2023 Tampa Bay Rays season

2023 Tampa Bay Rays
American League Wild Card
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record99–63 (.611)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersStuart Sternberg
President of baseball operationsErik Neander
General managerPeter Bendix
ManagerKevin Cash
TelevisionBally Sports Sun
RadioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
WGES (Spanish)
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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.

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 eventual World Series champion Texas Rangers in the ALWCS 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
Bold Rays team member
2023 Game Log: 99–63 (Home: 53–28; Away: 46–35)
March/April: 23–6 (Home: 14–2; Away: 9–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
1 March 30 Tigers 4–0 McClanahan (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) 25,025 1–0 W1
2 April 1 Tigers 12–2 Eflin (1–0) Turnbull (0–1) 20,204 2–0 W2
3 April 2 Tigers 5–1 Springs (1–0) Wentz (0–1) 19,425 3–0 W3
4 April 3 @ Nationals 6–2 Rasmussen (1–0) Williams (0–1) 10,754 4–0 W4
5 April 4 @ Nationals 10–6 Thompson (1–0) Finnegan (0–1) 15,272 5–0 W5
6 April 5 @ Nationals 7–2 McClanahan (2–0) Corbin (0–2) 13,836 6–0 W6
7 April 7 Athletics 9–5 Eflin (2–0) Waldichuk (0–2) 15,980 7–0 W7
8 April 8 Athletics 11–0 Springs (2–0) Fujinami (0–2) 15,880 8–0 W8
9 April 9 Athletics 11–0 Rasmussen (2–0) Kaprielian (0–1) 11,159 9–0 W9
10 April 10 Red Sox 1–0 Poche (1–0) Martin (0–1) Fairbanks (1) 13,470 10–0 W10
11 April 11 Red Sox 7–2 McClanahan (3–0) Whitlock (0–1) 12,649 11–0 W11
12 April 12 Red Sox 9–7 Bradley (1–0) Sale (1–1) Fairbanks (2) 17,136 12–0 W12
13 April 13 Red Sox 9–3 Kelly (1–0) Kluber (0–3) Bristo (1) 21,175 13–0 W13
14 April 14 @ Blue Jays 3–6 Berríos (1–2) Rasmussen (2–1) Romano (5) 34,822 13–1 L1
15 April 15 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Kikuchi (2–0) Kelley (0–1) Romano (6) 41,679 13–2 L2
16 April 16 @ Blue Jays 8–1 McClanahan (4–0) Manoah (1–1) 39,179 14–2 W1
17 April 17 @ Reds 1–8 Gibaut (1–0) Beeks (0–1) 7,375 14–3 L1
18 April 18 @ Reds 10–0 Bradley (2–0) Lodolo (2–1) 11,304 15–3 W1
19 April 19 @ Reds 8–0 Rasmussen (3–1) Stoudt (0–1) 10,205 16–3 W2
20 April 21 White Sox 8–7 Kelly (2–0) López (0–2) 17,973 17–3 W3
