At this moment in time, despite two straight ghastly losses against the Detroit Tigers in which the bullpen brought new meaning to the term "crushed by a steamroller," the New York Yankees are still sitting relatively comfortably in playoff position. After a weekend at Fenway Park? Things could get quite uncomfortable quite quickly.
Entering Thursday's not-quite-but-kind-of-sort-of-a-must-win finale against Detroit, the Yankees are one game in the loss column ahead of the Red Sox for the top Wild Card spot, and three losses (2.5 games, technically) ahead of Seattle in the final slot.