Giese placed on DL; 30-11 is the goal

Not much to say today, just another set of bad news. Whenever you see that the name of the injury a pitcher suffered is called “rotator cuff tendinitis”, well, 99% of the time that pitcher is going to land on the DL. Joba suffered that injury, well, he landed on the DL. Now long reliever/starter Dan Giese also got injured while throwing 15 pitches in relief of Darrell Rasner vs. the Minnesota Twins.

Guess what. The injury is rotator cuff tendinitis…again. And yeah, history repeats itself as Giese got himself a seat on the 15-day DL. The news came out after Giese was examined by Dr. Chris Ahmad at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. Giese was originally scheduled to face the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday (next) but now that hes’ injured, the most likely candidate will officially be Darrell Rasner. I, for one, would like to see Phil Hughes instead of Rasner, though. Hughes can’t be worse than Kennedy, can he?

The other topic shouldn’t be addressed as much, because everyone in Yankee Nation knows this already. Every Game is Important. The Yanks have 41 games remaining on the schedule—and they must go 30-11 to make the playoffs. Now I’m just saying 30-11 because the Yanks have 64 wins currently. 30 more would give them 94, and 11 more losses would add up to a grand total of 68, which is probably unlikely. I figure 94 would be the minimum number of wins to make the playoffs. The Rays would probably falter with several stars injured, and the Sox would likely end up with a win-loss record along the lines of 96-66 or 98-64.

Every game down the stretch is crucial. The pitching, hitting and luck must come alive again. 30-11 is a major miracle, but the Yanks at least have a chance of getting it.