Why should anything be different this season? For starters, the starters.
Led by staff ace Chris Archer at the top of the rotation, the Rays have one of the best group of starters in the game. Drew Smyly will begin the season in the No. 2 spot, and he'll be followed in order by Jake Odorizzi and Matt Moore as the Rays will go with a four-man rotation for the first month of the season.
If something goes wrong, the Rays have the necessary depth at Triple-A Durham that could come up and fill the gap with Blake Snell -- who is the team's No.