Brewers Braun, Fielder dissed
Posted by: gwoelfel on June 3, 2009 at 8:27PM CST

BY GERY WOELFEL

Sports Illustrated recently conducted its annual poll of Major League Baseball executives and scouts about which players they would choose to start a franchise.

To the surprise of no one, St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols was easily the winner.

Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria was second in the voting, with Kansas City pitcher Zack Greinke finishing third.

My personal choice -- after Pujols, of course-- was Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer. He finished fourth in the balloting.

In all, 27 players received at least a vote, including Stephen Strasburg, who hasn't even played in the big leagues yet.

Conspicuous by their absences were ... Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers.

How neither one of these players failed to receive at least a vote is mind-boggling, almost as mind-boggling as three voters who didn't cast a vote for Pujols.

Both Braun and Fielder are young, and both have already compiled some staggering numbers.

In Braun's case, he entered Wedneday night's game against Florida with a sterling .309 career batting average.

Braun can also hit for power. In his first season with the Brewers, he hit 34 homers. He followed that up with 37 homers last season.

Don't overlook Braun's fielding ability, either. He has made several exceptional catches in left field this season, flashing signs of some day being a Gold Glove recipient.

As for Fielder, nobody expects him to win a Gold Glove anytime soon, if ever. But Fielder should be force at the plate for years to come.

In the last three seasons, Fielder hit 112 homers -- a whooping average of 37 a season.

There are few, if any, more feared hitters as young as the 25-year-old Fielder.

If Fielder or Braun feel slighted for not being recognized in the poll, they shouldn't be. After all, two years ago New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes won the SI poll. This year, Reyes didn't receive a single vote.

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Posted by: Brett Favre on June 4, 2009 8:04AM CST
Sports Illustrated? Who reads that crap anyway. You probably have more people read your column then that sorry magazine. Please stop writing about the Brewers. You wrote about Weeks, he got hurt. You wrote about pitching, they get shelled. Write about the Cubs or the Bucks, nobody cares if they do bad.

Posted by: ytykbydkaa on June 4, 2009 8:51AM CST
GET OVER IT... IT'S THE BREWERS!!! They are in first place, and nobody cares! Neither Fielder or Braun could hold Pujols' jock strap. Fielder is too inconsistent of a hitter to build a team around and Braun is too cocky and delusional for his own good. There's your answers for why nobody picked them.

Posted by: I Come In Peace on June 4, 2009 12:15PM CST
ytykbydkaa - plenty of people care about the Brewers. You don't have a clue. By the way if you want to tallk about cocky - does Pujols have a medical condtion that causes him to bat with his tongue hanging out of his mouth? And why does he stand there and watch most fly balls whether they are outs or home runs. That's called cocky. Trust me any team in the NL would want Braun as there outfielder. And Prince is tops in RBI's in the NL. I suggest you get your facts straight and stop embarrasing yourself.

Posted by: I Come In Peace on June 4, 2009 12:17PM CST
By the way the Brewers have sold out almost every game this year. And nobody cares - yeah right!!

Posted by: Screwball on June 4, 2009 12:40PM CST
A true test of the Woelfel curse. The meter's running. Hopefully nothing bad will happen to Braun or Fielder during the next week...

Posted by: CanDo Kid on June 4, 2009 12:56PM CST
#1) Mauer is an injury prone player who's time at catcher is limited. The only reason he isn't at first already is because of Morneau. He'll be a full time DH in two years. I would never start my team with him. He is also having a career year. Must be taking the 'roids' this season. He's never hit HR's like this.

#2) I can't stand people calling Braun cocky. To me, it's confidence. You can say a lot of players are cocky, including Pujols. They call him cocky because the pitchers hate it when he shells them and they throw at him. He retaliates by jacking bombs on them. Tough nuggies.

#3) Fielder is a lifetime .270 guy. I love him, but it's time to face the facts. Unless they can get a decent player behind him, it's always going to be that way (Cameron is way too inconsistent).

#4) Braun is decent OF He is still far from gold glove territory. He just needs more experience. He has only 1 error since the position switch and he has made some awesome catches! He has a really nice arm to boot. I'm glad he is out there.

It is sooo true about the Woelfel curse. Please stop writing about the Brewers!

