Many in the baseball community were concerned that the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks World Series might not be popular with the general public, and the first three games’ ratings appear to support those worries.

There weren’t many more thrilling sports tales going into the 2023 World Series than the ones the Rangers and Diamondbacks gave their supporters during the last few weeks of the season and the MLB playoffs this year.

Texas’s approach to the game was fan-friendly, as they used their offensive prowess to overwhelm opponents and get to the championship series. Arizona produced a memorable tale of a “Little Engine that Could,” defeating some of the league’s top teams en route to the World Series despite only winning 84 games.

Regretfully for MLB, such intriguing stories haven’t done much to pique baseball fans’ interest. Although the Game 4 television ratings have not yet been released, it is likely that they will be low given that the first three games of the 2023 World Series have already established new lows for the MLB championship.

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Texas Rangers The World Series TV viewership hit a record low during Game 3.
the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas RangersThanks to Joe Camporeale of USA TODAY Sports, Sports TV Ratings has provided the stats after every game. The Texas Rangers won Game 1 in an entertaining 11-inning game that drew in 9.17 million people. It seems logical that there was excitement for the first game, but the two clubs haven’t been able to sustain it since.

With an average of 8.15 million viewers for the Diamondbacks’ convincing 9-1 victory, Game 2 saw a loss of over a million viewers. The average viewership for Game 3 on Monday saw a further fall to 8.13 million, but not as sharp as before.

Both games broke the previous record of 8.16 million viewers that tuned in for Game 3 of the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Tampa Bay Rays 2020 World Series, making them the least viewed World Series contests in the modern era. which, naturally, happened during the COVID pandemic inside the MLB bubble.

The Rangers won 11-7 on Tuesday to take a 3-1 series lead. Arizona will host Game 5 on Wednesday night.