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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Albom: Prince Fielder fitting in just fine with the Tigers

With my fizzling “Szilárd Splittorff Bombs” fantasy team. Not so much.

Fielder’s numbers may still be below his normal pace of excellence (.303 average, seven homers, 24 RBIs), a pace that would leave him under 30 homers and 100 RBIs for the season. But numbers can change fast. And a powerhouse like Fielder can go a tear that makes fantasy league devotees salivate.

His analysis of the Tigers’ season so far is pretty simple:

“I guess we just haven’t won as many games as people expected. It is what it is. I really don’t try to live up to anybody’s expectations, anyway. ... It’s a long season.”

As for chemistry?

“I don’t know. That’s for the coaches. That’s a little too deep for me.

Repoz Posted: May 20, 2012 at 07:17 AM | 4 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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   1. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: May 20, 2012 at 05:42 PM (#4136444)
prince typically starts slow. frankly he is ahead of where i thought he would be since i thought he would press and make things tough on himself

good for him
   2. RMc and His Roster of Rubbish Posted: May 20, 2012 at 06:51 PM (#4136487)
Prince's tOPS+ by month:

Mar/Apr: 90
May: 99
June: 112
July: 95
August: 91
Sep/Oct: 112

Fielder in June (163 games): 280/382/613, 52 HR, 120 RBI. Hello.
   3. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: May 21, 2012 at 08:46 AM (#4136672)
rmc

june was a combination of playing interleague games and divisional games, typically the pirates, cubs or reds.

sorry for the confusion. just trying to help give some framework of who he was facing
   4. Harveys Wallbangers Posted: May 21, 2012 at 09:00 AM (#4136677)
rmc

you can see this for yourself from the splits but prince loved hitting against pittsburgh. several of his longest homers came against the pirates and he hit a ball completely out of pnc and i think it bounced into the river

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