1. In today’s Post, I wrote a column about how I would construct the Yankees’ 25-man roster for the ALCS. I favored keeping Damaso Marte on the roster and adding Freddy Guzman in favor of Eric Hinske.

The other big question on the docket is whether the Yankees should use CC Sabathia three times (once on three day’s rest) if the series goes seven games. Rain could make this decision for the Yankees. If one of the first two games is postponed then the teams will try to play on Sunday, eliminating an off-day and probably meaning the Yanks will then turn to a four-man rotation with Chad Gaudin almost certainly the No. 4 starter.

But if the games are played as scheduled then, yes, of course, Sabathia should go three times. He did not pitch well this season against the Angels. Nevertheless, he is the Yankees’ main man in the rotation. Besides Gaudin was 0-1 with an 11-.74 ERA in two starts this year against the Angels.

Also, keep in mind, this is not an overworked Sabathia. Without any postponements, Sabathia will be making just his third start in 20 days on Friday night. This is not an overworked pitcher here. He should be able to handle this assignment physically and the Yankees should give it to him.

2. The Yankees traded for Nick Swisher with the idea that he would be their first baseman. Instead, they made a late, successful run to sign free agent Mark Teixeira. That meant Teixeira would be spurning and leaving the Angels. So the Angels turned to Kendry Morales to play first base.

So after that little overture we now present the top three homer hitters among switch hitters in the majors: 1) Mark Teixeira, 39. 2) Kendry Morales, 34. 3) Nick Swisher, 29.

I guess it worked out well for everybody.

3. Billy Wagner told the Post’s Mike Puma he is leaning toward retirement. If he does leave the game, he will fall 15 saves short of 400 and 40 short of passing John Franco for the most all-time by a lefty. But Wagner could be secure that no one is going to knock him out of second place for a while.

Wagner has 385 saves. The next most by an active player is the 187 of Eddie Guardado. But Guardado indicated that he, too, may retire. Besides it is not as if Guardado is going to accumulate another 200 saves anyway. That leaves Angels closer, Brian Fuentes, next on the active lefty list at 163. Which means we could be looking at a person not even in pro ball yet who may be the next legitimate candidate to make a run toward the top of this list.

Also, it is usually far easier to say you are retiring in the frustration when a season ends then when teams start waving money at you. I suspect that Wagner could no longer get the big dollars bestowed on an elite closer.

But he came back well from Tommy John surgery. In 17 games, he held opponents to a .154 batting average, including .111 (2-for-18) vs. lefties. I would not be surprised if some team offered Wagner, say, $2 million with a chance to make another $3 million-plus in incentives tied to games finished. The team would earmark Wagner to be the closer and if he could not handle that grind they would have an excellent lefty set-up man for $2 million.