16-21 is basically just a mediocre stretch that every team goes through at some point in the year. The Rays' series at the Trop was a bummer, but we were in decent shape heading into it, all things considered, with how miserable we've been with injury luck.
The Yankees could easily go 15-15 over their next 30 games while we break out. The Rays, despite their devil magic, haven't even rated as a good team, regression is expected to come for them.
The second WC team was the other team in the ALCS last year lol. We're fine, lot of season left to go.