2023 Tampa Bay Rays season

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2023  Tampa Bay Rays
American League Wild Card
Tampa Bay Rays cap logo.svg
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Tropicana Field
City St. Petersburg, Florida
Record99–63 (.611)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Stuart Sternberg
President of baseball operations Erik Neander
General managers Peter Bendix
Managers Kevin Cash
Television Bally Sports Sun
Radio Tampa 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.

Contents

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]

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 30 Tigers 4–0 McClanahan (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1)25,0251–0 W1
2April 1 Tigers 12–2 Eflin (1–0) Turnbull (0–1)20,2042–0 W2
3April 2 Tigers 5–1 Springs (1–0) Wentz (0–1)19,4253–0 W3
4April 3@ Nationals 6–2 Rasmussen (1–0) Williams (0–1)10,7544–0 W4
5April 4@ Nationals 10–6 Thompson (1–0) Finnegan (0–1)15,2725–0 W5
6April 5@ Nationals 7–2 McClanahan (2–0) Corbin (0–2)13,8366–0 W6
7April 7 Athletics 9–5 Eflin (2–0) Waldichuk (0–2)15,9807–0 W7
8April 8 Athletics 11–0 Springs (2–0) Fujinami (0–2)15,8808–0 W8
9April 9 Athletics 11–0 Rasmussen (2–0) Kaprielian (0–1)11,1599–0 W9
10April 10 Red Sox 1–0 Poche (1–0) Martin (0–1) Fairbanks (1)13,47010–0 W10
11April 11 Red Sox 7–2 McClanahan (3–0) Whitlock (0–1)12,64911–0 W11
12April 12 Red Sox 9–7 Bradley (1–0) Sale (1–1) Fairbanks (2)17,13612–0 W12
13April 13 Red Sox 9–3 Kelly (1–0) Kluber (0–3) Bristo (1)21,17513–0 W13
14April 14@ Blue Jays 3–6 Berríos (1–2) Rasmussen (2–1) Romano (5)34,82213–1 L1
15April 15@ Blue Jays 2–5 Kikuchi (2–0) Kelley (0–1) Romano (6)41,67913–2 L2
16April 16@ Blue Jays 8–1 McClanahan (4–0) Manoah (1–1)39,17914–2 W1
17April 17@ Reds 1–8 Gibaut (1–0) Beeks (0–1)7,37514–3 L1
18April 18@ Reds 10–0 Bradley (2–0) Lodolo (2–1)11,30415–3 W1
19April 19@ Reds 8–0 Rasmussen (3–1) Stoudt (0–1)10,20516–3 W2
20April 21 White Sox 8–7 Kelly (2–0) López (0–2)17,97317–3 W3
21April 22 White Sox 4–3 (10) Cleavinger (1–0) Lambert (1–1)22,33318–3 W4
22April 23 White Sox 4–1 Eflin (3–0) Giolito (1–2) Fairbanks (3)22,70219–3 W5
23April 24 Astros 8–3 Bradley (3–0) Urquidy (1–2)10,61120–3 W6
24April 25 Astros 0–5 García (2–2) Rasmussen (3–2)9,91620–4 L1
25April 26 Astros 0–1 Brown (3–0) Faucher (0–1) Pressly (2)14,16820–5 L2
26April 27@ White Sox 14–5 McClanahan (5–0) Cease (2–1)11,06021–5 W1
27April 28@ White Sox 3–2 Poche (2–0) Graveman (1–2) Kelly (1)16,68122–5 W2
28April 29@ White Sox 12–3 Chirinos (1–0) Lynn (0–4)28,46223–5 W3
29April 30@ White Sox 9–12 Bummer (1–1) Beeks (0–2)17,04923–6 L1
