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2023 Texas Rangers
2023 Texas Rangers
Division	West Division
Ballpark	Globe Life Field
City	Arlington
Record	40–20 (.667)
Owners	Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Managers	Bruce Bochy
Television	Bally Sports Southwest
Radio	KRLD 105.3 FM (English); ; KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish)
Stats	ESPN.com; Baseball Reference

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The 2023 Texas Rangers season is the 63rd of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 52nd in Arlington as the Rangers, and the 4th season at Globe Life Field. It is also the team's first season under the management of Bruce Bochy.

Offseason

The Rangers finished the 2022 season 68–94, an improvement on their 2021 record of 60–102. They finished 38 games out of 1st and missed the postseason for the sixth consecutive season.

On October 21, 2022, the Rangers hired Bruce Bochy to be their manager for the 2023 season.^[1]

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
Rangers Win	Rangers Loss	Game Postponed

2023 Game Log: 40–20 (Home: 21–8; Away: 19–12)

March/April: 17–11 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	March 30	Phillies	11–7	Ragans (1–0)	Soto (0–1)	—	38,387	1–0	W1
2	April 1	Phillies	16–3	Eovaldi (1–0)	Wheeler (0–1)	—	31,916	2–0	W2
3	April 2	Phillies	2–1	Pérez (1–0)	Falter (0–1)	Smith (1)	25,823	3–0	W3
4	April 3	Orioles	0–2	Coulombe (1–0)	Gray (0–1)	Bautista (2)	15,867	3–1	L1
5	April 4	Orioles	2–7	Gibson (2–0)	Heaney (0–1)	—	16,268	3–2	L2
6	April 5	Orioles	5–2	deGrom (1–0)	Voth (0–1)	Leclerc (1)	18,560	4–2	W1
7	April 7	@ Cubs	0–2	Stroman (2–0)	Eovaldi (1–1)	Fulmer (1)	29,094	4–3	L1
8	April 8	@ Cubs	3–10	Steele (1–0)	Pérez (1–1)	—	33,578	4–4	L2
9	April 9	@ Cubs	8–2	Gray (1–1)	Taillon (0–2)	—	28,807	5–4	W1
10	April 10	Royals	11–2	Heaney (1–1)	Greinke (0–3)	—	17,430	6–4	W2
11	April 11	Royals	8–5 (10)	Ragans (2–0)	Barlow (0–1)	—	17,760	7–4	W3
12	April 12	Royals	1–10	Keller (2–1)	Eovaldi (1–2)	—	18,380	7–5	L1
13	April 14	@ Astros	6–2	Pérez (2–1)	García (0–2)	—	39,343	8–5	W1
14	April 15	@ Astros	2–8	Brown (2–0)	Ragans (2–1)	—	39,257	8–6	L1
15	April 16	@ Astros	9–1	Burke (1–0)	Valdez (1–2)	—	39,122	9–6	W1
16	April 17	@ Royals	4–0	Dunning (1–0)	Lyles (0–3)	—	11,068	10–6	W2
17	April 18	@ Royals	12–2	Eovaldi (2–2)	Keller (2–2)	—	12,118	11–6	W3
18	April 19	@ Royals	12–3	Pérez (3–1)	Singer (1–2)	—	10,388	12–6	W4
19	April 21	Athletics	4–5	Jackson (1–1)	Smith (0–1)	Familia (1)	28,775	12–7	L1
20	April 22	Athletics	18–3	Heaney (2–1)	Fujinami (0–4)	—	32,388	13–7	W1
21	April 23	Athletics	5–2	deGrom (2–0)	Muller (0–2)	Smith (2)	34,916	14–7	W2
22	April 24	@ Reds	6–7	Díaz (1–1)	Leclerc (0–1)	—	8,810	14–8	L1
23	April 25	@ Reds	6–7	Sanmartin (1–0)	Kennedy (0–1)	Díaz (3)	9,969	14–9	L2
24	April 26	@ Reds	3–5	Sims (1–0)	Hernández (0–1)	—	10,256	14–10	L3
25	April 27	Yankees	2–4	Cole (5–0)	Heaney (2–2)	King (1)	31,325	14–11	L4
26	April 28	Yankees	5–2	Dunning (2–0)	Schmidt (0–3)	Smith (3)	36,341	15–11	W1
27	April 29	Yankees	2–0	Eovaldi (3–2)	Brito (2–3)	—	40,027	16–11	W2
28	April 30	Yankees	15–2	Pérez (4–1)	Cortés Jr. (3–2)	—	39,078	17–11	W3

