The upshot is this: this trade shows that Thad Levine and Derek Falvey have a pretty good idea of what’s going on with this Twins teamThe long-rumored, yet once-thought-perhaps-dead trade for Jaime Garcia has come to fruition, as the Atlanta Braves announced on Twitter Monday afternoon that the team had moved the left-handed starter, along with catcher Anthony Recker and cash for minor-league pitcher Huascar Ynoa

According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Twins are taking on the remaining $4.55 million owed to Garcia, 31, as well as all but $100k of the $300k still owed to Recker, who is making $800k this season. What’s unclear is if Recker was involved in the originally proposed deal, which was scuttled by the Braves but was reportedly sending injured relief prospect Nick Burdi to the Braves instead.

Ynoa, who turned 19 at the end of May, was signed by the A’s for as a 16-year-old out of the Dominican Republic for $800k. He’s the younger brother of Michael Ynoa, the ballyhooed pitching international prospect signed by the Oakland A’s in 2008 for a then-record $4.25 million. Ynoa got hurt, had Tommy John surgery and never played in the big leagues with the A’s, but was traded as part of the deal after 2014 that sent Jeff Samardzija to the Chicago White Sox and Marcus Semien, among others, to the A’s. Ynoa has pitched in the big leagues in each of the last two seasons with the White Sox, compiling a 4.42 ERA with 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings, but also 5.9 walks per nine and a WHIP of 1.48.

The right-handed Ynoa is much smaller than his older brother -- 6-foot-3, 175 pounds compared to 6-foot-7, 210 pounds -- and is probably at least three or four years away from pitching in the big leagues. He’s thrown just 133.1 innings as a professional, and after putting together a really strong year with the GCL Twins last season -- 3.18 ERA, 9.0 K/9, 1.10 WHIP -- has struggled a bit with the jump to the Appalachian League, posting a 5.26 ERA in 25.2 innings at Elizabethton with 8.1 K/9, 4.9 BB/9 and a WHIP of 1.64.

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