The Yankees have altered their roster just a touch from what they had in the ALCS, dropping Freddy Guzman and Francisco Cervelli in favor of Brian Bruney and Eric Hinske.

With the subtraction of Cervelli one might wonder if Joe Girardi will still go with Jose Molina as the personal catcher for A.J. Burnett in this series. Burnett pitched well through most of the postseason, but was shelled to the tune of 6 runs in his last start out in Anaheim.

Leaving Guzman off the roster seems like an easy decision considering that he is..well, rather useless, especially with a guy like Brett Gardner coming off the bench. Not exactly sure why Girardi decided to go with Brian Bruney after not pitching for almost a month, but having an extra pitcher is not the worst idea since not having the DH for three games will give the Yankees an extra bat off the bench anyway.