May: 17–12 (Home: 12–4; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
30May 2 Pirates 4–1 Poche (3–0) Contreras (3–2) Adam (1)10,32524–6 W1
31May 3 Pirates 8–1 McClanahan (6–0) Keller (3–1) Anderson (1)15,24725–6 W2
32May 4 Pirates 3–2 Eflin (4–0) Velasquez (4–3) Adam (2)12,41826–6 W3
33May 5 Yankees 5–4 Kelly (3–0) Cordero (1–1) Adam (3)25,00727–6 W4
34May 6 Yankees 2–3 Marinaccio (1–1) Kelly (3–1) Hamilton (1)27,07827–7 L1
35May 7 Yankees 8–7 (10) Beeks (1–2) Abreu (1–1)32,14228–7 W1
36May 8@ Orioles 3–0 McClanahan (7–0) Gibson (4–2) Adam (4)12,66929–7 W2
37May 9@ Orioles 2–4 Rodriguez (2–0) Eflin (4–1) Bautista (8)10,01729–8 L1
38May 10@ Orioles 1–2 Kremer (4–1) Chirinos (1–1) Canó (3)14,39529–9 L2
39May 11@ Yankees 8–2 Rasmussen (4–2) Germán (2–3)37,68630–9 W1
40May 12@ Yankees 5–6 Holmes (1–2) Adam (0–1) Peralta (1)46,13030–10 L1
41May 13@ Yankees 8–9 Cordero (3–1) Thompson (1–1) Peralta (2)44,71430–11 L2
42May 14@ Yankees 8–7 Eflin (5–1) Schmidt (1–4) Adam (5)42,11631–11 W1
43May 16@ Mets 8–5 Chirinos (2–1) Verlander (1–2)28,29632–11 W2
44May 17@ Mets 7–8 (10) Robertson (1–0) Fairbanks (0–1)29,69532–12 L1
45May 18@ Mets 2–3 Megill (5–2) Littell (0–1) Robertson (8)29,94632–13 L2
46May 19 Brewers 1–0 Adam (2–0) Strzelecki (2–3) Fairbanks (4)18,96133–13 W1
47May 20 Brewers 8–4 Eflin (6–1) Lauer (4–5) Adam (6)19,95434–13 W2
48May 21 Brewers 4–6 Peralta (5–3) Criswell (0–1) Williams (7)20,19334–14 L1
49May 22 Blue Jays 6–4 Fleming (1–0) Bassitt (5–3) Fairbanks (5)8,85735–14 W1
50May 23 Blue Jays 1–20 Berríos (4–4) Bradley (3–1)11,90635–15 L1
51May 24 Blue Jays 7–3 McClanahan (8–0) Kikuchi (5–2)8,69936–15 W1
52May 25 Blue Jays 6–3 Eflin (7–1) Manoah (1–5) Poche (1)10,73637–15 W2
53May 26 Dodgers 9–3 Criswell (1–1) Syndergaard (1–4)19,71538–15 W3
54May 27 Dodgers 5–6 Almonte (3–0) Poche (3–1) Ferguson (2)23,44338–16 L1
55May 28 Dodgers 11–10 Beeks (2–2) González (1–2) Adam (7)21,04339–16 W1
56May 29@ Cubs 0–1 Stroman (5–4) Bradley (3–2)38,16339–17 L1
57May 30@ Cubs 1–2 Merryweather (1–0) McClanahan (8–1) Alzolay (2)31,76239–18 L2
58May 31@ Cubs 4–3 Poche (4–1) Leiter Jr. (1–1) Beeks (1)29,36040–18 W1
June: 17–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
June 2@ Red Sox Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 3
59June 3 (1)@ Red Sox 5–8 Kluber (3–6) Beeks (3–6) Jansen (12)31,30340–19 L1
60June 3 (2)@ Red Sox 4–2 Faucher (1–1) Jansen (1–3) Adam (8)30,78441–19 W1
61June 4@ Red Sox 6–2 Bradley (4–2) Houck (3–5)34,19242–19 W2
62June 5@ Red Sox 4–1 McClanahan (9–1) Bello (3–4) Adam (9)30,86043–19 W3
63June 6 Twins 7–0 Eflin (8–1) Varland (3–2)14,68944–19 W4