Posted by: amh on June 4, 2009 1:08PM CST
Who cares about this? I'm not suprised either. There are outfielders and first basemen that have played a more significant volume of games and have posted equal or greater numbers. I personally wouldn't put either on my list...yet. It's way to early in their careers.

As far as people not caring or taking notice... If you don't think people care or notice the Brewers then you aren't paying attention. Currently Hardy and Braun are the leading vote getters for SS and OF. Fielder is in Second to Pujols. And Bill Hall and Kendall are second in vote getting in their respective postions. Mike Cameron also has an outside chance on making the team. To me this hold much more creedence to the Baseball worlds view of the Brewers talent. Not much more the All-Star game is a joke in and of itself.

As it has been pointed out. The Brewers are in first, selling out most of their games and for the most part playing very good ball. So enjoy it who knows how long it may last.

Posted by: amh on June 4, 2009 1:11PM CST
To help prove my point:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090526&content_id=4960488&vkey=allstar2009&fext=.jsp

Posted by: ytykbydkaa on June 4, 2009 1:30PM CST
I Come In Peace - I was wrong... 1 person cares... you. I'm going to side with the MLB Execs and scouts on this one. I've got a pretty good feeling they know what they're talking about. Also, I should have clarified what I was referring to with Braun being "cocky". It's the "strip tease" he does for the other brewers as he rounds the bases. They all seem to enjoy it a little too much.

Posted by: ytykbydkaa on June 4, 2009 1:32PM CST
By the way, the brewers have gotten into the playoffs how many times in the last 25 years? Last year (by the skin of their teeth) and... wait... nope, thats it.

Posted by: CanDo Kid on June 4, 2009 2:17PM CST
Must be a Cardinal fan here.

Posted by: I Come In Peace on June 4, 2009 2:24PM CST
ytykbydkaa on this board.....

( ) Makes great points while arguing
(X) Is bitter for some unkown reason
( ) Makes sense
(X) Fails

Posted by: ytykbydkaa on June 4, 2009 2:37PM CST
I Come In Peace - Bitter? Me? You're the one that got bent out of shape for my opinion of your precious Braun. Tonight... after you put on your Ryan Braun pajamas, slip into your Robin Yount sheets and stare longingly at your autographed Doug Melvin poster hanging over your bed... do us all a favor and ask youself "Why do I care so much about someone else's opinon about the brewers?"

Posted by: ytykbydkaa on June 4, 2009 2:41PM CST
By the way, it's not too difficult to have a "sold out" game when you give tickets away at PB, give tickets away at Applebee's and sell $37 tickets for $10. Thats my last comment on this. Like a winded Prince Fielder struggling to get to 1st base... I'm out!

Posted by: amh on June 4, 2009 4:04PM CST
Wow. This is hysterical. First off all the Brewers untuck their jerseys after getting the winning hit. You see Braun do it because...well...he is the only one who hits them. Secondly, it isn't easy to sell out. If it were other markets would have no probalem doing it and most if not all give out the same package deals. They are selling out games because they have a young nucleus of home grown talent that is starting to hit its maturation point and Brewer fans are excited. Thats something that can't be said of certain clubs in the same divsion.

Hate the Brewers all you want. It's your choice and you are allowed to do it but think before your rant your obviously biased logic.

Regardless the Brewers MADE the playoffs. By one game or ten doesn't matter. Then team with the best record in the NL last year got swept last season and I recall a team with a significantly worse record a few years back making the world series in 2005. The Brewers won the games they needed to get there and the Mets were terrible when it counted.

These SI articles are written by people that don't have any more insight then anyone else. This list is a guys opinion nothing more. I even said I wouldn't even put those to on my own list...yet

I don't care if you are a Cubs or Cards fan it must suck seeing the team that was supposed to be fourth in the division leading it with half the payroll and players they actually developed.

Posted by: The Raytown Kid on June 5, 2009 12:53AM CST
it's cool that the Brewers are good enough again that jerkoffs like yddakjfdkla feel the need to to hate on them

Posted by: RDemp on June 5, 2009 12:41PM CST
162 games in a season, last time I checked. Brewers were in first this time 2 years ago. How did that work out for ya?

Posted by: The Raytown Kid on June 5, 2009 11:26PM CST
won more playoff games than the Cubs, right?
that's how it worked out RDump

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Posted by: RDemp on June 8, 2009 9:53PM CST
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