Joe Girardi won’t go there yet. He can’t go there yet. He probably shouldn’t go there yet.
“I think it’s very important to find out where we need to be and what we need to do,” the Yankees’ manager said Thursday, after the Yankees edged the White Sox 3-2 at Yankee Stadium to draw within three games of the first-place Blue Jays in the American League East and lower their magic number for clinching a playoff spot to five. And that’s as specific as Girardi would get regarding the club’s short-term future.
Nothing stops The Post from going there, though, so let’s discuss: It’s quite unlikely the Yankees (84-68) will overtake Toronto (87-65) to win the division, and it’s essentially just as improbable the Yankees will tumble out of the playoffs altogether.