Of course he is good, his )(&*$^)(^*(*&# name is Fielder.

Keith Law recently wrote a column on how the Brewers had turned around, including the following sentence "Fielder went seventh overall in 2002 despite his fame."

Prince Fielder went 7th behind Bryan Bullington, BJ Upton, Christopher Gruller, Adam Lowen, Clinton Everts, and Zach Grinke. Naturally the Tigers picked 8th (because it would have made too much sense for him to play here) and selected Scott Moore, who was included in the trade to the Cubs for Kyle Farnsworth.

I mean cmon. Look at this guy.


His dad, Cecil Fielder was an amazing player. He was one of those legitimately strong guys who was just built like a mac truck and didn't need to do much to stay strong. The kind who carry refrigerators down flights of stairs one handed. Or at least he did from a nine year olds perspective. Unfortunately, at least in my mind, he could not stay in good enough shape to be dominant for a long period of time. I remember a Cecil Fielder triple that lasted at least three handfuls of popcorn.

Prince's power as a kid was well known. Every now and again you would read the news and notes section of the paper and see something about him hitting a ball 425'. This was when he was in his early teens.

So here is the thing. Prince Fielder is Cecil Fielder, but with modern conditioning, off-season programs, nutrition, etc. He is much more likely to stay in shape and productive for a long period of time.

Now imagine that things had turned out just a bit different and the Tigers had the 7th pick in 02. Can you imagine him hitting 6th in this lineup? you think he would have more than 81 rbis if he hit the same 28 homers this year with: Sheffield, Ordonez, and Guillen hitting in front of him?

Bah.
J