21 April 22 White Sox 4–3 (10) Cleavinger (1–0) Lambert (1–1) 22,333 18–3 W4
22 April 23 White Sox 4–1 Eflin (3–0) Giolito (1–2) Fairbanks (3) 22,702 19–3 W5
23 April 24 Astros 8–3 Bradley (3–0) Urquidy (1–2) 10,611 20–3 W6
24 April 25 Astros 0–5 García (2–2) Rasmussen (3–2) 9,916 20–4 L1
25 April 26 Astros 0–1 Brown (3–0) Faucher (0–1) Pressly (2) 14,168 20–5 L2
26 April 27 @ White Sox 14–5 McClanahan (5–0) Cease (2–1) 11,060 21–5 W1
27 April 28 @ White Sox 3–2 Poche (2–0) Graveman (1–2) Kelly (1) 16,681 22–5 W2
28 April 29 @ White Sox 12–3 Chirinos (1–0) Lynn (0–4) 28,462 23–5 W3
29 April 30 @ White Sox 9–12 Bummer (1–1) Beeks (0–2) 17,049 23–6 L1
May: 17–12 (Home: 12–4; Away: 5–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
30 May 2 Pirates 4–1 Poche (3–0) Contreras (3–2) Adam (1) 10,325 24–6 W1
31 May 3 Pirates 8–1 McClanahan (6–0) Keller (3–1) Anderson (1) 15,247 25–6 W2
32 May 4 Pirates 3–2 Eflin (4–0) Velasquez (4–3) Adam (2) 12,418 26–6 W3
33 May 5 Yankees 5–4 Kelly (3–0) Cordero (1–1) Adam (3) 25,007 27–6 W4
34 May 6 Yankees 2–3 Marinaccio (1–1) Kelly (3–1) Hamilton (1) 27,078 27–7 L1
35 May 7 Yankees 8–7 (10) Beeks (1–2) Abreu (1–1) 32,142 28–7 W1
36 May 8 @ Orioles 3–0 McClanahan (7–0) Gibson (4–2) Adam (4) 12,669 29–7 W2
37 May 9 @ Orioles 2–4 Rodriguez (2–0) Eflin (4–1) Bautista (8) 10,017 29–8 L1
38 May 10 @ Orioles 1–2 Kremer (4–1) Chirinos (1–1) Canó (3) 14,395 29–9 L2
39 May 11 @ Yankees 8–2 Rasmussen (4–2) Germán (2–3) 37,686 30–9 W1
40 May 12 @ Yankees 5–6 Holmes (1–2) Adam (0–1) Peralta (1) 46,130 30–10 L1
41 May 13 @ Yankees 8–9 Cordero (3–1) Thompson (1–1) Peralta (2) 44,714 30–11 L2
42 May 14 @ Yankees 8–7 Eflin (5–1) Schmidt (1–4) Adam (5) 42,116 31–11 W1
43 May 16 @ Mets 8–5 Chirinos (2–1) Verlander (1–2) 28,296 32–11 W2
44 May 17 @ Mets 7–8 (10) Robertson (1–0) Fairbanks (0–1) 29,695 32–12 L1
45 May 18 @ Mets 2–3 Megill (5–2) Littell (0–1) Robertson (8) 29,946 32–13 L2
46 May 19 Brewers 1–0 Adam (2–0) Strzelecki (2–3) Fairbanks (4) 18,961 33–13 W1
47 May 20 Brewers 8–4 Eflin (6–1) Lauer (4–5) Adam (6) 19,954 34–13 W2
48 May 21 Brewers 4–6 Peralta (5–3) Criswell (0–1) Williams (7) 20,193 34–14 L1
49 May 22 Blue Jays 6–4 Fleming (1–0) Bassitt (5–3) Fairbanks (5) 8,857 35–14 W1
50 May 23 Blue Jays 1–20 Berríos (4–4) Bradley (3–1) 11,906 35–15 L1
51 May 24 Blue Jays 7–3 McClanahan (8–0) Kikuchi (5–2) 8,699 36–15 W1
