My Rays lost two of our three best starting pitchers, including our ace who is gone for the season. We have another key starting pitcher who isn't back yet from Tommy John last year, and another starter who just got back from injury a couple of weeks ago. We have literally played parts of this season with a rotation of just three real starting pitchers, one of whom is a rookie. We just now got our closer from last season back. We lost our DH, who was supposed to be one of our best bats, in the first game of the season—he's still not back. We have a fraction of the payroll of a lot of other teams (1/3 the payroll of the New York Yankees; the top four hitters in their lineup make more than our entire team). And a first year manager.
And tonight we're sitting tied for first in the AL East a quarter of the way in. I'm pretty happy with things so far.