The problem is that the Yankees will come to their senses eventually!
if they move A-Rod to SS, Jeter to 3rd and sign some kind of decent defensive 2B (NB: neither Cairo nor Wilson), then the Yankees biggest weakness apart from their bullpen, their defense up the middle, would be pretty much fixed. Add the offensive boost, and the Yanks are better in pretty much every department than last year.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I love short-series playoff games.
EDIT: My decision to pluralise 'A-Rod' was questionable at best.