2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team
The 2023 Texas Tech Red Raiders baseball team represented Texas Tech University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Raiders played their home games at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas and competed as members of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by eleventh-year head coach Tim Tadlock.
Previous season
The 2022 team finished the regular season 36–18, 15–9 in Big 12 play, finishing fourth in the conference. The team went 1–2 in the Big 12 tournament, defeating Kansas State in game 1, losing to [2022 2022 Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma Sooners football team|Oklahoma] in game 2 and were eliminated by Kansas State in game 3. The Red Raiders were invited to the Statesboro Regional, going 2–2. The team was defeated by Notre Dame in game 1, before defeating UNC Greensboro and host Georgia Southern in the next two games. The Red Raiders would be eliminated from the tournament in game 4, losing 1–2 against Notre Dame. The 2022 team finished the season with an overall record of 39–22.Players drafted into the MLB
| 1 | 12 | Jace Jung | 2B | Detroit Tigers |
| 4 | 114 | Andrew Morris | P | Minnesota Twins |
| 5 | 143 | Brandon Birdsell | P | Chicago Cubs |
| 6 | 190 | Chase Hampton | P | New York Yankees |
Preseason
Big 12 media poll
The Big 12's preseason poll was released on January 26.| Big 12 media poll | - | - |
| 1 | TCU | 61 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 59 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 48 |
| 4 | Texas | 43 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 38 |
| 6 | West Virginia | 28 |
| 7 | Kansas State | 17 |
| 8 | Kansas | 16 |
| 9 | Baylor | 14 |
Schedule
- indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest. All times are in central time.