Prince Fielder general thread

[Honus Wagner Rules]

OK, I thought Fielder needs his own thread. The kid is amazing. So far he is batting .361 and leads the NL in hits with 30.

[Francoeurstein]

That's a jawdropper, we'd all expect him to lead in homers and rbis.:eek:

[The Dude]

I must say I was worried a little after the first series of the season against the pirates when he was 0-9 with 7 K's. However, he's become what everyone's said of him for awhile: a natural.

And it is a bit interesting he's leading in hits instead of HR's. With Cecil as his father, didn't expect that. :crazy

The biggest suprise to me is Prince's defense. He's looked like a cat (Well, a very big cat) on the field so far, and only has one error.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Does anyone have any articles or even video of Prince hitting balls into the upper deck at Tiger Stadium when he was 12 years old?

[TheKingofKings]

Does anyone have any articles or even video of Prince hitting balls into the upper deck at Tiger Stadium when he was 12 yesrs old?

Did he seriously , cause that spells J-U-I-C-E in my Dictionnary .

[TheKingofKings]

That's a jawdropper, we'd all expect him to lead in homers and rbis.:eek:

Dont expect that much out of Prince in his 1st year man .

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Did he seriously , cause that spells J-U-I-C-E in my Dictionnary .
No. Prince was very large for a 12 year old. In fact out of high school some teams passed on him because they thought he was obese.

[brewcrew82]

Did he seriously , cause that spells J-U-I-C-E in my Dictionnary .

Juiced at 12? Thats just silly. Whatever happened to people that have a natural homerun stroke?

[The Dude]

Two home runs in today's game, although one was probably helped a little bit by the wind.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Juiced at 12? Thats just silly. Whatever happened to people that have a natural homerun stroke?
I think Prince had an adult's body and strength at age 12. Look who his father is.

[XBucky]

Another huge day today with 2 Homers at Wrigley. Amazing how he's gotten going, even against a full shift he's able to pull the ball by them.

[brewcrew82]

I think Prince had an adult's body and strength at age 12. Look who his rather is.

Exactly, that's my thoughts.

[brewer fan]

Did he seriously , cause that spells J-U-I-C-E in my Dictionnary .


:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

You might want to use that dictionary...

[The Dude]

You might want to use that dictionary...

That's one of the better burns I've seen in awhile.

Anyway, I really liked Prince's performance this weekend. Even though he had a few K's, he showed he could still walk when he's Ked out in a game and that's good. Showing maybe he's improving his eye.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

What's interesting is that Prince is a completely different hitter than his father.

[XBucky]

Just saw an interesting Stat on TV. Prince is hitting .429 vs Left Handed Pitchers. Usually the lefty on lefty advantage would go to the Pitcher. He's going to be something else. Hopefully we can keep him in Milwaukee.

[brewcrew82]

Prince has been named NL Rookie of the Month...He hit .344 with five home runs, 16 RBI's and 15 runs scored.

Congrats Prince!

[The Dude]

Here's hoping he'll keep it up and join Chris, DBow, and El Caballo in PIttsburgh this summer.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

So far Prince Fielder has been as good as advertised. He's my starting 1B on my fantasy team. I had Dmitri Young starting initially but I dumped him after 10 days and Prince has been raking ever since! :D

[The Dude]

I think he's been even better than advertised right now.

Most predictions I heard before the season were something like:
-.280 Average
-25 HR's
-80 RBI's
-Bad to fair fielding.


So far he's mashing the ball and his fielding has been pretty good for a man of his stature.

[The Dude]

Anyone else watch the clip of Prince Fielder destroying Todd Greene? That's just not fair.
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/images/2006/05/04/R5ksO7iK.jpg

[brewcrew82]

Still haven't seen the play. :evil

[XBucky]

I haven't seen the clip either, is it out there anywhere?

