Girardi said he believed Giese would still be able to make his scheduled start on Tuesday, but that will likely depend on what happens during the pitcher's visit to Dr. Chris Ahmad today at New York-Presbyterian. Giese is hoping that he will heal with some rest and anti-inflammatory medication.
Girardi also believed that Matsui and Posada would only need rest, Wang would be fine, Jeter would play yesterday, and Joba would make his next start too. So will that track record I'm going assume he's wrong about Giese too.
Giese himself didn't sound so optimistic.
"My shoulder just stiffened up on me when I started facing Mauer," Giese said. "I was trying to overthrow and it got progressively worse and worse the more pitches I threw."
"I've had it in the past and you usually have to just give it time to rest and you can bounce back pretty well," he said. "Obviously I'm concerned. I had to come out of a ballgame and I didn't do my job. Hopefully tomorrow, the doc will have some good news."
If Giese is unable to go Tuesday, the Yankees could bring up Phil Hughes, who is scheduled to make his fifth and possibly final start in the minors on Sunday. Hughes allowed two runs in 5-2/3 innings for Triple-A Scranton on Tuesday, throwing consistently in the 93 mph range.
"They said he threw the ball pretty decent, but there are still some things he needs to work on," Girardi said. "He's building arm strength and getting closer to where he has to be."
I see nothing wrong with letting him work on things at the big league level. If the Yankees were a game out and had another viable option to pitch I'd understand leaving him in AAA, but they're not, and they don't, so just let him start.
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I think he should start on Tuesday in place of Giese.
LK
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