Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder were a combined 0-for-9 with two strikeouts apiece in Milwaukee's 5-3 loss to the Cardinals on Wednesday.Don't expect their struggles to last long as both Braun and Fielder are great hitters and fantasy studs.

It's been a chilly stretch for Fielder, who'd gone just 3-for-25 (.120) in his last seven contests prior to Tuesday's affair. Still, the young slugger has managed 19 RBIs thus far in August, and looks primed to finish with a .500-plus slugging percentage for the third straight month. Expect him to pick up the pace again soon enough.

News: Brewers 1B Prince Fielder, who had gone six games without an RBI earlier this month, now has five in his last three games after his 2-for-4, two-RBI performance in a win over the Pirates on Saturday.

Analysis: While you would never bench a guy like Fielder, his stats have been very mediocre in Fantasy play of late. You just have to stick with the big man and hope he can pull through for you in the playoffs

Fielder really needed a productive night like this, as the burly first baseman entered the contest mired in a 3-for-26 slump which dropped his average from .279 to .270 in the process.

Adam McCalvy, of MLB.com, reports Milwaukee Brewers 1B Prince Fielder leads the National League with 10 sacrifice flies this season.

News: Brewers 1B Prince Fielder hit a home run for the second successive game -- his 28th on the season -- as Milwaukee beat the Padres on Wednesday evening.

Analysis: Fielder is a must-start Fantasy first baseman in all leagues down the stretch, especially since the contending Brewers will run his bat out there every day in a pennant race

Fielder's gone deep in back-to-back games, plating four runs while scoring three in the process. The beastly young slugger has mashed with reckless abandon recently, as he sports an absurd .756 slugging percentage (3 2B, 6 HR, 12 RBIs) through his first 45 at-bats this month.

According to The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Brewers 1B Prince Fielder launched his 28th home run of the season on Wednesday, Aug. 13, against the San Diego Padres. He has hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games.

Fielder continues to swing a steady bat for August, hitting safely in all but one of the 11 games while batting .286 (12-for-42) with five homers and 11 RBIs for the month.

Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer as the Brewers defeated the Padres on Wednesday night. Fielder's homer came in the bottom of the fourth with the game locked in a 1-1 tie. It was Fielder's 27th on the season, and fifth in the month of August. Coincidentally, the Brewers are 7-0 since Fielder shoved Manny Parra back on August 4.

Prince Fielder his his 27th home run of the season and drove in three runs in the Brewers victory over the Padres.Fielder has hit five home runs on the month, and has provided 11 RBI. He is a top fantasy option at the position, and would rank even higher if he could push that average near the .300 mark.

FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports the Milwaukee Brewers could still trade 1B Prince Fielder in the offseason, but they are less likely to do it than they were earlier in the season.

Fielder has drawn four walks over his last three games, a sure sign that he's feeling comfortable at the plate. Look for him to produce more games like this one, and to add to the four homers he's roped this month in the near future.

News: The Sports Xchange notes that Prince Fielder extended his hitting streak to 11 games with an RBI single in the first inning Friday night off Washington RHP Collin Balester.

Analysis: Fielder hasn't really been terribly hot during the streak. He has exactly one hit in each of his last five games. With his pop, though, you have to keep him active in any Fantasy format

Prince has now strung together a nifty nine-game hitting streak, batting .375 (12-for-32) with six jacks and eight RBIs in that span. This homer-happy frenzy gives the burly vegetable enthusiast 26 round-trippers for the season.

News: Prince Fielder made amends by apologizing, then hit a two-run homer Tuesday night that helped the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 and quickly move beyond their ugly altercation in the dugout. The Brewers were on their best behavior a day after Fielder shoved pitcher Manny Parra in the dugout during a series-opening loss. Fielder apologized before the game on Tuesday, then helped Milwaukee's uptight offense relax by hitting his sixth homer in his last nine games. Fielder's homer in the eighth off Nick Masset extended his hitting streak to nine games. He finished 1-for-4 with two runs and one walk.

Analysis: Fielder is 12-for-32 (.375) with the six homers and eight RBI during the hitting streak. Fielder is not only landing punches off the field, he is also doing damage in between the white lines and starting to produce like we expected from Day 1. Continue to start Fielder in all Fantasy formats

Joe Kay, of The Associated Press, reports Milwaukee Brewers 1B Prince Fielder hit his sixth home run in his last nine games Tuesday, Aug. 5. Fielder extended his hitting streak to nine games with the home run.

