Pitching staff of MN with Santana, Radke and Silva(probably) in the playoffs will obviously have the upper hand when compared to that of Yankees, but u are right........Twins have no firepower in batting lineup when compared to that of the Yanks.......but if u talk about firepower in batting lineup, orioles and Whitesox have arguably the best of lineups and yet they can't make the playoffs(bad luck for orioles to be in east) .....all because of their lack of pitching capabilities, last year Yanks eliminated Twins coz they had Petitte, Clemens in their rotation to go along with their power lineup, this year their lineup just got a lot better but pitching got worse as well ........so its interesting to see who comes out on top when Twins pitching battle the Yankees lineup.........although to many it may sound like a futile series and waste of time when yanks and twins play in the ALDS(i.e. if they indeed matchup in playoffs) .but i games are not decided in paper and they are played for a reason........so we will see in playoffs.......... go twins