52 May 25 Blue Jays 6–3 Eflin (7–1) Manoah (1–5) Poche (1) 10,736 37–15 W2
53 May 26 Dodgers 9–3 Criswell (1–1) Syndergaard (1–4) 19,715 38–15 W3
54 May 27 Dodgers 5–6 Almonte (3–0) Poche (3–1) Ferguson (2) 23,443 38–16 L1
55 May 28 Dodgers 11–10 Beeks (2–2) González (1–2) Adam (7) 21,043 39–16 W1
56 May 29 @ Cubs 0–1 Stroman (5–4) Bradley (3–2) 38,163 39–17 L1
57 May 30 @ Cubs 1–2 Merryweather (1–0) McClanahan (8–1) Alzolay (2) 31,762 39–18 L2
58 May 31 @ Cubs 4–3 Poche (4–1) Leiter Jr. (1–1) Beeks (1) 29,360 40–18 W1
June: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
June 2 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 3
59 June 3 (1) @ Red Sox 5–8 Kluber (3–6) Beeks (3–6) Jansen (12) 31,303 40–19 L1
60 June 3 (2) @ Red Sox 4–2 Faucher (1–1) Jansen (1–3) Adam (8) 30,784 41–19 W1
61 June 4 @ Red Sox 6–2 Bradley (4–2) Houck (3–5) 34,192 42–19 W2
62 June 5 @ Red Sox 4–1 McClanahan (9–1) Bello (3–4) Adam (9) 30,860 43–19 W3
63 June 6 Twins 7–0 Eflin (8–1) Varland (3–2) 14,689 44–19 W4
64 June 7 Twins 2–1 Adam (2–1) Durán (1–2) 10,846 45–19 W5
65 June 8 Twins 4–2 Chirinos (3–1) Ober (3–3) Adam (10) 12,584 46–19 W6
66 June 9 Rangers 8–3 Glasnow (1–0) Heaney (4–4) 17,447 47–19 W7
67 June 10 Rangers 4–8 Eovaldi (9–2) Bradley (4–3) 18,932 47–20 L1
68 June 11 Rangers 7–3 McClanahan (10–1) Pérez (6–2) 23,069 48–20 W1
69 June 12 @ Athletics 3–4 Kaprielian (2–6) Eflin (8–2) Waldichuk (1) 4,848 48–21 L1
70 June 13 @ Athletics 1–2 Harris (2–0) Poche (4–2) May (3) 27,759 48–22 L2
71 June 14 @ Athletics 6–3 Glasnow (2–0) Medina (1–6) Adam (11) 7,055 49–22 W1
72 June 15 @ Athletics 4–3 Stephenson (1–3) Pruitt (1–4) Fairbanks (6) 7,133 50–22 W2
73 June 16 @ Padres 6–2 McClanahan (11–1) Darvish (5–5) Fairbanks (7) 42,367 51–22 W3
74 June 17 @ Padres 0–2 Snell (3–6) Eflin (8–3) Hader (17) 43,180 51–23 L1
75 June 18 @ Padres 4–5 Musgrove (5–2) Chirinos (3–2) Hader (18) 44,404 51–24 L2
76 June 20 Orioles 6–8 Bradish (3–3) Glasnow (2–1) Bautista (20) 20,906 51–25 L3
77 June 21 Orioles 7–2 Bradley (5–3) Wells (6–3) 19,493 52–25 W1
78 June 22 Royals 5–6 Chapman (3–2) Fairbanks (0–2) Barlow (9) 10,436 52–26 L1
79 June 23 Royals 11–3 Eflin (9–3) Greinke (1–8) 16,189 53–26 W1
80 June 24 Royals 4–9 Lyles (1–11) Chirinos (3–3) 20,884 53–27 L1
81 June 25 Royals 3–1 Poche (5–2) Clarke (1–2) Fairbanks (8) 18,442 54–27 W1