[The Dude]

May 4th (http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/multimedia/tp_archive.jsp?c_id=mil)

Clickon that, scroll to may 4th

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Any word on Fielder's groin injury? He left Sunday's game early because of it.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Anyone else watch the clip of Prince Fielder destroying Todd Greene? That's just not fair.
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/images/2006/05/04/R5ksO7iK.jpg
OUCH!!!!!!!! He pulverised Greene. :eek: Prince runs pretty well for a big man.

[The Dude]

Yeah. I know i've probably said it a few times, but I'm just amazed at how agile he is for his size.

[BrewCrew]

Did he seriously , cause that spells J-U-I-C-E in my Dictionnary .


Yes he did but you have to remember they got a "Short Porch" over there

[W_Marone]

question, Prince Fielder is one of the best hitters this year so far as far as average correct? Didnt he start the season out going 2 for perhaps 20 or something?

[The Dude]

He went 1 for 11 and has been hot ever since he got that first hit.

[The Dude]

Another 2 home runs in a game for Prince.
One was 475, only 6 feet short of breaking the record for longest regular season HR at miller.

[XBucky]

I was listening to the game last night and Jim Powell couldn't stop talking about how far Prince hit that. Would have loved to see that live!

[Thunder John]

When is Ned going to flip-flop Prince and Jenkins in the order? Jenkins, tonight notwithstanding, strikes out too much and isn't nearly the hitter Fielder is.

Plus, imagine how many extra fastballs that young man will see with Carlos behind him rather than Koskie.

Oh, the possibilities.

[Lala63]

Other than losing to the Reds, Fielder had an impressive night batting. I think he went 3/3! Batting 1.000 is a big help.

[Thunder John]

I really believe Prince is several batting titles waiting to happen.

[Lala63]

I really believe Prince is several batting titles waiting to happen.

I agree with you.

[Bigfly]

I am most amazed by his splits. Most first year hitters have problems adjusting to ML pitching. Lefties usually have particular problems hitting the quality lefthanders in the bigs. Some never make that adjustment. Prince has no issues in that area. He is truely amazing in that respect.


vs. Left .321 .351 .679 1.030
vs. Right .326 .388 .477 .865

[Lala63]

I think Prince Fielder was what we needed. It was about time that the Brewers stopped wasting their time and money on Overbay. See, I knew from the start that Fielder was going to be a star. Although he had a shady start, he is crushing the ball...helping me in my fantasy baseball league, I might add.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Hey, so what's wrong with Prince? He is hitting only .217 in June so far. However, he is slugging .550 in June. I guess he needs to make some adjustments.

[Brewers101]

Hey, so what's wrong with Prince? He is hitting only .217 in June so far. However, he is slugging .550 in June. I guess he needs to make some adjustments.

They happen to every hitter. He'll bounce back after a big game and he probably won't stop for a few mounths.

[Brewers101]

http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/images/2006/05/04/R5ksO7iK.jpg

Am I a bad person for laughing at this??

[Lala63]

Well, if you are a bad person...then I guess I am too! That is pretty hilarious. "Don't step on the tracks when the train's coming through!"

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Any thoughts on Fielder's slump? He's gotten worse every month this season.

[vonaric]

thoughts?
He's a rookie.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

thoughts?
He's a rookie.
That's doesn't expain much. In June he batted .208. He's batting .114 (4/34) in July so far. Ouch.:noidea

[Ravenlord]

That's doesn't expain much. In June he batted .208. He's batting .114 (4/34) in July so far. Ouch.:noidea
the league has adjusted to him. now it's time for him to do the same. ironically, his isolated power is getting higher each month.

i think then, it would seem that he's probably gotten a bit pull happy...the increase in ground outs from last year through April would seem to support that as well.

what say you'se that actually get to see him swing?

[vonaric]

It looks like he's making the adjustment. He's taking what they are giving him now instead of trying to jack everything into the right field porch.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

I thought it was a good time to bring back this thread!

Prince, through 39 games:

.296/.377/.599, 152 OPS+, 12 HR, 12 HR, 33 RBI, 22 R, 10 doubles

[brewcrew82]

...and he's still not the hottest hitter on this team. :disbelief:

[beerfellow]

He will be at the end of the season. This guys a BEAST!