26-year old righty swinging LF Ryan Braun of the Brewers finished 11th in the voting for the N.L. MVP Award. He played in 158 games for the Brewers last season and he was 203 for 635 (.320 avg, .937 OPS) with 113 runs scored, 32 homers, 114 RBIs and 20 stolen bases. Braun has now played in 422 games in his three years in Milwaukee and he is 523 for 1,697 (.308 avg, .937 OPS) with 296 runs scored, 103 homers, 317 RBIs and 49 stolen bases. Braun will continue to get a lot of votes for the MVP Award as long as he stays healthy because he and Prince Fielder make a deadly combination in the Brewers’ lineup.

25-year old lefty swinging 1B Prince Fielder finished 4th in the voting for the MVP Award in the N.L. He played in all 162 games last season and he was 177 for 591 (.299 avg, 1.014 OPS) with 103 runs scored, 46 homers and 141 RBIs. He has now played five years for the Brewers appearing in 675 games in which he is 675 for 2,380 (.284 avg, .931 OPS) with 382 runs scored, 160 homers, 453 RBIs and 14 stolen bases. There were whispers around the internet that the Brewers were going to entertain making a deal involving Prince Fielder but I’m going on record saying that it would probably be the biggest mistake in team history if they did. Fielder is a dependable player who the Brewers can build a offense around and they should keep him for a very long time as he hasn’t hit his prime quite yet.

27-year old righty swinging 3B Casey McGehee of the Brewers finished fifth in the voting for the Rookie of the Year Award in the National League. He played in 116 games for the Brewers last season and he was 107 for 355 (.301 avg, .859 OPS) with 58 runs scored, 16 homers and 66 RBIs. McGehee played so well last season that he has supplanted Mat Gamel as the 3B of the future for the Brewers. One of the best things about McGehee is the fact that the Brewers claimed him off waivers last winter from the division rival Cubs getting him for nothing.