Heading into their American League Divisional Series that begins Friday in The Bronx, the Minnesota Twins and New York Yankees look very similar on paper.
Both made it past the 100-win mark in the final week of the season. The Yankees earned home-field advantage with a 103-59 record, compared to 101-61 for the Twins. It would have been quite a race if they were in the same division.
But that isn’t the only similarity between the two teams:
- Both are long-ball leviathans, each smashing the prior major league record for home runs in a season.