Please welcome your new kings, AL Central citizens. With today’s 4-0 win over the Royals, Cleveland has claimed sole possession of the division lead, and with the White Sox having an off-day today, they will hold that lead on their own until tomorrow night, at minimum.
How did we get here? Well, long ago two atoms rubbed together and caused an explosion. Some things happened, some time passed, and then Franmil Reyes launched a ball 400 feet and pulled out a fake bazooka rounding second base. And it was beautiful.
Now, to be clear, Cleveland didn’t need Franmil Reyes to take another pitcher deep today for his ninth home run of the season.