Barlow (9)10,43652–26L1
79June 23Royals11–3Eflin (9–3)Greinke (1–8)—16,18953–26W1
80June 24Royals4–9Lyles (1–11)Chirinos (3–3)—20,88453–27L1
81June 25Royals3–1Poche (5–2)Clarke (1–2)Fairbanks (8)18,44254–27W1
82June 27@ Diamondbacks4–8Gallen (10–2)Bradley (5–4)—23,35154–28L1
83June 28@ Diamondbacks3–2Poche (6–2)McGough (0–6)Fairbanks (9)20,85855–28W1
84June 29@ Diamondbacks6–1Chirinos (4–3)Pfaadt (0–3)—22,12756–28W2
85June 30@ Mariners15–4Kelly (4–1)Muñoz (0–1)—37,06357–28W3
July: 8–16 (Home: 3–9; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
86July 1@ Mariners3–8Kirby (7–7)Glasnow (2–2)Sewald (15)35,54657–29L1
87July 2@ Mariners6–7Muñoz (1–1)Adam (2–2)Sewald (16)36,54157–30L2
88July 4Phillies1–3Nola (8–5)Eflin (9–4)Kimbrel (13)22,66557–31L3
89July 5Phillies4–8Walker (10–3)Chirinos (4–4)—18,20857–32L4
90July 6Phillies1–3 (11)Strahm (5–3)Thompson (1–2)—17,06057–33L5
91July 7Braves1–2Morton (9–6)Glasnow (2–3)Iglesias (16)25,02557–34L6
92July 8Braves1–6Strider (11–2)Bradley (5–5)—25,02557–35L7
93July 9Braves10–4Eflin (10–4)Elder (7–2)—25,02558–35W1
93rd All-Star Game in Seattle
—July 14@ RoyalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 15
94July 15 (1)@ Royals6–1Glasnow (3–3)Marsh (0–3)—15,42859–35W2
95July 15 (2)@ Royals4–2Poche (7–2)Hernández (0–5)Fairbanks (10)18,05260–35W3
96July 16@ Royals4–8Singer (6–8)Eflin (10–5)—15,63260–36L1
97July 17@ Rangers2–3Chapman (5–2)Fairbanks (0–3)—29,90160–37L2
98July 18@ Rangers3–5Eovaldi (11–3)Bradley (5–6)Smith (17)34,67760–38L3
99July 19@ Rangers1–5Burke (4–2)Littell (0–2)—31,59160–39L4
100July 20Orioles3–4 (10)Bautista (5–1)Stephenson (1–4)—20,20360–40L5
101July 21Orioles3–0Eflin (11–5)Bradish (6–5)Fairbanks (11)19,70361–40W1
102July 22Orioles5–6Pérez (3–1)Fairbanks (0–4)Bautista (27)25,02561–41L1
103July 23Orioles3–5Baumann (7–0)Poche (7–3)Bautista (28)23,44061–42L2
104July 25Marlins4–1Glasnow (4–3)Cabrera (5–6)Fairbanks (12)20,50862–42W1
105July 26Marlins1–7Alcántara (4–9)Eflin (11–6)—20,97162–43L1
106July 28@ Astros4–3Poche (8–3)Pressly (3–3)Fairbanks (13)38,59263–43W1
107July 29@ Astros4–17Brown (7–7)Bradley (5–7)—40,00463–44L1
108July 30@ Astros8–2Littell (1–2)Bielak (5–6)—40,35764–44W1
109July 31@ Yankees5–1Glasnow (5–3)Brito (4–5)—43,61365–44W2
August: 17–8 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
110August 1@ Yankees5–2Eflin (12–6)Rodón (1–4)Fairbanks (14)38,04766–44W3
111August 2@ Yankees2–7Cole (10–2)McClanahan (11–2)—38,74066–45L1
112August 4@ Tigers8–0Littell (2–2)Olson (1–5)—26,05067–45W1
113August 5@ Tigers2–4Skubal (2–1)Civale (5–3)Brieske (1)30,93967–46L1
114August 6@ Tigers10–6Poche (9–3)Manning (3–4)—21,82468–46W1
115August 8Cardinals4–2Adam (3–2)Mikolas (6–8)Fairbanks (15)15,52269–46W2
116August 9Cardinals4–6Hudson (3–0)Kelly (4–2)Gallegos (9)11,20369–47L1
117August 10Cardinals2–5Liberatore (2–4)Littell (2–3)—11,99069–48L2
118August 11Guardians9–8Stephenson (2–4)Sandlin (5–5)—19,62570–48W1
119August 12Guardians6–5Fleming (2–0)Clase (1–7)—25,02571–48W2
120August 13Guardians2–9Bibee (9–2)Eflin (12–7)—22,16371–49L1
121August 14@ Giants10–2Glasnow (6–3)Beck (3–2)Lopez (1)25,74872–49W1
122August 15@ Giants0–7Manaea (4–3)Littell (2–4)—26,32272–50L1
123August 16@ Giants6–1Civale (6–3)Walker (4–2)—27,51073–50W1
124August 18@ Angels9–6 (10)Fairbanks (1–4)Estévez (5–4)Kittredge (1)38,29774–50W2
125August 19 (1)@ Angels6–7Canning (7–4)Glasnow (6–4)López (6)27,30974–51L1
126August 19 (2)@ Angels18–4Eflin (13–7)Sandoval (6–10)—33,80375–51W1
—August 20@ AngelsRescheduled due to Hurricane Hilary;[6]Moved to August 19[6]
127August 22Rockies12–4Kittredge (1–0)Suter (4–1)—10,23576–51W2
128August 23Rockies6–5 (10)Fairbanks (2–4)Suter (4–2)—12,00177–51W3
129August 24Rockies5–3Adam (4–2)Koch (2–2)Fairbanks (16)9,97278–51W4
130August 25Yankees2–6Cole (11–4)Eflin (13–8)—22,67978–52L1
131August 26Yankees3–0Glasnow (7–4)Schmidt (8–8)Fairbanks (17)22,94379–52W1
132August 27Yankees7–4Littell (3–4)Hamilton (2–2)Adam (12)22,62480–52W2
133August 29@ Marlins11–2Civale (7–4)Alcántara (6–12)—10,33881–52W3
134August 30@ Marlins3–0 (10)Armstrong (1–0)Robertson (4–6)Fairbanks (18)9,80382–52W4
September/October: 17–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
135September 1@ Guardians2–3Morgan (5–2)Glasnow (7–5)Clase (37)25,68582–53L1
136September 2@ Guardians6–7 (11)Hentges (3–2)Devenski (3–3)—27,78882–54L2
137September 3@ Guardians6–2Poche (10–3)Stephan (6–5)Fairbanks (19)25,55683–54W1
138September 4Red Sox3–7Bello (11–8)Devenski (3–4)—18,30283–55L1
139September 5Red Sox8–6 (11)Ramírez (3–3)Jansen (3–6)—9,11984–55W1
140September 6Red Sox3–1Glasnow (8–5)Pivetta (9–8)Fairbanks (20)10,10085–55W2
141September 7Mariners0–1Castillo (12–7)Littell (3–5)Muñoz (12)10,06085–56L1
142September 8Mariners7–4Devenski (4–4)Campbell (4–1)Fairbanks (21)21,24386–56W1
143September 9Mariners7–5Poche (11–3)Saucedo (3–2)—18,00887–56W2
144September 10Mariners6–3Eflin (14–8)Miller (8–5)Fairbanks (22)18,23088–56W3
145September 11@ Twins7–4Glasnow (9–5)Gray (7–7)Fairbanks (23)18,68389–56W4
146September 12@ Twins2–3Varland (4–3)Littell (3–6)Durán (26)24,39089–57L1
147September 13@ Twins5–4Kelly (5–2)Jax (6–10)Stephenson (1)18,34290–57W1
148September 14@ Orioles4–3Poche (12–3)Bradish (11–7)Fairbanks (24)24,83591–57W2
149September 15@ Orioles7–1Eflin (15–8)Flaherty (8–9)—43,35992–57W3
150September 16@ Orioles0–8Rodriguez (6–4)Glasnow (9–6)—38,43292–58L1
151September 17*@ Orioles4–5 (11)Hall (2–0)Diekman (0–2)—37,29792–59L2
152September 19Angels6–2Stephenson (3–4)Loup (2–3)—15,17693–59W1
153September 20Angels3–8Wantz (2–0)Civale (7–4)—15,14593–60L1
154September 21Angels5–4Kittredge (2–0)Estévez (5–5)—12,96694–60W1
155September 22Blue Jays2–6Bassitt (15–8)Glasnow (9–7)Romano (36)18,53894–61L1
156September 23Blue Jays7–6Devenski (5–4)Romano (5–6)—22,65595–61W1
157September 24Blue Jays5–9Richards (2–1)Bradley (5–8)—22,47295–62L1
158September 26@ Red Sox9–7Eflin (16–8)Houck (5–10)Fairbanks (25)34,09496–62W1
159September 27@ Red Sox5–0Glasnow (10–7)Bello (12–11)—34,55997–62W2
160September 29@ Blue Jays4–11Kikuchi (11–6)Civale (7–5)—42,39497–63L1
161September 30@ Blue Jays7–5 (10)Devenski (6–4)Hicks (3–9)—42,09798–63W1
162October 1@ Blue Jays12–8Lopez (1–0)Parsons (0–1)—42,05899–63W2
* Despite losing to Baltimore on September 17, the Rays clinched a playoff berth on this day by virtue of a Texas loss.