64June 7 Twins 2–1 Adam (2–1) Durán (1–2)10,84645–19 W5
65June 8 Twins 4–2 Chirinos (3–1) Ober (3–3) Adam (10)12,58446–19 W6
66June 9 Rangers 8–3 Glasnow (1–0) Heaney (4–4)17,44747–19 W7
67June 10 Rangers 4–8 Eovaldi (9–2) Bradley (4–3)18,93247–20 L1
68June 11 Rangers 7–3 McClanahan (10–1) Pérez (6–2)23,06948–20 W1
69June 12@ Athletics 3–4 Kaprielian (2–6) Eflin (8–2) Waldichuk (1)4,84848–21 L1
70June 13@ Athletics 1–2 Harris (2–0) Poche (4–2) May (3)27,75948–22 L2
71June 14@ Athletics 6–3 Glasnow (2–0) Medina (1–6) Adam (11)7,05549–22 W1
72June 15@ Athletics 4–3 Stephenson (1–3) Pruitt (1–4) Fairbanks (6)7,13350–22 W2
73June 16@ Padres 6–2 McClanahan (11–1) Darvish (5–5) Fairbanks (7)42,36751–22 W3
74June 17@ Padres 0–2 Snell (3–6) Eflin (8–3) Hader (17)43,18051–23 L1
75June 18@ Padres 4–5 Musgrove (5–2) Chirinos (3–2) Hader (18)44,40451–24 L2
76June 20 Orioles 6–8 Bradish (3–3) Glasnow (2–1) Bautista (20)20,90651–25 L3
77June 21 Orioles 7–2 Bradley (5–3) Wells (6–3)19,49352–25 W1
78June 22 Royals 5–6 Chapman (3–2) Fairbanks (0–2) Barlow (9)10,43652–26 L1
79June 23 Royals 11–3 Eflin (9–3) Greinke (1–8)16,18953–26 W1
80June 24 Royals 4–9 Lyles (1–11) Chirinos (3–3)20,88453–27 L1
81June 25 Royals 3–1 Poche (5–2) Clarke (1–2) Fairbanks (8)18,44254–27 W1
82June 27@ Diamondbacks 4–8 Gallen (10–2) Bradley (5–4)23,35154–28 L1
83June 28@ Diamondbacks 3–2 Poche (6–2) McGough (0–6) Fairbanks (9)20,85855–28 W1
84June 29@ Diamondbacks 6–1 Chirinos (4–3) Pfaadt (0–3)22,12756–28 W2
85June 30@ Mariners 15–4 Kelly (4–1) Muñoz (0–1)37,06357–28 W3
July: 8–16 (Home: 3–9; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
86July 1@ Mariners 3–8 Kirby (7–7) Glasnow (2–2) Sewald (15)35,54657–29 L1
87July 2@ Mariners 6–7 Muñoz (1–1) Adam (2–2) Sewald (16)36,54157–30 L2
88July 4 Phillies 1–3 Nola (8–5) Eflin (9–4) Kimbrel (13)22,66557–31 L3
89July 5 Phillies 4–8 Walker (10–3) Chirinos (4–4)18,20857–32 L4
90July 6 Phillies 1–3 (11) Strahm (5–3) Thompson (1–2)17,06057–33 L5
91July 7 Braves 1–2 Morton (9–6) Glasnow (2–3) Iglesias (16)25,02557–34 L6
92July 8 Braves 1–6 Strider (11–2) Bradley (5–5)25,02557–35 L7
93July 9 Braves 10–4 Eflin (10–4) Elder (7–2)25,02558–35 W1
93rd All-Star Game in Seattle
July 14@ Royals Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 15
94July 15 (1)@ Royals 6–1 Glasnow (3–3) Marsh (0–3)15,42859–35 W2
95July 15 (2)@ Royals 4–2 Poche (7–2) Hernández (0–5) Fairbanks (10)18,05260–35 W3
96July 16@ Royals 4–8 Singer (6–8) Eflin (10–5)15,63260–36 L1
97July 17@ Rangers 2–3 Chapman (5–2) Fairbanks (0–3)29,90160–37 L2
98July 18@ Rangers 3–5 Eovaldi (11–3) Bradley (5–6) Smith (17)34,67760–38 L3
