2023 Tampa Bay Rays season explained

Tampa Bay Rays
Season:	2023
Misc:	American League Wild Card
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Tropicana Field
City:	St. Petersburg, Florida
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Stuart Sternberg
Presbo:	Erik Neander
General Managers:	Peter Bendix
Managers:	Kevin Cash
Television:	Bally Sports Sun
Radio:	Tampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English) WGES (Spanish)

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

|- style="background:#bfb;"| 1 || March 30 || Tigers || 4–0 || McClanahan (1–0) || Rodríguez (0–1) || — || 25,025 || 1–0 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 2 || April 1 || Tigers || 12–2 || Eflin (1–0) || Turnbull (0–1) || — || 20,204 || 2–0 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3 || April 2 || Tigers || 5–1 || Springs (1–0) || Wentz (0–1) || — || 19,425 || 3–0 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 4 || April 3 || @ Nationals || 6–2 || Rasmussen (1–0) || Williams (0–1) || — || 10,754 || 4–0 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 5 || April 4 || @ Nationals || 10–6 || Thompson (1–0) || Finnegan (0–1) || — || 15,272 || 5–0 || W5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 6 || April 5 || @ Nationals || 7–2 || McClanahan (2–0) || Corbin (0–2) || — || 13,836 || 6–0 || W6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 7 || April 7 || Athletics || 9–5 || Eflin (2–0) || Waldichuk (0–2) || — || 15,980 || 7–0 || W7|- style="background:#bfb;"| 8 || April 8 || Athletics || 11–0 || Springs (2–0) || Fujinami (0–2) || — || 15,880 || 8–0 || W8|- style="background:#bfb;"| 9 || April 9 || Athletics || 11–0 || Rasmussen (2–0) || Kaprielian (0–1) || — || 11,159 || 9–0 || W9|- style="background:#bfb;"| 10 || April 10 || Red Sox || 1–0 || Poche (1–0) || Martin (0–1) || Fairbanks (1) || 13,470 || 10–0 || W10|- style="background:#bfb;"| 11 || April 11 || Red Sox || 7–2 || McClanahan (3–0) || Whitlock (0–1) || — || 12,649 || 11–0 || W11|- style="background:#bfb;"| 12 || April 12 || Red Sox || 9–7 || Bradley (1–0) || Sale (1–1) || Fairbanks (2) || 17,136 || 12–0 || W12|- style="background:#bfb;"| 13 || April 13 || Red Sox || 9–3 || Kelly (1–0) || Kluber (0–3) || Bristo (1) || 21,175 || 13–0 || W13|- style="background:#fbb;"| 14 || April 14 || @ Blue Jays || 3–6 || Berríos (1–2) || Rasmussen (2–1) || Romano (5) || 34,822 || 13–1 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 15 || April 15 || @ Blue Jays || 2–5 || Kikuchi (2–0) || Kelley (0–1) || Romano (6) || 41,679 || 13–2 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 16 || April 16 || @ Blue Jays || 8–1 || McClanahan (4–0) || Manoah (1–1) || — || 39,179 || 14–2 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 17 || April 17 || @ Reds || 1–8 || Gibaut (1–0) || Beeks (0–1) || — || 7,375 || 14–3 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 18 || April 18 || @ Reds || 10–0 || Bradley (2–0) || Lodolo (2–1) || — || 11,304 || 15–3 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 19 || April 19 || @ Reds || 8–0 || Rasmussen (3–1) || Stoudt (0–1) || — || 10,205 || 16–3 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 20 || April 21 || White Sox || 8–7 || Kelly (2–0) || López (0–2) || — || 17,973 || 17–3 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 21 || April 22 || White Sox || 4–3 || Cleavinger (1–0) || Lambert (1–1) || — || 22,333 || 18–3 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 22 || April 23 || White Sox || 4–1 || Eflin (3–0) || Giolito (1–2) || Fairbanks (3) || 22,702 || 19–3 || W5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 23 || April 24 || Astros || 8–3 || Bradley (3–0) || Urquidy (1–2) || — || 10,611 || 20–3 || W6|- style="background:#fbb;"| 24 || April 25 || Astros || 0–5 || García (2–2) || Rasmussen (3–2) || — || 9,916 || 20–4 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 25 || April 26 || Astros || 0–1 || Brown (3–0) || Faucher (0–1) || Pressly (2) || 14,168 || 20–5 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 26 || April 27 || @ White Sox || 14–5 || McClanahan (5–0) || Cease (2–1) || — || 11,060 || 21–5 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 