Season standings

American League East
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10161 0.623 — 49–32 52–29
Tampa Bay Rays 9963 0.611 2 53–28 46–35
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 12 43–38 46–35
New York Yankees 8280 0.506 19 42–39 40–41
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 23 39–42 39–42

American League Wild Card
Division leaders W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 10161 0.623
Houston Astros 9072 0.556
Minnesota Twins 8775 0.537


Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 9963 0.611 +10
Texas Rangers 9072 0.556 +1
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 —
Seattle Mariners 8874 0.543 1
New York Yankees 8280 0.506 7
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 11
Detroit Tigers 7884 0.481 11
Cleveland Guardians 7686 0.469 13
Los Angeles Angels 7389 0.451 16
Chicago White Sox 61101 0.377 28
Kansas City Royals 56106 0.346 33
Oakland Athletics 50112 0.309 39

Postseason

Postseason game log
2023 Postseason Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocation
Attendance		Series
1October 3Rangers0–4Montgomery (1–0)Glasnow (0–1)—Tropicana Field
19,704		0–1
2October 4Rangers1–7Eovaldi (1–0)Eflin (0–1)—Tropicana Field
20,198		0–2

Postseason rosters
Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Series

Roster
2023 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Brady Williams
AA Montgomery Biscuits Southern League Morgan Ensberg
High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods South Atlantic League
A Charleston RiverDogs Carolina League
Rookie FCL Rays Florida Complex League
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 1 Dominican Summer League
Foreign Rookie DSL Rays 2 Dominican Summer League

References
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  6. "AZ-SD, TB-LAA, MIA-LAD finales moved from Sun. to Sat". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
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