You can go ahead and blame Girardi for putting the Yankees in this situation. It's pretty clear this team and all their lefties are in a far more arduous situation if they have to pack up and go across the country to play a one-game playoff in someone else's building. And yet Girardi fielded two half-assed teams yesterday, hanging Nova and Severino out to dry and rendering game 162 enormous. It's pretty ironic he spent the entire year making sure everyone is rested and now instead of the regulars getting two full days off before the wildcard game they have to go balls-to-the-wall on the last day of the season.
But it's not entirely Joe's fault. The guys on the field are playing AWFUL. The offense is listless. The bullpen is faltering way more often. The starting pitching is just good enough to make this team painfully mediocre. But all of that can flip in an instant. We've seen it before and it can start today. Big Mike on the mound against a team that's pretty much had his number all season long outside of one outstanding start. If he can dial it up and be as good as he can be the Yanks have nothing to worry about. If he doesn't have it you'll know it right away and will probably be reaching for your phone early to check the score of the Astros game.
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