27 || April 28 || @ White Sox || 3–2 || Poche (2–0) || Graveman (1–2) || Kelly (1) || 16,681 || 22–5 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 28 || April 29 || @ White Sox || 12–3 || Chirinos (1–0) || Lynn (0–4) || — || 28,462 || 23–5 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 29 || April 30 || @ White Sox || 9–12 || Bummer (1–1) || Beeks (0–2) || — || 17,049 || 23–6 || L1|- |- style="background:#bfb;"| 30 || May 2 || Pirates || 4–1 || Poche (3–0) || Contreras (3–2) || Adam (1) || 10,325 || 24–6 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 31 || May 3 || Pirates || 8–1 || McClanahan (6–0) || Keller (3–1) || Anderson (1) || 15,247 || 25–6 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 32 || May 4 || Pirates || 3–2 || Eflin (4–0) || Velasquez (4–3) || Adam (2) || 12,418 || 26–6 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 33 || May 5 || Yankees || 5–4 || Kelly (3–0) || Cordero (1–1) || Adam (3) || 25,007 || 27–6 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 34 || May 6 || Yankees || 2–3 || Marinaccio (1–1) || Kelly (3–1) || Hamilton (1) || 27,078 || 27–7 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 35 || May 7 || Yankees || 8–7 || Beeks (1–2) || Abreu (1–1) || — || 32,142 || 28–7 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 36 || May 8 || @ Orioles || 3–0 || McClanahan (7–0) || Gibson (4–2) || Adam (4) || 12,669 || 29–7 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 37 || May 9 || @ Orioles || 2–4 || Rodriguez (2–0) || Eflin (4–1) || Bautista (8) || 10,017 || 29–8 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 38 || May 10 || @ Orioles || 1–2 || Kremer (4–1) || Chirinos (1–1) || Canó (3) || 14,395 || 29–9 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 39 || May 11 || @ Yankees || 8–2 || Rasmussen (4–2) || Germán (2–3) || — || 37,686 || 30–9 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 40 || May 12 || @ Yankees || 5–6 || Holmes (1–2) || Adam (0–1) || Peralta (1) || 46,130 || 30–10 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 41 || May 13 || @ Yankees || 8–9 || Cordero (3–1) || Thompson (1–1) || Peralta (2) || 44,714 || 30–11 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 42 || May 14 || @ Yankees || 8–7 || Eflin (5–1) || Schmidt (1–4) || Adam (5) || 42,116 || 31–11 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 43 || May 16 || @ Mets || 8–5 || Chirinos (2–1) || Verlander (1–2) || — || 28,296 || 32–11 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 44 || May 17 || @ Mets || 7–8 || Robertson (1–0) || Fairbanks (0–1) || — || 29,695 || 32–12 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 45 || May 18 || @ Mets || 2–3 || Megill (5–2) || Littell (0–1) || Robertson (8) || 29,946 || 32–13 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 46 || May 19 || Brewers || 1–0 || Adam (2–0) || Strzelecki (2–3) || Fairbanks (4) || 18,961 || 33–13 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 47 || May 20 || Brewers || 8–4 || Eflin (6–1) || Lauer (4–5) || Adam (6) || 19,954 || 34–13 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 48 || May 21 || Brewers || 4–6 || Peralta (5–3) || Criswell (0–1) || Williams (7) || 20,193 || 34–14 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 49 || May 22 || Blue Jays || 6–4 || Fleming (1–0) || Bassitt (5–3) || Fairbanks (5) || 8,857 || 35–14 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 50 || May 23 || Blue Jays || 1–20 || Berríos (4–4) || Bradley (3–1) || — || 11,906 || 35–15 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 51 || May 24 || Blue Jays || 7–3 || McClanahan (8–0) || Kikuchi (5–2) || — || 8,699 || 36–15 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 52 || May 25 || Blue Jays || 6–3 || Eflin (7–1) || Manoah (1–5) || Poche (1) || 10,736 || 37–15 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 53 || May 26 || Dodgers || 9–3 || Criswell (1–1) || Syndergaard (1–4) || — || 19,715 || 38–15 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 54 || May 27 || Dodgers || 5–6 || Almonte (3–0) || Poche (3–1) || Ferguson (2) || 23,443 || 38–16 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 55 || May 28 || Dodgers || 11–10 || Beeks (2–2) || González (1–2) || Adam (7) || 21,043 || 39–16 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 56 || May 29 || @ Cubs || 0–1 || Stroman (5–4) || Bradley (3–2) || — || 38,163 || 39–17 || L1 |- style="background:#fbb;"| 57 || May 30 || @ Cubs || 1–2 || Merryweather (1–0) || McClanahan (8–1) || Alzolay (2) || 31,762 || 39–18 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 58 || May 31 || @ Cubs || 4–3 || Poche (4–1) || Leiter Jr. (1–1) || Beeks (1) || 29,360 || 40–18 || W1|- |- style="background:#bbb;"| — || June 2 || @ Red Sox || colspan=8| Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 59 || June 3 || @ Red Sox || 5–8 || Kluber (3–6) || Beeks (3–6) || Jansen (12) || 31,303 || 40–19 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 60 || June 3 || @ Red Sox || 4–2 || Faucher (1–1) || Jansen (1–3) || Adam (8) || 30,784 || 41–19 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 61 || June 4 || @ Red Sox || 6–2 || Bradley (4–2) || Houck (3–5) || — || 34,192 || 42–19 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 62 || June 5 || @ Red Sox || 4–1 || McClanahan (9–1) || Bello (3–4) || Adam (9) || 30,860 || 43–19 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 63 || June 6 || Twins || 7–0 || Eflin (8–1) || Varland (3–2) || — || 14,689 || 44–19 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 64 || June 7 || Twins || 2–1 || Adam (2–1) || Durán (1–2) || — || 10,846 || 45–19 || W5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 65 || June 8 || Twins || 4–2 || Chirinos (3–1) || Ober (3–3) || Adam (10) || 12,584 || 46–19 || W6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 66 || June 9 || Rangers || 8–3 || Glasnow (1–0) || Heaney (4–4) || — || 17,447 || 47–19 || W7|- style="background:#fbb;"| 67 || June 10 || Rangers || 4–8 || Eovaldi (9–2) || Bradley (4–3) || — || 18,932 || 47–20 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 68 || June 11 || Rangers || 7–3 || McClanahan (10–1) || Pérez (6–2) || — || 23,069 || 48–20 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 69 || June 12 || @ Athletics || 3–4 || Kaprielian (2–6) || Eflin (8–2) || Waldichuk (1) || 4,848 || 48–21 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 70 || June 13 || @ Athletics || 1–2 || Harris (2–0) || Poche (4–2) || May (3) || 27,759 || 48–22 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 71 || June 14 || @ Athletics || 6–3 || Glasnow (2–0) || Medina (1–6) || Adam (11) || 7,055 || 49–22 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 72 || June 15 || @ Athletics || 4–3 || Stephenson (1–3) || Pruitt (1–4) || Fairbanks (6) || 7,133 || 50–22 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 73 || June 16 || @ Padres || 6–2 || McClanahan (11–1) || Darvish (5–5) || Fairbanks (7) || 42,367 || 51–22 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 74 || June 17 || @ Padres || 0–2 || Snell (3–6) || Eflin (8–3) || Hader (17) || 43,180 || 51–23 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 75 || June 18 || @ Padres || 4–5 || Musgrove (5–2) || Chirinos (3–2) || Hader (18) || 44,404 || 51–24 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 76 || June 20 || Orioles || 6–8 || Bradish (3–3) || Glasnow (2–1) || Bautista (20) || 20,906 || 51–25 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 77 || June 21 || Orioles || 7–2 || Bradley (5–3) || Wells (6–3) || — || 19,493 || 52–25 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 78 || June 22 || Royals || 5–6 || Chapman (3–2) || Fairbanks (0–2) || Barlow (9) || 10,436 || 52–26 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 79 || June 23 || Royals || 11–3 || Eflin (9–3) || Greinke (1–8) || — || 16,189 || 53–26 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 80 || June 24 || Royals || 4–9 || Lyles (1–11) || Chirinos (3–3) || — || 20,884 || 53–27 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 81 || June 25 || Royals || 3–1 || Poche (5–2) || Clarke (1–2) || Fairbanks (8) || 18,442 || 54–27 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 82 || June 27 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–8 || Gallen (10–2) || Bradley (5–4) || — || 23,351 || 54–28 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 83 || June 