After a 0-10 stretch in the middle of Summer, the Cleveland Guardians looked dead in the water. They were 15.5 games back of the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were sent to baseball purgatory , and the Guardians had just traded former Cy Young winner Shane Bieber to the Toronto Blue Jays.

The vibes in Cleveland couldn’t have been any lower.

Fast forward to this afternoon, and the Guardians finished a three-game sweep of the Tigers , and the division lead has been cut to 3.5 games.

Cleveland has put the heat on Detroit, and next week’s rematch between the two might decide the AL Central.

I’m not sure the Guardians are even good at baseball, but their pitching staff has figured things out at the perfect time.

It wasn’t a surprise that the Guardians

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