May: 18–9 (Home: 5–3; Away: 13–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
29	May 2	Diamondbacks	6–4	Burke (2–0)	McGough (0–3)	Smith (4)	23,086	18–11	W4
30	May 3	Diamondbacks	7–12	Mantiply (1–0)	Sborz (0–2)	—	21,427	18–12	L1
31	May 5	@ Angels	4–5 (10)	Estévez (1–1)	Smith (0–2)	—	39,073	18–13	L2
32	May 6	@ Angels	10–1	Eovaldi (4–2)	Detmers (0–3)	—	37,409	19–13	W1
33	May 7	@ Angels	16–8	Sborz (1–1)	Suárez (1–2)	—	41,641	20–13	W2
34	May 8	@ Mariners	2–1	Gray (2–1)	Gilbert (1–2)	Smith (5)	15,282	21–13	W3
35	May 9	@ Mariners	0–5	Kirby (4–2)	Heaney (2–3)	—	17,638	21–14	L1
36	May 10	@ Mariners	4–3	Dunning (3–0)	Castillo (2–1)	Smith (6)	22,480	22–14	W1
37	May 11	@ Athletics	4–0	Eovaldi (5–2)	Medina (0–2)	Smith (7)	2,949	23–14	W2
38	May 12	@ Athletics	7–9 (10)	Fujinami (1–4)	Burke (2–1)	—	6,575	23–15	L1
39	May 13	@ Athletics	5–0	Gray (3–1)	Kaprielian (0–3)	—	8,230	24–15	W1
40	May 14	@ Athletics	11–3	Hernández (1–1)	Pruitt (0–1)	—	7,793	25–15	W2
41	May 15	Braves	0–12	Morton (5–3)	Bradford (0–1)	—	26,791	25–16	L1
42	May 16	Braves	7–4	Dunning (4–0)	Shuster (0–2)	Smith (8)	23,246	26–16	W1
43	May 17	Braves	5–6	Anderson (2–0)	Burke (2–2)	Iglesias (2)	30,053	26–17	L1
44	May 19	Rockies	7–2	Pérez (5–1)	Kauffmann (0–1)	—	30,819	27–17	W1
45	May 20	Rockies	11–5	Gray (4–1)	Freeland (4–5)	—	34,443	28–17	W2
46	May 21	Rockies	13–3	Heaney (3–3)	Seabold (1–1)	—	32,733	29–17	W3
47	May 22	@ Pirates	4–6	Ortiz (1–2)	Sborz (1–2)	—	10,574	29–18	L1
48	May 23	@ Pirates	6–1	Eovaldi (6–2)	Hill (4–4)	—	12,061	30–18	W1
49	May 24	@ Pirates	3–2	Pérez (6–1)	Oviedo (3–4)	Smith (9)	18,347	31–18	W2
50	May 26	@ Orioles	12–2	Gray (5–1)	Rodriguez (2–2)	—	20,293	32–18	W3
51	May 27	@ Orioles	5–3	Heaney (4–3)	Kremer (5–2)	—	37,939	33–18	W4
52	May 28	@ Orioles	2–3	Coulombe (2–1)	Ragans (2–2)	Bautista (13)	25,124	33–19	L1
53	May 29	@ Tigers	5–0	Eovaldi (7–2)	Boyd (3–4)	—	19,021	34–19	W1
54	May 30	@ Tigers	10–6	Anderson (1–0)	Faedo (1–3)	—	14,616	35–19	W2
55	May 31	@ Tigers	2–3	Vest (2–0)	Dunning (4–1)	Lange (10)	20,968	35–20	L1