28 || @ Diamondbacks || 3–2 || Poche (6–2) || McGough (0–6) || Fairbanks (9) || 20,858 || 55–28 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 84 || June 29 || @ Diamondbacks || 6–1 || Chirinos (4–3) || Pfaadt (0–3) || — || 22,127 || 56–28 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 85 || June 30 || @ Mariners || 15–4 || Kelly (4–1) || Muñoz (0–1) || — || 37,063 || 57–28 || W3|- |- style="background:#fbb;"| 86 || July 1 || @ Mariners || 3–8 || Kirby (7–7) || Glasnow (2–2) || Sewald (15) || 35,546 || 57–29 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 87 || July 2 || @ Mariners || 6–7 || Muñoz (1–1) || Adam (2–2) || Sewald (16) || 36,541 || 57–30 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 88 || July 4 || Phillies || 1–3 || Nola (8–5) || Eflin (9–4) || Kimbrel (13) || 22,665 || 57–31 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 89 || July 5 || Phillies || 4–8 || Walker (10–3) || Chirinos (4–4) || — || 18,208 || 57–32 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 90 || July 6 || Phillies || 1–3 || Strahm (5–3) || Thompson (1–2) || — || 17,060 || 57–33 || L5|- style="background:#fbb;"| 91 || July 7 || Braves || 1–2 || Morton (9–6) || Glasnow (2–3) || Iglesias (16) || 25,025 || 57–34 || L6|- style="background:#fbb;"| 92 || July 8 || Braves || 1–6 || Strider (11–2) || Bradley (5–5) || — || 25,025 || 57–35 || L7|- style="background:#bfb;"| 93 || July 9 || Braves || 10–4 || Eflin (10–4) || Elder (7–2) || — || 25,025 || 58–35 || W1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"| colspan="10" | 93rd All-Star Game in Seattle|- style="background:#bbb;" | — || July 14 || @ Royals || colspan=8| Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 15|- style="background:#bfb;"| 94 || July 15 || @ Royals || 6–1 || Glasnow (3–3) || Marsh (0–3) || — || 15,428 || 59–35 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 95 || July 15 || @ Royals || 4–2 || Poche (7–2) || Hernández (0–5) || Fairbanks (10) || 18,052 || 60–35 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 96 || July 16 || @ Royals || 4–8 || Singer (6–8) || Eflin (10–5) || — || 15,632 || 60–36 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 97 || July 17 || @ Rangers || 2–3 || Chapman (5–2) || Fairbanks (0–3) || — || 29,901 || 60–37 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 98 || July 18 || @ Rangers || 3–5 || Eovaldi (11–3) || Bradley (5–6) || Smith (17) || 34,677 || 60–38 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 99 || July 19 || @ Rangers || 1–5 || Burke (4–2) || Littell (0–2) || — || 31,591 || 60–39 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 100 || July 20 || Orioles || 3–4 || Bautista (5–1) || Stephenson (1–4) || — || 20,203 || 60–40 || L5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 101 || July 21 || Orioles || 3–0 || Eflin (11–5) || Bradish (6–5) || Fairbanks (11) || 19,703 || 61–40 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 102 || July 22 || Orioles || 5–6 || Pérez (3–1) || Fairbanks (0–4) || Bautista (27) || 25,025 || 61–41 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 103 || July 23 || Orioles || 3–5 || Baumann (7–0) || Poche (7–3) || Bautista (28) || 23,440 || 61–42 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 104 || July 25 || Marlins || 4–1 || Glasnow (4–3) || Cabrera (5–6) || Fairbanks (12) || 20,508 || 62–42 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 105 || July 26 || Marlins || 1–7 || Alcántara (4–9) || Eflin (11–6) || — || 20,971 || 62–43 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 106 || July 28 || @ Astros || 4–3 || Poche (8–3) || Pressly (3–3) || Fairbanks (13) || 38,592 || 63–43 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 107 || July 29 || @ Astros || 4–17 || Brown (7–7) || Bradley (5–7) || — || 40,004 || 63–44 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 108 || July 30 || @ Astros || 8–2 || Littell (1–2) || Bielak (5–6) || — || 40,357 || 64–44 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 109 || July 31 || @ Yankees || 5–1 || Glasnow (5–3) || Brito (4–5) || — || 43,613 || 65–44 || W2|- |- style="background:#bfb;"| 110 || August 1 || @ Yankees || 5–2 || Eflin (12–6) || Rodón (1–4) || Fairbanks (14) || 