The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox.The AL Central is not good, but it is very interesting! The White Sox and Guardians gave us an instant classic, and the Tigers are maybe not as dead as we all thought. Plus: Power Rankings look at some homegrown talent, and uh … why was Leody Taveras playing third base?! I’m Levi Weaver — welcome to The Windup!Instant Classic: Guardians-White Sox did not disappointAs the fly ball approached White Sox center fielder Tristan Peters, the Guardians broadcast sounded a little defeated. It was the ninth inning, the game tied at 4, and with a speedier runner at third base, perhaps this would be a go-ahead sac fly by Kyle Manzardo.But with catcher Patrick Bailey on third, the call went like this:“It’s up to Manzardo. Swings and sends a high fly ball, center field … Bailey, not deep —”“Nope. Nope. Nope. Not deep enough is right.”“He’s gonna try!! Here’s the throwwwww …”Bailey was originally called out, but replay overturned the call quickly. The Guardians took a 5-4 lead, and then in the bottom of the ninth, had closer Cade Smith — he of the 54 strikeouts in 38 innings — on the mound.Folks, the Guardians did not win the game. Here, look at this win probability chart from Baseball Savant:See, in the bottom of the ninth, after a Braden Montgomery walk, Peters hit a one-out check-swing double, then both runners scored when Sam Antonacci hit a seeing-eye two-out single to end it.Well, eventually. We did get another replay, with home plate umpire Nick Mahrley announcing, “Cleveland is challenging … the whole thing.”When the call was confirmed, the White Sox (40-37) pulled back into a tie with the Guardians (41-38) atop the AL Central.Is this a good division? Oh, absolutely not. Will it be fun down the stretch? I’m starting to think so. More on that in a minute, but first …More wild finishes: A walk-off bases-loaded triple flipped another wild win-probability chart, as the Rockies beat the Red Sox 3-2.Middle Relief: Homegrown stars who’ve made their markIn today’s Power Rankings, we poked around to identify one home-drafted player who has been a benefit to each of the 30 big-league squads this year. Here are the sections for our Nos. 6 and 7 teams, the Phillies and Mariners, respectively.Philadelphia PhilliesRecord: 42-36Last Power Ranking: 10Notable draftee: Aaron Nola (Rd. 1, 2014)It’s been a rough season and a half for Nola, but kudos to him for making his 300th start last week, all with the Phillies. He’s the only active player to make even 250 starts all with one team. (Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland is the only other pitcher with 200 or more.) The Phillies snagged Nola with the seventh pick in 2014, after Brady Aiken, Tyler Kolek, Carlos Rodón, Kyle Schwarber, Nick Gordon and Alex Jackson. The player drafted immediately after Nola? Freeland, of course. — Zack MeiselSeattle MarinersRecord: 40-39Last Power Ranking: 6Notable draftees: Cole Young (Rd. 1, 2022) and Colt Emerson (Rd. 1, 2023)