And as if to remind us of baseball's continued unpredictability, the Twins, it turns out, are the only other Central club with a winning record. Go figure.
Here's a look at how things stand in the Central.
What changed at the Trade Deadline?
Beyond the Tigers scaling back their efforts for the first time since 2010, with the swaps that sent David Price, Yoenis Cespedes and Joakim Soria packing in exchange for prospects, the biggest changes came up top. Royals general manager Dayton Moore's typically cautious Deadline stance went out the window.