82 June 27 @ Diamondbacks 4–8 Gallen (10–2) Bradley (5–4) 23,351 54–28 L1
83 June 28 @ Diamondbacks 3–2 Poche (6–2) McGough (0–6) Fairbanks (9) 20,858 55–28 W1
84 June 29 @ Diamondbacks 6–1 Chirinos (4–3) Pfaadt (0–3) 22,127 56–28 W2
85 June 30 @ Mariners 15–4 Kelly (4–1) Muñoz (0–1) 37,063 57–28 W3
July: 8–16 (Home: 3–9; Away: 5–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
86 July 1 @ Mariners 3–8 Kirby (7–7) Glasnow (2–2) Sewald (15) 35,546 57–29 L1
87 July 2 @ Mariners 6–7 Muñoz (1–1) Adam (2–2) Sewald (16) 36,541 57–30 L2
88 July 4 Phillies 1–3 Nola (8–5) Eflin (9–4) Kimbrel (13) 22,665 57–31 L3
89 July 5 Phillies 4–8 Walker (10–3) Chirinos (4–4) 18,208 57–32 L4
90 July 6 Phillies 1–3 (11) Strahm (5–3) Thompson (1–2) 17,060 57–33 L5
91 July 7 Braves 1–2 Morton (9–6) Glasnow (2–3) Iglesias (16) 25,025 57–34 L6
92 July 8 Braves 1–6 Strider (11–2) Bradley (5–5) 25,025 57–35 L7
93 July 9 Braves 10–4 Eflin (10–4) Elder (7–2) 25,025 58–35 W1
93rd All-Star Game in Seattle
July 14 @ Royals Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 15
94 July 15 (1) @ Royals 6–1 Glasnow (3–3) Marsh (0–3) 15,428 59–35 W2
95 July 15 (2) @ Royals 4–2 Poche (7–2) Hernández (0–5) Fairbanks (10) 18,052 60–35 W3
96 July 16 @ Royals 4–8 Singer (6–8) Eflin (10–5) 15,632 60–36 L1
97 July 17 @ Rangers 2–3 Chapman (5–2) Fairbanks (0–3) 29,901 60–37 L2
98 July 18 @ Rangers 3–5 Eovaldi (11–3) Bradley (5–6) Smith (17) 34,677 60–38 L3
99 July 19 @ Rangers 1–5 Burke (4–2) Littell (0–2) 31,591 60–39 L4
100 July 20 Orioles 3–4 (10) Bautista (5–1) Stephenson (1–4) 20,203 60–40 L5
101 July 21 Orioles 3–0 Eflin (11–5) Bradish (6–5) Fairbanks (11) 19,703 61–40 W1
102 July 22 Orioles 5–6 Pérez (3–1) Fairbanks (0–4) Bautista (27) 25,025 61–41 L1
103 July 23 Orioles 3–5 Baumann (7–0) Poche (7–3) Bautista (28) 23,440 61–42 L2
104 July 25 Marlins 4–1 Glasnow (4–3) Cabrera (5–6) Fairbanks (12) 20,508 62–42 W1
105 July 26 Marlins 1–7 Alcántara (4–9) Eflin (11–6) 20,971 62–43 L1
106 July 28 @ Astros 4–3 Poche (8–3) Pressly (3–3) Fairbanks (13) 38,592 63–43 W1
107 July 29 @ Astros 4–17 Brown (7–7) Bradley (5–7) 40,004 63–44 L1
108 July 30 @ Astros 8–2 Littell (1–2) Bielak (5–6) 40,357 64–44 W1
109 July 31 @ Yankees 5–1 Glasnow (5–3) Brito (4–5) 43,613 65–44 W2
August: 17–8 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
