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Our Post experts predict the winner of the MLB playoff ALDS series between the New York Yankees and Minnesota Twins that begins on Friday night in the Bronx:

Ken Davidoff: Yankees in 5

The Twins will pick up as many postseason victories over the Yankees in this next week as they notched in the prior 16 years. Not more than two, though, because the Yankees savages in the lineup will do considerable damage against Minnesota’s thin pitching staff and because the Yankees’ deep bullpen will limit the damage done by the Twins’ Bomba Squad.

George A. King III: Yankees in 5

The Yankees have Aroldis Chapman and the Twins don’t. The Yankees have Chad Green and the Twins don’t. The Yankees have Zack Britton and the Twins don’t.

Dan Martin: Yankees in 4

The Yankees have dominated the postseason matchups between the two teams, but they insist this Twins team is different. For one thing, Minnesota figures to be able to match perhaps the Yankees’ biggest strength — their power — and the Yankees are still dealing with some concerning injuries. But for all the questions about the Yankees’ rotation, it should be better than Minnesota’s, and the Yankees built their bullpen with October in mind.

Joel Sherman: Yankees in 4

Home field should matter, so should the superior pen (though Minnesota’s is very good). Yankees’ key to the series: Chad Green.

Mike Vaccaro: Twins in 4

The Twins teams that served as Yankee punching bags in the past so often were hobbled by one thing: a glaring lack of firepower. But these Twins went toe to toe with the Yankees for the AL home run crown and will play this series the same way, and if they can steal one of the two early games in the Bronx, the Yanks could be in for a world of hurt back in Minneapolis.

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