Can Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder maintain their pace?
No. 3 hitter Braun and cleanup man Fielder gave the Brewers baseball’s most productive duo in 2009. Their 255 combined RBIs edged the Phillies’ Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth (240) for the most of any pair of big league teammates, and Fielder tied Howard atop the Major League leaderboard with 141 RBIs. Braun (113 runs scored) and Fielder (103) became just the fourth Brewers teammates to top 100 runs in the same season and the first in 13 years. Braun led the NL with 203 hits and joined Albert Pujols as the only Major Leaguers to belt 30 home runs in each of his first three seasons. There is little to suggest that Braun and Fielder cannot do it again. For Braun, the issue is a sometimes-balky back, but he was able to avoid long layoffs in 2009 with help from Roger Caplinger’s athletic training staff. Fielder has stayed injury-free, and he was the only Major Leaguer to play all 162 games in 2009. 5. Which Corey Hart will show up? While Braun and Fielder have been steady as she goes, Hart h
