A Biased Look at the New York Yankees, the Greatest Franchise in the History of Sports
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The Yankees didn’t snatch the division title so that just means we get to take care of the Twins earlier then we thought. Since 2003, the Twins have been in the playoffs four times and in two of those times, the Yankees took care of them in the LDS. Looks like we’re going to make that a third time.
It’ll be Francisco Liriano against I’m assuming CC Sabathia (he’s not listed yet, but they’ve been resting him) which makes for a great game one matchup. Sabthia is 13-8 with a 3.05 ERA in 28 starts against the Twins so that’s definitely good. Sabathia also has had some success against Joe Mauer, who’s just 5 for 23 against Sabathia. Francisco Liriano is 0-2 against the Yankees but he has some solid numbers in four starts. He has a 3.12 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 innings. Curtis Granderson hasn’t had much success against Liriano (four for twenty four) and neither has Mark Teixeira (three for sixteen) but Derek Jeter owns him with a 1.121 OPS in fourteen plate appearances.
Let the playoffs and the Yankees quest for a second straight world title begin.
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