110 August 1 @ Yankees 5–2 Eflin (12–6) Rodón (1–4) Fairbanks (14) 38,047 66–44 W3
111 August 2 @ Yankees 2–7 Cole (10–2) McClanahan (11–2) 38,740 66–45 L1
112 August 4 @ Tigers 8–0 Littell (2–2) Olson (1–5) 26,050 67–45 W1
113 August 5 @ Tigers 2–4 Skubal (2–1) Civale (5–3) Brieske (1) 30,939 67–46 L1
114 August 6 @ Tigers 10–6 Poche (9–3) Manning (3–4) 21,824 68–46 W1
115 August 8 Cardinals 4–2 Adam (3–2) Mikolas (6–8) Fairbanks (15) 15,522 69–46 W2
116 August 9 Cardinals 4–6 Hudson (3–0) Kelly (4–2) Gallegos (9) 11,203 69–47 L1
117 August 10 Cardinals 2–5 Liberatore (2–4) Littell (2–3) 11,990 69–48 L2
118 August 11 Guardians 9–8 Stephenson (2–4) Sandlin (5–5) 19,625 70–48 W1
119 August 12 Guardians 6–5 Fleming (2–0) Clase (1–7) 25,025 71–48 W2
120 August 13 Guardians 2–9 Bibee (9–2) Eflin (12–7) 22,163 71–49 L1
121 August 14 @ Giants 10–2 Glasnow (6–3) Beck (3–2) Lopez (1) 25,748 72–49 W1
122 August 15 @ Giants 0–7 Manaea (4–3) Littell (2–4) 26,322 72–50 L1
123 August 16 @ Giants 6–1 Civale (6–3) Walker (4–2) 27,510 73–50 W1
124 August 18 @ Angels 9–6 (10) Fairbanks (1–4) Estévez (5–4) Kittredge (1) 38,297 74–50 W2
125 August 19 (1) @ Angels 6–7 Canning (7–4) Glasnow (6–4) López (6) 27,309 74–51 L1
126 August 19 (2) @ Angels 18–4 Eflin (13–7) Sandoval (6–10) 33,803 75–51 W1
August 20 @ Angels Rescheduled due to Hurricane Hilary;[6]Moved to August 19[6]
127 August 22 Rockies 12–4 Kittredge (1–0) Suter (4–1) 10,235 76–51 W2
128 August 23 Rockies 6–5 (10) Fairbanks (2–4) Suter (4–2) 12,001 77–51 W3
129 August 24 Rockies 5–3 Adam (4–2) Koch (2–2) Fairbanks (16) 9,972 78–51 W4
130 August 25 Yankees 2–6 Cole (11–4) Eflin (13–8) 22,679 78–52 L1
131 August 26 Yankees 3–0 Glasnow (7–4) Schmidt (8–8) Fairbanks (17) 22,943 79–52 W1
132 August 27 Yankees 7–4 Littell (3–4) Hamilton (2–2) Adam (12) 22,624 80–52 W2
133 August 29 @ Marlins 11–2 Civale (7–4) Alcántara (6–12) 10,338 81–52 W3
134 August 30 @ Marlins 3–0 (10) Armstrong (1–0) Robertson (4–6) Fairbanks (18) 9,803 82–52 W4
September/October: 17–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 9–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak/Recap
135 September 1 @ Guardians 2–3 Morgan (5–2) Glasnow (7–5) Clase (37) 25,685 82–53 L1
136 September 2 @ Guardians 6–7 (11) Hentges (3–2) Devenski (3–3) 27,788 82–54 L2
137 September 3 @ Guardians 6–2 Poche (10–3) Stephan (6–5) Fairbanks (19) 25,556 83–54 W1