99July 19@ Rangers 1–5 Burke (4–2) Littell (0–2)31,59160–39 L4
100July 20 Orioles 3–4 (10) Bautista (5–1) Stephenson (1–4)20,20360–40 L5
101July 21 Orioles 3–0 Eflin (11–5) Bradish (6–5) Fairbanks (11)19,70361–40 W1
102July 22 Orioles 5–6 Pérez (3–1) Fairbanks (0–4) Bautista (27)25,02561–41 L1
103July 23 Orioles 3–5 Baumann (7–0) Poche (7–3) Bautista (28)23,44061–42 L2
104July 25 Marlins 4–1 Glasnow (4–3) Cabrera (5–6) Fairbanks (12)20,50862–42 W1
105July 26 Marlins 1–7 Alcántara (4–9) Eflin (11–6)20,97162–43 L1
106July 28@ Astros 4–3 Poche (8–3) Pressly (3–3) Fairbanks (13)38,59263–43 W1
107July 29@ Astros 4–17 Brown (7–7) Bradley (5–7)40,00463–44 L1
108July 30@ Astros 8–2 Littell (1–2) Bielak (5–6)40,35764–44 W1
109July 31@ Yankees 5–1 Glasnow (5–3) Brito (4–5)43,61365–44 W2
August: 17–8 (Home: 8–4; Away: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
110August 1@ Yankees 5–2 Eflin (12–6) Rodón (1–4) Fairbanks (14)38,04766–44 W3
111August 2@ Yankees 2–7 Cole (10–2) McClanahan (11–2)38,74066–45 L1
112August 4@ Tigers 8–0 Littell (2–2) Olson (1–5)26,05067–45 W1
113August 5@ Tigers 2–4 Skubal (2–1) Civale (5–3) Brieske (1)30,93967–46 L1
114August 6@ Tigers 10–6 Poche (9–3) Manning (3–4)21,82468–46 W1
115August 8 Cardinals 4–2 Adam (3–2) Mikolas (6–8) Fairbanks (15)15,52269–46 W2
116August 9 Cardinals 4–6 Hudson (3–0) Kelly (4–2) Gallegos (9)11,20369–47 L1
117August 10 Cardinals 2–5 Liberatore (2–4) Littell (2–3)11,99069–48 L2
118August 11 Guardians 9–8 Stephenson (2–4) Sandlin (5–5)19,62570–48 W1
119August 12 Guardians 6–5 Fleming (2–0) Clase (1–7)25,02571–48 W2
120August 13 Guardians 2–9 Bibee (9–2) Eflin (12–7)22,16371–49 L1
121August 14@ Giants 10–2 Glasnow (6–3) Beck (3–2) Lopez (1)25,74872–49 W1
122August 15@ Giants 0–7 Manaea (4–3) Littell (2–4)26,32272–50 L1
123August 16@ Giants 6–1 Civale (6–3) Walker (4–2)27,51073–50 W1
124August 18@ Angels 9–6 (10) Fairbanks (1–4) Estévez (5–4) Kittredge (1)38,29774–50 W2
125August 19 (1)@ Angels 6–7 Canning (7–4) Glasnow (6–4) López (6)27,30974–51 L1
126August 19 (2)@ Angels 18–4 Eflin (13–7) Sandoval (6–10)33,80375–51 W1
August 20@ Angels Rescheduled due to Hurricane Hilary; [6] Moved to August 19 [6]
127August 22 Rockies 12–4 Kittredge (1–0) Suter (4–1)10,23576–51 W2
128August 23 Rockies 6–5 (10) Fairbanks (2–4) Suter (4–2)12,00177–51 W3
129August 24 Rockies 5–3 Adam (4–2) Koch (2–2) Fairbanks (16)9,97278–51 W4
130August 25 Yankees 2–6 Cole (11–4) Eflin (13–8)22,67978–52 L1
131August 26 Yankees 3–0 Glasnow (7–4) Schmidt (8–8) Fairbanks (17)22,94379–52 W1
132August 27 Yankees 7–4 Littell (3–4) Hamilton (2–2) Adam (12)22,62480–52 W2
