The Yankees’ ideal playoff opponents

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports If the postseason started today, the Yankees, Twins, and Astros would be the respective AL division champions. The Indians, Athletics, and Rays remain neck and neck for the two Wild Card spots. The division winner with the best record gets to play the winner of the Wild Card Game, but there isn’t much separation between New York and Houston at the moment. In other words, it’s too early to know who the Yankees would play in the first round. It’s not too early to speculate, though. That brings us to this week’s FanPost Friday prompt:

Which teams are the Yankees’ ideal playoff opponents?

I think we can probably all agree that the Astros aren’t the right answer…