The Arbitrary ChuckJerry

The Yankees are currently 1.5 games out of the wild card race behind the Oakland A's. This will be the weekend that determines if the Yankees will stay in the race or not. The Yankees are playing the team with the best record in baseball, the Chicago White Sox, and Oakland is playing the team with the league's worst record, the Kansas City Royals, who are currently in the midst of an 18 game losing streak.

If the Yankees can win 2 of 3, then they will be 2.5 games out at worst at the end of the weekend. Oakland has lost 4 in a row themselves, but they will almost certainly win the series against the Royals and may very well sweep it. The Yankees need to win this weekend's series in order to be legitimately competitive.