If the Major League Baseball season ended today the Chicago White Sox would be the top seed in the American League playoffs taking on the number eight seed Cleveland Indians in a best of five series.

The surging Sox now have a two game lead in the AL Central after beating the Minnesota Twins on Monday with two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.

The national media is taking note of the South Siders, too. This from ESPN.com’s MLB Insiders:

The White Sox are 21-5 since Aug. 16, the best record in baseball in that span. We have to consider them the best team in the American League, right? They have the best overall record and the biggest run differential, and they are blazing hot and confident right now. In those 26 games, they’re hitting .292/.356/.517 and averaging 6.4 runs per game. This offense resembles … well, the Twins’ offense of last season. The Twins, however, do not possess that same record-breaking firepower, with only Cruz matching or exceeding last year’s numbers. The Twins scored a whopping 231 more runs than the White Sox in 2019. The White Sox have outscored the Twins by 33 runs so far in 2020.

With the national media taking note of the White Sox, lets hope that Chicago’s own baseball fans take a look at this super-exciting team.

Here are highlights from the team’s Monday night win over the Royals.