2023 Tampa Bay Rays season

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

2023 Tampa Bay Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record32–13 (.711)
Other information
Owner(s)Stuart Sternberg
President of baseball operationsErik Neander
General manager(s)Peter Bendix
Manager(s)Kevin 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]

Offseason

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes will be in place for the 2023 season:[2]

  • 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
BoldRays team member
2023 Game Log: 32–13 (Home: 19–3; Away: 13–10)
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: 9–7 (Home: 5–1; Away: 4–6)
#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 19Brewers–—–
47May 20Brewers–—–
48May 21Brewers–—–
49May 22Blue Jays–—–
50May 23Blue Jays–—–
51May 24Blue Jays–—–
52May 25Blue Jays–—–
53May 26Dodgers–—–
54May 27Dodgers–—–
55May 28Dodgers–—–
56May 29@ Cubs–—–
57May 30@ Cubs–—–
58May 31@ Cubs–—–
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
59June 2@ Red Sox–—–
60June 3@ Red Sox–—–
61June 4@ Red Sox–—–
62June 5@ Red Sox–—–
63June 6Twins–—–
64June 7Twins–—–
65June 8Twins–—–
66June 9Rangers–—–
67June 10Rangers–—–
68June 11Rangers–—–
69June 12@ Athletics–—–
70June 13@ Athletics–—–
71June 14@ Athletics–—–
72June 15@ Athletics–—–
73June 16@ Padres–—–
74June 17@ Padres–—–
75June 18@ Padres–—–
76June 20Orioles–—–
77June 21Orioles–—–
78June 22Royals–—–
79June 23Royals–—–
80June 24Royals–—–
81June 25Royals–—–
82June 27@ Diamondbacks–—–
83June 28@ Diamondbacks–—–
84June 29@ Diamondbacks–—–
85June 30@ Mariners–—–
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
86July 1@ Mariners–—–
87July 2@ Mariners–—–
88July 4Phillies–—–
89July 5Phillies–—–
90July 6Phillies–—–
91July 7Braves–—–
92July 8Braves–—–
93July 9Braves–—–
93rd All-Star Game in Seattle
94July 14@ Royals–—–
95July 15@ Royals–—–
96July 16@ Royals–—–
97July 17@ Rangers–—–
98July 18@ Rangers–—–
99July 19@ Rangers–—–
100July 20Orioles–—–
101July 21Orioles–—–
102July 22Orioles–—–
103July 23Orioles–—–
104July 25Marlins–—–
105July 26Marlins–—–
106July 28@ Astros–—–
107July 29@ Astros–—–
108July 30@ Astros–—–
109July 31@ Yankees–—–
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
110August 1@ Yankees–—–
111August 2@ Yankees–—–
112August 4@ Tigers–—–
113August 5@ Tigers–—–
114August 6@ Tigers–—–
115August 8Cardinals–—–
116August 9Cardinals–—–
117August 10Cardinals–—–
118August 11Guardians–—–
119August 12Guardians–—–
120August 13Guardians–—–
121August 14@ Giants–—–
122August 15@ Giants–—–
123August 16@ Giants–—–
124August 18@ Angels–—–
125August 19@ Angels–—–
126August 20@ Angels–—–
127August 22Rockies–—–
128August 23Rockies–—–
129August 24Rockies–—–
130August 25Yankees–—–
131August 26Yankees–—–
132August 27Yankees–—–
133August 29@ Marlins–—–
134August 30@ Marlins–—–
September/October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak/Recap
135September 1@ Guardians–—–
136September 2@ Guardians–—–
137September 3@ Guardians–—–
138September 4Red Sox–—–
139September 5Red Sox–—–
140September 6Red Sox–—–
141September 7Mariners–—–
142September 8Mariners–—–
143September 9Mariners–—–
144September 10Mariners–—–
145September 11@ Twins–—–
146September 12@ Twins–—–
147September 13@ Twins–—–
148September 14@ Orioles–—–
149September 15@ Orioles–—–
150September 16@ Orioles–—–
151September 17@ Orioles–—–
152September 19Angels–—–
153September 20Angels–—–
154September 21Angels–—–
155September 22Blue Jays–—–
156September 23Blue Jays–—–
157September 24Blue Jays–—–
158September 26@ Red Sox–—–
159September 27@ Red Sox–—–
160September 29@ Blue Jays–—–
161September 30@ Blue Jays–—–
162October 1@ Blue Jays–—–

Season standings

American League East
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Tampa Bay Rays 3213 0.711 — 19–3 13–10
Baltimore Orioles 2816 0.636 3½ 15–8 13–8
Toronto Blue Jays 2518 0.581 6 13–5 12–13
New York Yankees 2620 0.565 6½ 16–10 10–10
Boston Red Sox 2420 0.545 7½ 15–11 9–9

American League Wild Card
Division leaders W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 3213 0.711
Texas Rangers 2617 0.605
Minnesota Twins 2420 0.545


Wild Card teams
(Top 3 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Baltimore Orioles 2816 0.636 +3½
Toronto Blue Jays 2518 0.581 +1
Houston Astros 2419 0.558 —
New York Yankees 2520 0.556 —
Boston Red Sox 2420 0.545 ½
Los Angeles Angels 2322 0.511 2
Seattle Mariners 2122 0.488 3
Cleveland Guardians 2023 0.465 4
Detroit Tigers 1922 0.463 4
Chicago White Sox 1629 0.356 9
Kansas City Royals 1431 0.311 11
Oakland Athletics 1035 0.222 15

Current roster
Tampa Bay Rays roster
Active roster Inactive roster Coaches/Other

Pitchers
Starting rotation

Bullpen

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Manager

Coaches

60-day injured list



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
  1. "Tampa Bay Rays tie MLB post-1900 record for 13 consecutive wins at a season's start, beat Boston Red Sox 9-3". USA Today.
  2. "Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023". the Guardian. Associated Press. September 9, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
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