On Opening Day, four of the five American League West teams -- the Astros, Angels, Mariners and Rangers -- saw a reasonable path to the postseason. Other than the Astros, every team also had a significant question or two.
Did the Angels and Rangers have enough starting pitching? Could the Mariners keep their core players on the field and get Felix Hernandez back to pitching at a high level? The Athletics? That's complicated. They were competitive down the stretch last season (31-28), and so it was easy to envision them turning a corner in 2018.
Now that we've got two weeks of the regular season in the books, what's the shape of this race?