MLB series of the week

If the playoffs started today, this would be the American League wild-card matchup. The Yankees probably would want Luis Severino (13-6, 2.93) to start and could arrange their rotation accordingly; the Twins might need their best pitchers in the final week of the regular season in trying to hold off the Angels for the second wild-card spot. In this series, the Yankees could start two pitchers acquired in trade: Sonny Gray, who came from Oakland and has given up more than two earned runs once in eight starts for New York, and Jaime Garcia. The Atlanta Braves traded Garcia to the Twins in July; Minnesota flipped him to the Yankees after believing it might fall out of contention. Garcia started one game for the Twins and won; he has started six games for the Yankees and won none.