38,047 || 66–44 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 111 || August 2 || @ Yankees || 2–7 || Cole (10–2) || McClanahan (11–2) || — || 38,740 || 66–45 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 112 || August 4 || @ Tigers || 8–0 || Littell (2–2) || Olson (1–5) || — || 26,050 || 67–45 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 113 || August 5 || @ Tigers || 2–4 || Skubal (2–1) || Civale (5–3) || Brieske (1) || 30,939 || 67–46 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 114 || August 6 || @ Tigers || 10–6 || Poche (9–3) || Manning (3–4) || — || 21,824 || 68–46 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 115 || August 8 || Cardinals || 4–2 || Adam (3–2) || Mikolas (6–8) || Fairbanks (15) || 15,522 || 69–46 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 116 || August 9 || Cardinals || 4–6 || Hudson (3–0) || Kelly (4–2) || Gallegos (9) || 11,203 || 69–47 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 117 || August 10 || Cardinals || 2–5 || Liberatore (2–4) || Littell (2–3) || — || 11,990 || 69–48 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 118 || August 11 || Guardians || 9–8 || Stephenson (2–4) || Sandlin (5–5) || — || 19,625 || 70–48 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 119 || August 12 || Guardians || 6–5 || Fleming (2–0) || Clase (1–7) || — || 25,025 || 71–48 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 120 || August 13 || Guardians || 2–9 || Bibee (9–2) || Eflin (12–7) || — || 22,163 || 71–49 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 121 || August 14 || @ Giants || 10–2 || Glasnow (6–3) || Beck (3–2) || Lopez (1) || 25,748 || 72–49 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 122 || August 15 || @ Giants || 0–7 || Manaea (4–3) || Littell (2–4) || — || 26,322 || 72–50 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 123 || August 16 || @ Giants || 6–1 || Civale (6–3) || Walker (4–2) || — || 27,510 || 73–50 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 124 || August 18 || @ Angels || 9–6 || Fairbanks (1–4) || Estévez (5–4) || Kittredge (1) || 38,297 || 74–50 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 125 || August 19 || @ Angels || 6–7 || Canning (7–4) || Glasnow (6–4) || López (6) || 27,309 || 74–51 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 126 || August 19 || @ Angels || 18–4 || Eflin (13–7) || Sandoval (6–10) || — || 33,803 || 75–51 || W1|- style="background:#bbb;" | — || August 20 || @ Angels || colspan=7| Rescheduled due to Hurricane Hilary;^[6] Moved to August 19|- style="background:#bfb;"| 127 || August 22 || Rockies || 12–4 || Kittredge (1–0) || Suter (4–1) || — || 10,235 || 76–51 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 128 || August 23 || Rockies || 6–5 || Fairbanks (2–4) || Suter (4–2) || — || 12,001 || 77–51 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 129 || August 24 || Rockies || 5–3 || Adam (4–2) || Koch (2–2) || Fairbanks (16) || 9,972 || 78–51 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 130 || August 25 || Yankees || 2–6 || Cole (11–4) || Eflin (13–8) || — || 22,679 || 78–52 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 131 || August 26 || Yankees || 3–0 || Glasnow (7–4) || Schmidt (8–8) || Fairbanks (17) || 22,943 || 79–52 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 132 || August 27 || Yankees || 7–4 || Littell (3–4) || Hamilton (2–2) || Adam (12) || 22,624 || 80–52 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 133 || August 29 || @ Marlins || 11–2 || Civale (7–4) || Alcántara (6–12) || — || 10,338 || 81–52 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 134 || August 30 || @ Marlins || 3–0 || Armstrong (1–0) || Robertson (4–6) || Fairbanks (18) || 9,803 || 82–52 || W4|- |- style="background:#fbb;"| 135 || September 1 || @ Guardians || 2–3 || Morgan (5–2) || Glasnow (7–5) || Clase (37) || 25,685 || 82–53 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 136 || September 2 || @ Guardians || 6–7 || Hentges (3–2) || Devenski (3–3) || — || 27,788 || 82–54 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 137 || September 3 || @ Guardians || 6–2 || Poche (10–3) || Stephan (6–5) || Fairbanks (19) || 25,556 || 83–54 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 138 || September 4 || Red Sox || 3–7 || Bello (11–8) || Devenski (3–4) || — || 18,302 || 83–55 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 139 || September 5 || Red Sox || 8–6 || Ramírez (3–3) || Jansen (3–6) || — || 9,119 || 84–55 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 140 || September 6 || Red Sox || 3–1 || Glasnow (8–5) || Pivetta (9–8) || Fairbanks (20) || 10,100 || 85–55 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 141 || September 7 || Mariners || 0–1 || Castillo (12–7) || Littell (3–5) || Muñoz (12) || 10,060 || 85–56 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 142 || September 8 || Mariners || 7–4 || Devenski (4–4) || Campbell (4–1) || Fairbanks (21) || 21,243 || 86–56 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 143 || September 9 || Mariners || 7–5 || Poche (11–3) || Saucedo (3–2) || — || 18,008 || 87–56 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 144 || September 10 || Mariners || 6–3 || Eflin (14–8) || Miller (8–5) || Fairbanks (22) || 18,230 || 88–56 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 145 || September 11 || @ Twins || 7–4 || Glasnow (9–5) || Gray (7–7) || Fairbanks (23) || 18,683 || 89–56 || W4|- style="background:#fbb;"| 146 || September 12 || @ Twins || 2–3 || Varland (4–3) || Littell (3–6) || Durán (26) || 24,390 || 89–57 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 147 || September 13 || @ Twins || 5–4 || Kelly (5–2) || Jax (6–10) || Stephenson (1) || 18,342 || 90–57 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 148 || September 14 || @ Orioles || 4–3 || Poche (12–3) || Bradish (11–7) || Fairbanks (24) || 24,835 || 91–57 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 149 || September 15 || @ Orioles || 7–1 || Eflin (15–8) || Flaherty (8–9) || — || 43,359 || 92–57 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 150 || September 16 || @ Orioles || 0–8 || Rodriguez (6–4) || Glasnow (9–6) || — || 38,432 || 92–58 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| style="background:#039;color:white;"| 151 || style="background:#039;color:white;"| September 17* || style="background:#039;color:white;"| @ Orioles || 4–5 || Hall (2–0) || Diekman (0–2) || — || 37,297 || style="background:#039;color:white;"| 92–59 || style="background:#039; | L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 152 || September 19 || Angels || 6–2 || Stephenson (3–4) || Loup (2–3) || — || 15,176 || 93–59 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 153 || September 20 || Angels || 3–8 || Wantz (2–0) || Civale (7–4) || — || 15,145 || 93–60 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 154 || September 21 || Angels || 5–4 || Kittredge (2–0) || Estévez (5–5) || — || 12,966 || 94–60 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 155 || September 22 || Blue Jays || 2–6 || Bassitt (15–8) || Glasnow (9–7) || Romano (36) || 18,538 || 94–61 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 156 || September 23 || Blue Jays || 7–6 || Devenski (5–4) || Romano (5–6) || — || 22,655 || 95–61 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 157 || September 24 || Blue Jays || 5–9 || Richards (2–1) || Bradley (5–8) || — || 22,472 || 95–62 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 158 || September 26 || @ Red Sox || 9–7 || Eflin (16–8) || Houck (5–10) || Fairbanks (25) || 34,094 || 96–62 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 159 || September 27 || @ Red Sox || 5–0 || Glasnow (10–7) || Bello (12–11) || — || 34,559 || 97–62 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 160 || September 29 || @ Blue Jays || 4–11 || Kikuchi (11–6) || Civale (7–5) || — || 42,394 || 97–63 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 161 || September 30 || @ Blue Jays || 7–5 || Devenski (6–4) || Hicks (3–9) || — || 42,097 || 98–63 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 162 || October 1 || @ Blue Jays || 12–8 || Lopez (1–0) || Parsons (0–1) || — || 42,058 || 99–63 || W2|- | colspan="11" style="text-align:center;"| * Despite losing to Baltimore on September 17, the Rays clinched a playoff berth on this day by virtue of a Texas loss. |-

