Last night Jaret Wright left his start early. It turns out it was an injury.

Turns out, Wright's ribs were not a problem. His groin, however, could be another story. Wright came out of his start last night after throwing five scoreless innings because he tweaked his groin in both the fourth and fifth.

Wright is expected to make his next scheduled start Sunday against Kansas City, Joe Torre said, and Wright downplayed questions about the injury afterward. But it's certainly enough to cause concern in Yankeeland, especially because Wright is perhaps more important than ever because Carl Pavano is scheduled for surgery, Shawn Chacon is on the disabled list and Aaron Small has struggled.

"I'm really not concerned at all," Wright said. "I just tweaked it twice. I definitely wanted to go back out there, but it was probably the smart thing to do to come out."

Probably. I believe three tweaks equals a pull.