133August 29@ Marlins 11–2 Civale (7–4) Alcántara (6–12)10,33881–52 W3
134August 30@ Marlins 3–0 (10) Armstrong (1–0) Robertson (4–6) Fairbanks (18)9,80382–52 W4
September/October: 17–11 (Home: 8–5; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
135September 1@ Guardians 2–3 Morgan (5–2) Glasnow (7–5) Clase (37)25,68582–53 L1
136September 2@ Guardians 6–7 (11) Hentges (3–2) Devenski (3–3)27,78882–54 L2
137September 3@ Guardians 6–2 Poche (10–3) Stephan (6–5) Fairbanks (19)25,55683–54 W1
138September 4 Red Sox 3–7 Bello (11–8) Devenski (3–4)18,30283–55 L1
139September 5 Red Sox 8–6 (11) Ramírez (3–3) Jansen (3–6)9,11984–55 W1
140September 6 Red Sox 3–1 Glasnow (8–5) Pivetta (9–8) Fairbanks (20)10,10085–55 W2
141September 7 Mariners 0–1 Castillo (12–7) Littell (3–5) Muñoz (12)10,06085–56 L1
142September 8 Mariners 7–4 Devenski (4–4) Campbell (4–1) Fairbanks (21)21,24386–56 W1
143September 9 Mariners 7–5 Poche (11–3) Saucedo (3–2)18,00887–56 W2
144September 10 Mariners 6–3 Eflin (14–8) Miller (8–5) Fairbanks (22)18,23088–56 W3
145September 11@ Twins 7–4 Glasnow (9–5) Gray (7–7) Fairbanks (23)18,68389–56 W4
146September 12@ Twins 2–3 Varland (4–3) Littell (3–6) Durán (26)24,39089–57 L1
147September 13@ Twins 5–4 Kelly (5–2) Jax (6–10) Stephenson (1)18,34290–57 W1
148September 14@ Orioles 4–3 Poche (12–3) Bradish (11–7) Fairbanks (24)24,83591–57 W2
149September 15@ Orioles 7–1 Eflin (15–8) Flaherty (8–9)43,35992–57 W3
150September 16@ Orioles 0–8 Rodriguez (6–4) Glasnow (9–6)38,43292–58 L1
151September 17*@ Orioles 4–5 (11) Hall (2–0) Diekman (0–2)37,29792–59 L2
152September 19 Angels 6–2 Stephenson (3–4) Loup (2–3)15,17693–59 W1
153September 20 Angels 3–8 Wantz (2–0) Civale (7–4)15,14593–60 L1
154September 21 Angels 5–4 Kittredge (2–0) Estévez (5–5)12,96694–60 W1
155September 22 Blue Jays 2–6 Bassitt (15–8) Glasnow (9–7) Romano (36)18,53894–61 L1
156September 23 Blue Jays 7–6 Devenski (5–4) Romano (5–6)22,65595–61 W1
157September 24 Blue Jays 5–9 Richards (2–1) Bradley (5–8)22,47295–62 L1
158September 26@ Red Sox 9–7 Eflin (16–8) Houck (5–10) Fairbanks (25)34,09496–62 W1
159September 27@ Red Sox 5–0 Glasnow (10–7) Bello (12–11)34,55997–62 W2
160September 29@ Blue Jays 4–11 Kikuchi (11–6) Civale (7–5)42,39497–63 L1
161September 30@ Blue Jays 7–5 (10) Devenski (6–4) Hicks (3–9)42,09798–63 W1
162October 1@ Blue Jays 12–8 Lopez (1–0) Parsons (0–1)42,05899–63 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 W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 101610.62349–3252–29
Tampa Bay Rays 99630.611253–2846–35
Toronto Blue Jays 89730.5491243–3846–35
New York Yankees 82800.5061942–3940–41
Boston Red Sox 78840.4812339–4239–42