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. National League

Postseason

Postseason game log

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1 || October 3 || Rangers || 0–4 || Montgomery (1–0) || Glasnow (0–1) || — || Tropicana Field
19,704 || 0–1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2 || October 4 || Rangers || 1–7 || Eovaldi (1–0) || Eflin (0–1) || — || Tropicana Field
20,198 || 0–2|-|-

Postseason rosters

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- Pitchers: 20 Tyler Glasnow 24 Zach Eflin 26 Robert Stephenson 29 Pete Fairbanks 30 Jake Diekman 34 Aaron Civale 36 Andrew Kittredge 38 Colin Poche 48 Chris Devenski 52 Zack Littell 64 Shawn Armstrong Catchers: 14 Christian Bethancourt 50 René Pinto
Infielders: 1 Junior Caminero 2 Yandy Díaz 6 Taylor Walls 17 Isaac Paredes 25 Curtis Mead 37 Osleivis Basabe 62 Jonathan Aranda
- Outfielders: 10 Raimel Tapia 13 Manuel Margot 15 Josh Lowe 22 José Siri 56 Randy Arozarena Designated hitters: 43 Harold Ramírez

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Roster

2023 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	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:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TBR/2023-batting.shtml

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	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	bgcolor=#ffccoo	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:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TBR/2023-pitching.shtml

Farm system

External links

Tampa Bay Rays 2023 Schedule at MLB.com
2023 Tampa Bay Rays season at ESPN
2023 Tampa Bay Rays season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

Web site: Tampa Bay Rays tie MLB post-1900 record for 13 consecutive wins at a season's start, beat Boston Red Sox 9-3 . .
Web site: Tampa Bay Rays Attendance, Stadiums, and Park Factors . Baseball-Reference.com . 3 October 2023 . en.
Web site: Morning Buzz . www.sportsbusinessjournal.com . 3 October 2023 . en . 3 October 2023.
Web site: Berry. Adam. MLB.com. Clinched! Rays punch ticket to 5th straight postseason. September 17, 2023. September 17, 2023.
Web site: Associated Press . 2022-09-09 . Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023 . 2022-10-13 . the Guardian . en.
Web site: AZ-SD, TB-LAA, MIA-LAD finales moved from Sun. to Sat. . August 18, 2023 . mlb.com . MLB Advanced Media . August 18, 2023.