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.

39-year old lefty swinging Craig Counsell really played well for the Brewers this season. With Rickie Weeks going down early this season and Bill Hall in a year long funk, Craig Counsell played a lot of 2B and 3B for the Brewers this season. He played in 127 games for the Brewers this season and he was 110 for 394 (.279 avg, .754 OPS) with 56 runs scored, 4 homers and 37 RBIs. Counsell wants to continue playing next season and the Brewers would be very smart to bring him back in 2010.

Since coming over from the Diamondbacks Felipe Lopez has played very well at 2B. Lopez has played in 50 games for the Brewers this season and he is 63 for 200 (.315 avg, .833 OPS) with 30 runs scored, 3 homers and 26 RBIs. The Brewers should really consider bringing Lopez back for the 2010 season and let him compete for the starting 2B job with Rickie Weeks. If he lost out to Weeks then the Brewers could start him at 3B.

26-year old righty swinging Casey McGehee has taken over the starting 2B job from the injured Rickie Weeks and he’s run with it. McGehee has played in 45 games this season for the Brewers and he is 39 for 125 (.312 avg, .883 OPS) with 20 runs scored, 5 homers and 21 RBIs. With McGehee standing out it also sticks a little dagger into the rival Cubs who just released him over the winter.

Prince Fielder is destroying the baseball this season. He has played in 80 games for the Brewers this season and he is 88 for 285 (.309 avg, 1.042 OPS) with 49 runs scored, 21 homers and 75 RBIs. Teams are starting to pitch around Fielder as he has walked 56 times already this season and unless someone steps up in the lineup behind him this will continue. Regardless, Fielder is probably the second best 1B in all of baseball right now.