2023 Major League Baseball season
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The 2023 Major League Baseball season (MLB) began on March 30.[1] The 93rd All-Star Game was played on July 11, hosted by the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, with the National League winning, 3–2.[2] The regular season ended on October 1, and the postseason began on October 3, and ended with Game 5 of the World Series on November 1. This season saw the introduction of several rule changes: in an effort to create a quicker pace of play, a pitch clock was introduced along with other minor changes, while limits on defensive shifts and larger bases were also introduced.
This article is about the 2023 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2023 in baseball.
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2023 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 30 – November 1, 2023 |
Number of games | 162 |
Number of teams | 30 |
TV partner(s) | Fox/FS1 TBS ESPN/ABC MLB Network |
Streaming partner(s) | MLB.tv Apple TV+ Peacock Max (Postseason only) |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Paul Skenes |
Picked by | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | NL: Ronald Acuña Jr. (ATL) AL: Shohei Ohtani (LAA) |
Postseason | |
AL champions | Texas Rangers |
AL runners-up | Houston Astros |
NL champions | Arizona Diamondbacks |
NL runners-up | Philadelphia Phillies |
World Series | |
Champions | Texas Rangers |
Runners-up | Arizona Diamondbacks |
World Series MVP | Corey Seager (TEX) |
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