These two will face off in what looks to be a pitchers duel

The big picture will always be more predictive of how well you can expect a player to keep hitting.Matsui put together a fine season for himself, and the Yankees will have to decide whether or not they want to bring him back. Both of these players are fine hitters, but Matsui is a superior one. Ibanez will play left field in Philadelphia home games, though, and Matsui won't step foot in the outfield during the series. Edge: Yankees, but the Phils have an edge in home games with Ibanez vs Damon.. CC Sabathia: 7 IP per start, 3.40 ERA, 2.26 BB/9, 7.65 K/9Cliff Lee: 6.94 IP per start, 3.81 ERA, 2.43 BB/9, 6.81 K/9These two aces were teammates for years with the Cleveland Indians, but both have since been traded and have led their respective teams to the playoffs.They both excel with great command, so don't expect to see either of them put batters on the bases for free. Sabathia has dominated this year with a new grip on his changeup, that has been his most effective pitch all season long. Cliff Lee doesn't have a knockout pitch like CC, but he commands all of his pitches well, which gets the job done.

These two will face off in what looks to be a pitchers duel.Edge: Yankees.. AJ Burnett: 6.37 IP per start, 3.75 ERA, 3.63 BB/9, 8.75 K/9Andy Pettitte: 6.39 IP per start, 3.91 ERA, 2.68 BB/9, 6.82 K/9Pedro Martinez: 5.24 IP per start, 3.54 ERA, 2.33 BB/9, 8.2 K/9Cole Hamels: 6.36 IP per start, 3.43 ERA, 2.27 BB/9, 8.4 K/9It looks like the Phillies have the edge here based on the numbers, but you have to keep in mind that the Phillies pitchers don't have to face a designated hitter, so their numbers will look better.Hamels is definitely superior to Pedro, so I'm not sure why the Phils have opted to pitch Pedro in game 2, but it should make for some fun drama. I was at this game, and lets just say things didn't work out too well for Pedro Expect some "Who's your daddy" chants.Edge: Push All of these pitchers have pretty similar outlooks.. I'm not going to get into all of the numbers here, but it seems that the Yankees possess a better 'pen. Rivera is the best closer in the world, and Lidge has struggled quite a bit this season.Setup men Phil Hughes and Ryan Madson are both exceptional, and then both teams have serviceable middle relievers.Advantage: Yanks. The Yankees will play a few games in a National League ballpark, where they will lose their DH and the bench will become more important.

However, it will also give the Yankees the best pinch hitter either team has to offer, Hideki Matsui. The bench shouldn't play that big of a role in the series, and the teams haven't announced who they are carrying yet. Since I don't know who will be on both teams bench, I won't give one team's the edge over the others.Even if I did, the separation in talent between the benches really shouldn't play into the series that much.. After looking at each position, I figured I'd calculate the log5 odds. I used Wins Above Replacement from FanGraphs from the 2009 season, and this is what I got.