MINNEAPOLIS -- These are the New York Yankees, and they don’t measure success by how they do in this or any other American League Division Series.

This team won 103 games during the regular season and has much higher ambitions than just getting by the Twins. That’s why the Yankees want to get this best-of-five series over as quickly as possible, as they’ll send right-hander Luis Severino to the mound for Game 3 on Monday night at Target Field.

Here are three keys to how the Yankees can complete the sweep over the Twins.

Keep the hex and finish the job
The Yankees have won 12 straight postseason games against the Twins. That certainly has to be on the Twins' minds.

The Yankees can’t let them forget it. The Twins haven’t won a postseason game against them since 2004.

Remember '04? Remember that hex? The Red Sox were dealing with the "Curse of the Bambino," and all that voodoo, and hadn’t won a World Series since 1918. The Yankees won the first three games against them in the AL Championship Series, and the Red Sox obituary was being written in every New England newspaper.

But the Yankees let them get away. The Red Sox had a stirring victory in Game 4 and went on to shock New York in seven games. All it took was one victory to claim some momentum. The Twins won 101 games this year for a reason. The Yankees don’t need them to suddenly find some karma in Minneapolis.

Manager Aaron Boone’s approach to Game 3 suggests he feels this is critical.

“I would say that anything's on the table,” Boone said. “We're going to pour everything in. [Pitcher J.A.] Happ will be available in Game 3, and we'll just see how it unfolds, and then we'll go from there. We're going into Game 3 with the old all hands on deck.”

Have Stanton join the fun
The Yankees don’t lack offensive firepower. They scored 18 runs in the first two games against the Twins in New York.

Giancarlo Stanton contributed with four walks and a sacrifice fly while going hitless in three at-bats. No doubt he is still trying to find his offensive groove after playing only 18 games during the regular season. But he also had only four singles in 18 at-bats against the Astros in last year’s ALDS loss while going 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.

The Yankees' lineup is so loaded that they don’t have to rely on one guy. But they could certainly use Stanton to help finish off the Twins.

“I'm pretty pleased with where he is, considering as much time as he has missed this year,” Boone said. “I feel like his at-bats toward the end of the season, where he got into a handful of games, were mostly good, and he's carried that into the postseason. I feel like he's doing a really good job, along with the rest of our guys, of really controlling the strike zone and swinging at strikes.”

Severino needs his secondary stuff
Severino has made only three starts since returning from injury, and his secondary pitches haven’t been quite as devastating as they were last season, when he won 19 games.

Severino had a 26 percent strikeout rate on his changeup last season and a 37.4 percent whiff rate on his slider. So far this year, those rates are 11.8 and 28 percent, respectively.

Severino is still showing he can dominate hitters. He has struck out 17 in 12 innings. But more swings and misses rather than pitches being fouled off will help get him deeper into games.

“Really, from his first start in the big leagues, felt like his delivery was good, felt like the stuff was good and overall, the commands are good,” Boone said. “Feel like he's ready to roll, and he gives us a really good chance every time we hand him the ball.”