American League Wild Card

Division leaders W L Pct.
Baltimore Orioles 101610.623
Houston Astros 90720.556
Minnesota Twins 87750.537
Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Tampa Bay Rays 99630.611+10
Texas Rangers 90720.556+1
Toronto Blue Jays 89730.549
Seattle Mariners 88740.5431
New York Yankees 82800.5067
Boston Red Sox 78840.48111
Detroit Tigers 78840.48111
Cleveland Guardians 76860.46913
Los Angeles Angels 73890.45116
Chicago White Sox 611010.37728
Kansas City Royals 561060.34633
Oakland Athletics 501120.30939

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2023

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore 7–64–23–46–13–35–15–24–27–66–14–28–53–310–326–20
Boston 6–72–43–35–12–55–23–44–39–44–23–32–113–37–620–26
Chicago 2–44–28–55–83–46–73–44–94–23–42–41–61–50–615–31
Cleveland 4–33–35–84–92–47–63–47–62–45–14–33–33–34–320–26
Detroit 1–61–58–59–43–310–33–38–52–53–43–31–53–42–422–24
Houston 3–35–24–34–23–31–59–42–42–510–34–93–39–43–428–18
Kansas City 1–52–57–66–73–105–12–44–92–42–41–63–41–51–616–30
Los Angeles 2–54–34–34–33–34–94–23–34–27–65–82–46–72–419–27
Minnesota 2–43–49–46–75–84–29–43–34–35–13–41–55–23–325–21
New York 6–74–92–44–25–25–24–22–43–45–14–25–83–47–623–23
Oakland 1–62–44–31–54–33–104–26–71–51–51–122–54–92–414–32
Seattle 2–43–34–23–43–39–46–18–54–32–412–13–44–93–322–24
Tampa Bay 5–811–26–13–35–13–34–34–25–18–55–24–32–47–627–19
Texas 3–33–35–13–34–34–95–17–62–54–39–49–44–26–122–24
Toronto 3–106–76–03–44–24–36–14–23–36–74–23–36–71–630–16

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

Record vs. National League

Source: MLB Standings

TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLLADMIAMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSH
Baltimore 2–11–21–21–22–11–23–01–23–01–22–11–22–11–24–0
Boston 2–13–12–11–21–21–20–32–12–12–10–32–11–20–31–2
Chicago 1–22–11–32–11–21–21–20–31–21–21–20–31–21–21–2
Cleveland 1–21–22–12–21–21–21–21–20–32–12–11–21–22–12–1
Detroit 0–31–21–21–22–11–21–22–13–00–32–21–23–02–11–2
Houston 3–03–03–00–33–11–22–11–22–11–22–12–11–22–12–1
Kansas City 1–20–31–20–31–22–10–30–33–01–20–32–12–12–21–2
Los Angeles 1–21–23–00–31–20–40–31–22–11–22–10–32–13–02–1
Minnesota 3–00–32–12–12–11–21–22–22–12–12–12–11–22–11–2
New York 2–10–31–23–01–22–11–21–22–22–12–12–12–11–21–2
Oakland 1–22–10–31–22–10–30–33–00–30–32–10–32–21–20–3
Seattle 2–11–21–21–23–00–32–10–31–21–22–13–12–12–11–2
Tampa Bay 2–11–21–22–13–02–13–12–11–20–33–01–22–11–23–0
Texas 1–31–21–20–33–01–23–00–32–13–02–10–32–12–11–2
Toronto 3–03–01–22–12–12–12–12–13–01–33–01–22–11–22–1

