The Cincinnati Reds routed the hapless Chicago White Sox on Sunday 11-4, and by doing so wrapped a three-game series sweep of the AL Central club for the first time in Chicago.
It was a series that also featured a 5-0 shutout and 11-1 thumping, and clearly the Sox are mired in the kind of half-rebuild, half-injury-hell that the Reds themselves so recently slogged through. Here are three takeaways from the Reds sweep over the weekend and what they might mean moving forward.
Nick Lodolo is the ace the Reds deserve
The Reds have amassed some pretty intriguing arm depth in their arm barn over the course of this rebuild.