138 September 4 Red Sox 3–7 Bello (11–8) Devenski (3–4) 18,302 83–55 L1
139 September 5 Red Sox 8–6 (11) Ramírez (3–3) Jansen (3–6) 9,119 84–55 W1
140 September 6 Red Sox 3–1 Glasnow (8–5) Pivetta (9–8) Fairbanks (20) 10,100 85–55 W2
141 September 7 Mariners 0–1 Castillo (12–7) Littell (3–5) Muñoz (12) 10,060 85–56 L1
142 September 8 Mariners 7–4 Devenski (4–4) Campbell (4–1) Fairbanks (21) 21,243 86–56 W1
143 September 9 Mariners 7–5 Poche (11–3) Saucedo (3–2) 18,008 87–56 W2
144 September 10 Mariners 6–3 Eflin (14–8) Miller (8–5) Fairbanks (22) 18,230 88–56 W3
145 September 11 @ Twins 7–4 Glasnow (9–5) Gray (7–7) Fairbanks (23) 18,683 89–56 W4
146 September 12 @ Twins 2–3 Varland (4–3) Littell (3–6) Durán (26) 24,390 89–57 L1
147 September 13 @ Twins 5–4 Kelly (5–2) Jax (6–10) Stephenson (1) 18,342 90–57 W1
148 September 14 @ Orioles 4–3 Poche (12–3) Bradish (11–7) Fairbanks (24) 24,835 91–57 W2
149 September 15 @ Orioles 7–1 Eflin (15–8) Flaherty (8–9) 43,359 92–57 W3
150 September 16 @ Orioles 0–8 Rodriguez (6–4) Glasnow (9–6) 38,432 92–58 L1
151 September 17* @ Orioles 4–5 (11) Hall (2–0) Diekman (0–2) 37,297 92–59 L2
152 September 19 Angels 6–2 Stephenson (3–4) Loup (2–3) 15,176 93–59 W1
153 September 20 Angels 3–8 Wantz (2–0) Civale (7–4) 15,145 93–60 L1
154 September 21 Angels 5–4 Kittredge (2–0) Estévez (5–5) 12,966 94–60 W1
155 September 22 Blue Jays 2–6 Bassitt (15–8) Glasnow (9–7) Romano (36) 18,538 94–61 L1
156 September 23 Blue Jays 7–6 Devenski (5–4) Romano (5–6) 22,655 95–61 W1
157 September 24 Blue Jays 5–9 Richards (2–1) Bradley (5–8) 22,472 95–62 L1
158 September 26 @ Red Sox 9–7 Eflin (16–8) Houck (5–10) Fairbanks (25) 34,094 96–62 W1
159 September 27 @ Red Sox 5–0 Glasnow (10–7) Bello (12–11) 34,559 97–62 W2
160 September 29 @ Blue Jays 4–11 Kikuchi (11–6) Civale (7–5) 42,394 97–63 L1
161 September 30 @ Blue Jays 7–5 (10) Devenski (6–4) Hicks (3–9) 42,097 98–63 W1
162 October 1 @ Blue Jays 12–8 Lopez (1–0) Parsons (0–1) 42,058 99–63 W2
* 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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 101 61 .623 49‍–‍32 52‍–‍29
Tampa Bay Rays 99 63 .611 2 53‍–‍28 46‍–‍35
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549 12 43‍–‍38 46‍–‍35
New York Yankees 82 80 .506 19 42‍–‍39 40‍–‍41
Boston Red Sox 78 84 .481 23 39‍–‍42 39‍–‍42