June: 5–0 (Home: 5–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
56	June 2	Mariners	2–0	Gray (6–1)	Castillo (4–3)	Smith (10)	31,685	36–20	W1
57	June 3	Mariners	16–6	Sborz (2–2)	Woo (0–1)	—	34,435	37–20	W2
58	June 4	Mariners	12–3	Eovaldi (8–2)	Miller (3–3)	—	36,496	38–20	W3
59	June 5	Cardinals	4–3	Smith (1–2)	Cabrera (1–1)	—	25,161	39–20	W4
60	June 6	Cardinals	6–4	Dunning (5–1)	Liberatore (1–2)	Smith (11)	28,151	40–20	W5
61	June 7	Cardinals	–			—		–
62	June 9	@ Rays	–			—		–
63	June 10	@ Rays	–			—		–
64	June 11	@ Rays	–			—		–
65	June 12	Angels	–			—		–
66	June 13	Angels	–			—		–
67	June 14	Angels	–			—		–
68	June 15	Angels	–			—		–
69	June 16	Blue Jays	–			—		–
70	June 17	Blue Jays	–			—		–
71	June 18	Blue Jays	–			—		–
72	June 19	@ White Sox	–			—		–
73	June 20	@ White Sox	–			—		–
74	June 21	@ White Sox	–			—		–
75	June 23	@ Yankees	–			—		–
76	June 24	@ Yankees	–			—		–
77	June 25	@ Yankees	–			—		–
78	June 26	Tigers	–			—		–
79	June 27	Tigers	–			—		–
80	June 28	Tigers	–			—		–
81	June 29	Tigers	–			—		–
82	June 30	Astros	–			—		–

July: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
83	July 1	Astros	–	—	–
84	July 2	Astros	–	—	–
85	July 3	Astros	–	—	–
86	July 4	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
87	July 5	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
88	July 6	@ Red Sox	–	—	–
89	July 7	@ Nationals	–	—	–
90	July 8	@ Nationals	–	—	–
91	July 9	@ Nationals	–	—	–
93rd All-Star Game: Seattle, WA
92	July 14	Guardians	–	—	–
93	July 15	Guardians	–	—	–
94	July 16	Guardians	–	—	–
95	July 17	Rays	–	—	–
96	July 18	Rays	–	—	–
97	July 19	Rays	–	—	–
98	July 21	Dodgers	–	—	–
99	July 22	Dodgers	–	—	–
100	July 23	Dodgers	–	—	–
101	July 24	@ Astros	–	—	–
102	July 25	@ Astros	–	—	–
103	July 26	@ Astros	–	—	–
104	July 28	@ Padres	–	—	–
105	July 29	@ Padres	–	—	–
106	July 30	@ Padres	–	—	–

August: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
107	August 1	White Sox	–	—	–
108	August 2	White Sox	–	—	–
109	August 3	White Sox	–	—	–
110	August 4	Marlins	–	—	–
111	August 5	Marlins	–	—	–
112	August 6	Marlins	–	—	–
113	August 7	@ Athletics	–	—	–
114	August 8	@ Athletics	–	—	–
115	August 9	@ Athletics	–	—	–
116	August 11	@ Giants	–	—	–
117	August 12	@ Giants	–	—	–
118	August 13	@ Giants	–	—	–
119	August 14	Angels	–	—	–
120	August 15	Angels	–	—	–
121	August 16	Angels	–	—	–
122	August 18	Brewers	–	—	–
123	August 19	Brewers	–	—	–
124	August 20	Brewers	–	—	–
125	August 21	@ Diamondbacks	–	—	–
126	August 22	@ Diamondbacks	–	—	–
127	August 24	@ Twins	–	—	–
128	August 25	@ Twins	–	—	–
129	August 26	@ Twins	–	—	–
130	August 27	@ Twins	–	—	–
131	August 28	@ Mets	–	—	–
132	August 29	@ Mets	–	—	–
133	August 30	@ Mets	–	—	–

September/October: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
134	September 1	Twins	–	—	–
135	September 2	Twins	–	—	–
136	September 3	Twins	–	—	–
137	September 4	Astros	–	—	–
138	September 5	Astros	–	—	–
139	September 6	Astros	–	—	–
140	September 8	Athletics	–	—	–
141	September 9	Athletics	–	—	–
142	September 10	Athletics	–	—	–
143	September 11	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
144	September 12	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
145	September 13	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
146	September 14	@ Blue Jays	–	—	–
147	September 15	@ Guardians	–	—	–
148	September 16	@ Guardians	–	—	–
149	September 17	@ Guardians	–	—	–
150	September 18	Red Sox	–	—	–
151	September 19	Red Sox	–	—	–
152	September 20	Red Sox	–	—	–
153	September 22	Mariners	–	—	–
154	September 23	Mariners	–	—	–
155	September 24	Mariners	–	—	–
156	September 25	@ Angels	–	—	–
157	September 26	@ Angels	–	—	–
158	September 27	@ Angels	–	—	–
159	September 28	@ Mariners	–	—	–
160	September 29	@ Mariners	–	—	–
161	September 30	@ Mariners	–	—	–
162	October 1	@ Mariners	–	—	–

Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
American League
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	1–2	2–1	3–3	.500	26	19
Boston Red Sox	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
New York Yankees	3–1	0–0	3–1	.750	24	8
Tampa Bay Rays	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Toronto Blue Jays	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
	4–3	2–1	6–4	.600	50	27
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Cleveland Guardians	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Detroit Tigers	0–0	2–1	2–1	.667	17	9
Kansas City Royals	2–1	3–0	5–1	.833	48	22
Minnesota Twins	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
	2–1	5–1	7–2	.778	65	31
AL West
Houston Astros	0–0	2–1	2–1	.667	17	11
Los Angeles Angels	0–0	2–1	2–1	.667	30	14
Oakland Athletics	2–1	3–1	5–2	.714	54	22
Seattle Mariners	3–0	2–1	5–1	.833	36	18
Texas Rangers	—	—	—	—	—	—
	5–1	9–4	14–5	.737	137	65

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
National League
NL East
Atlanta Braves	1–2	0–0	1–2	.333	12	22
Miami Marlins	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
New York Mets	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Philadelphia Phillies	3–0	0–0	3–0	1.000	29	11
Washington Nationals	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
	4–2	0–0	4–2	.667	41	33
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	0–0	1–2	1–2	.333	11	14
Cincinnati Reds	0–0	0–3	0–3	.000	15	19
Milwaukee Brewers	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Pittsburgh Pirates	0–0	2–1	2–1	.667	13	9
St. Louis Cardinals	2–0	0–0	2–0	1.000	10	7
	2–0	3–6	5–6	.455	49	49
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	1–1	0–0	1–1	.500	13	16
Colorado Rockies	3–0	0–0	3–0	1.000	31	10
Los Angeles Dodgers	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
San Diego Padres	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
San Francisco Giants	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
	4–1	0–0	4–1	.800	44	26

Season standings

American League West

v
t
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AL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	90	72	.556	—	39‍–‍42	51‍–‍30
Texas Rangers	90	72	.556	—	50‍–‍31	40‍–‍41
Seattle Mariners	88	74	.543	2	45‍–‍36	43‍–‍38
Los Angeles Angels	73	89	.451	17	38‍–‍43	35‍–‍46
Oakland Athletics	50	112	.309	40	26‍–‍55	24‍–‍57

American League Wild Card

v
t
e
Division leaders
Team	W	L	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	101	61	.623
Houston Astros	90	72	.556
Minnesota Twins	87	75	.537

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t
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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

Current roster

40-man roster

Non-roster invitees

Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

15 Bruce Bochy

Coaches

27 Tony Beasley (third base)
-- Dave Bush (assistant pitching)
86 Seth Conner (assistant hitting)
14 Donnie Ecker (offensive coordinator)
87 Brett Hayes (quality control)
41 Mike Maddux (pitching)
64 Corey Ragsdale (first base)
-- Jordan Tiegs (bullpen)
-- Luis Urueta (bench)
-- Justin Viele (hitting)
88 Bobby Wilson (catching)

39 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees

7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
* Not on active roster
^† Suspended list
Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated December 2, 2024
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Farm system

Level	Team	League
Triple-A	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League
Double-A	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas League
High-A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League
Low-A	Down East Wood Ducks	Carolina League
Rookie	ACL Rangers	Arizona Complex League
Foreign Rookie	DSL Rangers 1	Dominican Summer League
Foreign Rookie	DSL Rangers 2	Dominican Summer League

References

^ Polishuk, Mark (October 21, 2022). "Rangers Hire Bruce Bochy As Manager". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023". the Guardian. Associated Press. September 9, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.

External links

2023 Texas Rangers season at Baseball-Reference.com
2023 Texas Rangers fullseason schedule and
Statistics

[1] Polishuk, Mark (October 21, 2022). "Rangers Hire Bruce Bochy As Manager". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[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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-The '''2023 Texas Rangers season''' will be the 63rd of the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] franchise overall, their 52nd in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]] as the Rangers, and the 4th season at [[Globe Life Field]]. It is also the team's first season under the management of [[Bruce Bochy]].
+The '''2023 Texas Rangers season''' is the 63rd of the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] franchise overall, their 52nd in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]] as the Rangers, and the 4th season at [[Globe Life Field]]. It is also the team's first season under the management of [[Bruce Bochy]].
 == Offseason ==