Yankees vs. Twins

As I depress myself watching "30 for 30: 4 Nights in October", why not make it worse and preview the Yankees and Twins

Catcher: Jorge Posada vs. Joe Mauer. Advantage: Twins. Both guys had injured years, but the reigning MVP is younger, a better hitter (minus power) and better fielder.
First Base: Mark Teixeira vs. Mike Cuddyer. Advantage: Yankees. Mike Cuddyer is one of my favorite players but I Tex is as good as they come. Off year wither over 30 homers and 100 driven in.
Second Base: Robinson Cano vs. Orlando Hudson. Advantage: Yankees. O-Dog is a nice improvement for the Twinkies but Cano might win the MVP.
Third Base: Alex Rodriguez vs. Danny Valencia. Advantage: Yankees. Valencia has good numbers...but it's A-Rod
Short Stop: Derek Jeter vs. JJ Hardy. Advantage: Yankees. Yes, Jeter had a bad year, but his numbers were still better than Hardy's and Jeter always comes up big in October
Left Field: Brett Gardner vs. Delmon Young. Advantage: Yankees. Don't call me biased. I know Young had a GREAT year. Young has a .333 OBP, Gardner's is .383. Gardner steals bases and doesn't get caught too open. Young's got the power, but Gardner does his job better than Young does his.
Center Field: Curtis Granderson vs. Denard Span. Advantage: Even. Both are OK. Span isn't a good leadoff hitter but Granderson isn't a great middle of the line up guy.
Right Field: Nick Swisher vs. Jason Kubel. Advantage: Yankees. Both are good, Kubel is a very nice role player for the Twins, but Swisher proved himself as a legitimate threat this year.
Designated Hitter: Lance Berkman/Marcus Thames vs. Jim Thome. Advantage: Twins. It's not even close, he's Jim Thome.
Starting Pitching: Advantage: Twins. Two worst rotations in the post season but the Twins are the lesser of two evils in this one. Yankees have too many question marks.
Bullpen. Advantage: Twins. Twins have a great pen of former closers, Yankees have even more question marks there.
Closer: Mariano Rivera vs. Matt Capps. Advantage: Yankees. See "Designated Hitter" but replace "Thome" with "Rivera". No contest.
Bench. Advantage: Yankees. Both have OK benches, Twins don't have many threats there though.

I don't do overall predictions with the Yankees. I do know that good pitching stops good hitting, but can OK pitching stop superior hitting? That's what it'll come down to.