American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 101 61 .623
Houston Astros 90 72 .556
Minnesota Twins 87 75 .537
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 99 63 .611 +10
Texas Rangers 90 72 .556 +1
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 .549
Seattle Mariners 88 74 .543 1
New York Yankees 82 80 .506 7
Boston Red Sox 78 84 .481 11
Detroit Tigers 78 84 .481 11
Cleveland Guardians 76 86 .469 13
Los Angeles Angels 73 89 .451 16
Chicago White Sox 61 101 .377 28
Kansas City Royals 56 106 .346 33
Oakland Athletics 50 112 .309 39


Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2023

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore 7–6 4–2 3–4 6–1 3–3 5–1 5–2 4–2 7–6 6–1 4–2 8–5 3–3 10–3 26–20
Boston 6–7 2–4 3–3 5–1 2–5 5–2 3–4 4–3 9–4 4–2 3–3 2–11 3–3 7–6 20–26
Chicago 2–4 4–2 8–5 5–8 3–4 6–7 3–4 4–9 4–2 3–4 2–4 1–6 1–5 0–6 15–31
Cleveland 4–3 3–3 5–8 4–9 2–4 7–6 3–4 7–6 2–4 5–1 4–3 3–3 3–3 4–3 20–26
Detroit 1–6 1–5 8–5 9–4 3–3 10–3 3–3 8–5 2–5 3–4 3–3 1–5 3–4 2–4 21–25
Houston 3–3 5–2 4–3 4–2 3–3 1–5 9–4 2–4 2–5 10–3 4–9 3–3 9–4 3–4 28–18
Kansas City 1–5 2–5 7–6 6–7 3–10 5–1 2–4 4–9 2–4 2–4 1–6 3–4 1–5 1–6 16–30
Los Angeles 2–5 4–3 4–3 4–3 3–3 4–9 4–2 3–3 4–2 7–6 5–8 2–4 6–7 2–4 19–27
Minnesota 2–4 3–4 9–4 6–7 5–8 4–2 9–4 3–3 4–3 5–1 3–4 1–5 5–2 3–3 25–21
New York 6–7 4–9 2–4 4–2 5–2 5–2 4–2 2–4 3–4 5–1 4–2 5–8 3–4 7–6 23–23
Oakland 1–6 2–4 4–3 1–5 4–3 3–10 4–2 6–7 1–5 1–5 1–12 2–5 4–9 2–4 14–32
Seattle 2–4 3–3 4–2 3–4 3–3 9–4 6–1 8–5 4–3 2–4 12–1 3–4 4–9 3–3 22–24
Tampa Bay 5–8 11–2 6–1 3–3 5–1 3–3 4–3 4–2 5–1 8–5 5–2 4–3 2–4 7–6 27–19
Texas 3–3 3–3 5–1 3–3 4–3 4–9 5–1 7–6 2–5 4–3 9–4 9–4 4–2 6–1 22–24
Toronto 3–10 6–7 6–0 3–4 4–2 4–3 6–1 4–2 3–3 6–7 4–2 3–3 6–7 1–6 30–16

Updated with the results of all games through October 1, 2023.

Record vs. National League

Source: MLB Standings

Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH
Baltimore 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–0
Boston 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2
Chicago 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2
Cleveland 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1
Detroit 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 0–3 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2
Houston 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1
Kansas City 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–2
Los Angeles 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–4 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1
Minnesota 3–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
New York 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2
Oakland 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 0–3
Seattle 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2
Tampa Bay 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0
Texas 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2
Toronto 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1

Updated with the results of all games through October 1, 2023.

Postseason

Postseason game log

2023 Postseason Game Log
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location
Attendance
Series
1 October 3 Rangers 0–4 Montgomery (1–0) Glasnow (0–1) Tropicana Field
19,704
0–1
2 October 4 Rangers 1–7 Eovaldi (1–0) Eflin (0–1) Tropicana Field
20,198
0–2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
Photo of the second Wild Card game against the Rangers.
Photo of the second Wild Card game against the Rangers.

Roster

2023 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player statistics

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
Randy Arozarena 151 551 95 140 19 3 23 83 22 80 .254 .425
Yandy Díaz 137 525 95 173 35 0 22 78 0 65 .330 .522
Isaac Paredes 143 492 71 123 24 0 31 98 1 58 .250 .488
Josh Lowe 135 466 71 136 33 2 20 83 32 31 .292 .500
Wander Franco 112 442 65 124 23 6 17 58 30 42 .281 .475
Harold Ramírez 122 400 58 125 19 2 12 68 5 22 .313 .460
Brandon Lowe 109 377 58 87 15 1 21 68 7 50 .231 .443
Luke Raley 118 357 56 89 23 3 19 49 14 28 .249 .490
José Siri 101 338 58 75 13 2 25 56 12 20 .222 .494
Christian Bethancourt 104 315 49 71 16 0 11 33 1 13 .225 .381
Manuel Margot 99 311 39 82 21 1 4 38 9 18 .264 .376
Taylor Walls 99 303 50 61 12 2 8 36 22 44 .201 .333
Francisco Mejía 50 150 22 34 11 0 5 19 0 6 .227 .400
René Pinto 38 103 10 26 3 0 6 16 0 2 .252 .456
Jonathan Aranda 34 87 13 20 4 1 2 13 0 13 .230 .368
Osleivis Basabe 31 87 15 19 5 0 1 12 0 6 .218 .310
Curtis Mead 24 83 12 21 3 1 1 5 0 7 .253 .349
Vidal Bruján 37 76 14 13 2 0 0 6 3 5 .171 .197
Junior Caminero 7 34 4 8 1 0 1 7 0 2 .235 .353
Raimel Tapia 5 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .333 .333
Tristan Gray 2 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .400 1.000
Totals 162 5511 860 1432 282 24 230 827 160 514 .260 .445
Rank in AL 6 2 4 7 6 4 2 2 8 2 2

