The Jaime Garcia era in Minnesota is over after 6.2 innings, three earned runs, one win and zero home games. The 31-year-old lefty is headed to the Bronx, as both teams announced the Minnesota Twins were shipping the veteran to the New York Yankees for left-handed pitcher Dylan Enns and right-handed pitcher Zack Littell.

Garcia’s tenure with the Twins lasted a total of six days, as he -- along with catcher Anthony Recker -- was acquired from the Atlanta Braves on July 24 for right-handed pitcher Huascar Ynoa.

When the Twins woke up on July 24, they were 49-48 and about to start a three-game series with the sizzling Los Angeles Dodgers. The Twins were one game out of the second Wild Card spot and a mere 2.5 games out of first place. Now just six days later, the Twins are 50-52, six games out of first place and four games out of a Wild Card spot and also coming off a crushing walk-off loss to the Oakland A’s -- the team with the worst record in the American League -- on Saturday night. Worse yet is that they’d have two teams to leapfrog to get into that game, and another three teams -- the Angels, Rangers and Orioles -- are each within 1.5 games of catching or surpassing them in that respect.

In other words, it’s a crowded pool that’s about to get more dicey, and the tough part about staying in the Wild Card race is that with so many teams involved, at least a few of them are guaranteed to win every night. When a team is chasing a divisional foe, at least there are some head-to-head games that can cut into a deficit, and a clear path to the postseason if a team takes care of business inside the division. That’s less true when chasing teams on either coast, and the Twins wisely opted not to try do that.

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