Prince Fielder apologized Tuesday for an incident in the Brewers' dugout Monday in which he pushed Manny Parra to the ground. "That’s just something that happened in the moment," he said. "I can’t take it back. I could have handled it better. But I don’t apologize for the full meaning behind it and the fire." Fielder was included in Wednesday's lineup.

Tom Haudricourt, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, reports Milwaukee Brewers 1B Prince Fielder is in the team's starting lineup Tuesday, Aug. 5.

Adam McCalvy, of MLB.com, reports Milwaukee Brewers 1B Prince Fielder is in the midst of an eight-game hitting streak in which he is hitting .393 (11-for-28).

News: Two Brewers had a confrontation in the dugout during a 6-3 loss to Cincinnati, Milwaukee's seventh loss in nine games. After Manny Parra left for a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning, first baseman Prince Fielder went up to him in the dugout and exchanged words. Fielder then shoved Parra twice before teammates pulled him away. It was reminiscent of Aug. 2 last season, when manager Ned Yost got into a heated dispute with catcher Johnny Estrada in the dugout tunnel during a loss to the Mets and players intervened. That came during a run of 10 losses in 14 games, a fade that dropped Milwaukee out of first place.

Analysis: Fielder is unlikely to be suspended by the team in a pennant race, so consider him a must-start in leagues. He had been hot and resurgent as a Fantasy superstar again after a slow start

Prince Fielder got into an altercation with Manny Parra in the dugout after Parra was removed from his start on Monday. Cameras caught Fielder shoving Parra to the dugout floor. Parra had just departed after giving up six runs in six innings in the contest. Fielder remained in the game afterwards.Related: Manny Parra

Jon Cooper, of MLB.com, reports Milwaukee Brewers 1B Prince Fielder extended his hitting streak to seven games Sunday, Aug. 3, with a double in the fourth inning.

Expanding on a previous item, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports over his last 27 games, Milwaukee Brewers 1B Prince Fielder is 32-for-97 (.330) with nine home runs and 21 RBIs.

News: Milwaukee 1B Prince Fielder is really seeing the ball well lately. On Saturday against the Braves, Fielder homered twice to increase his total to 25 on the year. He drove in three runs.

Analysis: Fielder has now hit in six straight games with a home run in four straight and five total in his last four games. That's production, baby. Fielder should now be starting in all Fantasy leagues as he's as hot as he's been all year

Tom Saladino, of The Associated Press, reports Milwaukee Brewers 1B Prince Fielder hit two home runs Saturday, Aug. 2. He has hit a home run in each of the last four games.

Could the big fella be any hotter? Fielder's gone deep five times in his last four games, bringing his big fly total to nine since the start of July and 17 since the start of June. He's swinging the bat as well as he did last year, when he launched 50 dingers with 119 RBIs. At this rate, there's no telling where he'll end up at the end of '08.

Prince Fielder went 2-for-3 with three RBI as he led the Brewers to a 4-2 win over the Braves on Saturday. Both of his hits were home runs.Fielder has impressively homered in four straight games, and has 25 for the season.

Prince Fielder went 2-for-3 with two homers as the Brewers topped the Braves on Saturday. He's now gone deep in four consecutive games. He drove in three runs with the two bombs, and now has 25 homers and 65 RBI on the season.

Prince Fielder struck out three times and left four men on base on Friday night, but he also hit his 23rd home run of the season for the Brewers.This was the third straight game in which Fielder has belted a solo bomb, this after a stretch of 10 games without a home run. He continues to be a bit too streaky for our liking, but he is still on pace for well over 30 home runs.

Fielder's gone deep in three straight games, his first such streak this season after having accomplished the feat three times last year. The big fella's clearly seeing the ball well right now, as he finished July with his highest single-month average (.298) in '08 while blasting four doubles, a triple and six homers with 18 RBIs in 94 at-bats.

News: Brewers 1B Prince Fielder hit a long home run deep into the right-field seats Friday at Atlanta. He finished 1-for-5, though, with three strikeouts.

Analysis: Fielder has homered in three straight games and is batting .389 (7-for-18) during a five-game hitting streak. The 50-homer man a year ago might make up for lost time in the second half, so keep him active as always during this power surge