Source:[1]

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Zach Eflin 16 8 3.50 31 31 0 177.2 158 69 69 24 186
Tyler Glasnow 10 7 3.53 21 21 0 120.0 93 52 47 37 162
Shane McClanahan 11 2 3.29 21 21 0 115.0 95 42 42 41 121
Taj Bradley 5 8 5.59 23 21 0 104.2 106 69 65 39 129
Zack Littell 3 6 3.93 26 14 0 87.0 91 40 38 9 72
Kevin Kelly 5 2 3.09 57 0 1 67.0 53 27 23 15 56
Yonny Chirinos 4 4 4.02 15 4 0 62.2 58 30 28 20 31
Colin Poche 12 3 2.23 66 0 1 60.2 42 17 15 24 61
Jason Adam 4 2 2.98 56 0 12 54.1 35 21 18 20 69
Shawn Armstrong 1 0 1.38 39 6 0 52.0 36 12 8 11 54
Josh Fleming 2 0 4.70 12 3 0 51.2 56 29 27 19 25
Pete Fairbanks 2 4 2.58 49 0 25 45.1 26 14 13 20 68
Jake Diekman 0 1 2.18 50 0 0 45.1 26 15 11 25 53
Aaron Civale 2 3 5.36 10 10 0 45.1 51 27 27 11 58
Drew Rasmussen 4 2 2.62 8 8 0 44.2 36 13 13 11 47
Jalen Beeks 2 3 5.95 30 8 1 42.1 42 28 28 21 47
Robert Stephenson 3 1 2.35 42 0 1 38.1 18 11 10 8 60
Erasmo Ramírez 1 0 6.48 15 2 0 33.1 46 27 24 7 30
Cooper Criswell 1 1 5.73 10 0 0 33.0 40 23 21 11 27
Calvin Faucher 1 1 7.01 17 4 0 25.2 31 20 20 12 25
Ryan Thompson 1 2 6.11 18 0 0 17.2 14 13 12 7 12
Jeffrey Springs 2 0 0.56 3 3 0 16.0 4 1 1 4 24
Trevor Kelley 0 1 5.87 10 3 0 15.1 16 10 10 6 11
Jacob Lopez 1 0 4.38 4 1 1 12.1 14 7 6 2 8
Garrett Cleavinger 1 0 3.00 15 0 0 12.0 6 5 4 6 14
Andrew Kittredge 2 0 3.09 14 0 1 11.2 12 4 4 2 10
Javy Guerra 0 0 4.09 9 2 0 11.0 7 5 5 13 9
Chris Devenski 3 2 2.08 9 0 0 8.2 5 4 2 2 9
Chase Anderson 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 5.0 2 0 0 1 2
Joe La Sorsa 0 0 2.08 2 0 0 4.1 3 1 1 3 3
Zack Burdi 0 0 11.25 3 0 0 4.0 6 6 5 2 5
Luis Patiño 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 4.0 5 4 4 2 5
Elvin Rodríguez 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 5
Braden Bristo 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 3.0 0 0 0 1 4
Luke Raley 0 0 30.38 2 0 0 2.2 11 9 9 0 1
José López 0 0 4.50 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 2
Heath Hembree 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
René Pinto 0 0 45.00 1 0 0 1.0 5 5 5 0 0
Christian Bethancourt 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
Héctor Pérez 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0.1 3 1 1 1 0
Totals 99 63 3.86 162 162 45 1442.0 1258 665 618 439 1507
Rank in AL 2 14 3 4 8 1 3 3 2 3

Source:[2]

Farm system

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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