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

Postseason

Postseason game log

2023 Postseason Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocation
Attendance
Series
1October 3 Rangers 0–4 Montgomery (1–0) Glasnow (0–1) Tropicana Field
19,704
0–1
2October 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. Tropicana Field ALWC Game 2 2023.jpg
Photo of the second Wild Card game against the Rangers.

Roster

2023 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Randy Arozarena 1515519514019323832280.254.425
Yandy Díaz 137525951733502278065.330.522
Isaac Paredes 143492711232403198158.250.488
Josh Lowe 1354667113633220833231.292.500
Wander Franco 1124426512423617583042.281.475
Harold Ramírez 122400581251921268522.313.460
Brandon Lowe 10937758871512168750.231.443
Luke Raley 118357568923319491428.249.490
José Siri 101338587513225561220.222.494
Christian Bethancourt 10431549711601133113.225.381
Manuel Margot 993113982211438918.264.376
Taylor Walls 9930350611228362244.201.333
Francisco Mejía 50150223411051906.227.400
René Pinto 3810310263061602.252.456
Jonathan Aranda 3487132041213013.230.368
Osleivis Basabe 318715195011206.218.310
Curtis Mead 24831221311507.253.349
Vidal Bruján 37761413200635.171.197
Junior Caminero 73448101702.235.353
Raimel Tapia 5943000022.333.333
Tristan Gray 2512001100.4001.000
Totals1625511860143228224230827160514.260.445
Rank in AL62476422822

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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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Zach Eflin 1683.5031310177.2158696924186
Tyler Glasnow 1073.5321210120.093524737162
Shane McClanahan 1123.2921210115.095424241121
Taj Bradley 585.5923210104.2106696539129
Zack Littell 363.932614087.0914038972
Kevin Kelly 523.09570167.05327231556
Yonny Chirinos 444.02154062.25830282031
Colin Poche 1232.23660160.24217152461
Jason Adam 422.985601254.13521182069
Shawn Armstrong 101.38396052.0361281154
Josh Fleming 204.70123051.25629271925
Pete Fairbanks 242.584902545.12614132068
Jake Diekman 012.18500045.12615112553
Aaron Civale 235.361010045.15127271158
Drew Rasmussen 422.6288044.23613131147
Jalen Beeks 235.95308142.14228282147
Robert Stephenson 312.35420138.1181110860
Erasmo Ramírez 106.48152033.1462724730
Cooper Criswell 115.73100033.04023211127
Calvin Faucher 117.01174025.23120201225
Ryan Thompson 126.11180017.2141312712
Jeffrey Springs 200.5633016.0411424
Trevor Kelley 015.87103015.1161010611
Jacob Lopez 104.3841112.1147628
Garrett Cleavinger 103.00150012.0654614
Andrew Kittredge 203.09140111.21244210
Javy Guerra 004.0992011.0755139
Chris Devenski 322.089008.254229
Chase Anderson 000.002015.020012
Joe La Sorsa 002.082004.131133
Zack Burdi 0011.253004.066525
Luis Patiño 009.002004.054425
Elvin Rodríguez 000.001003.100005
Braden Bristo 000.001013.000014
Luke Raley 0030.382002.2119901
José López 004.501002.031112
Heath Hembree 000.001001.100012
René Pinto 0045.001001.055500
Christian Bethancourt 0081.001000.133300
Héctor Pérez 0027.001000.131110
Totals99633.86162162451442.012586656184391507
Rank in AL21434813323

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Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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