Behind those three emerging stars, there are a lot of arrow-up guys in the early going and good depth throughout the list, largely on the pitching side: Fitts, Valera, Early, Brandon Clarke and Payton Tolle have all impressed and I ran out of room to include them all.

Several other teams started worse and have since mounted a comeback, salvaging the feelings of their once-down-in-the-dumps die-hard fans.  The Braves really dug quite the hole for themselves, starting a pitiful 0-7.