Prince Fielder’s Recent Hot Streak Further Validation That He’s One of Game’s Best Sluggers

Editor's note: The temperature gauge is a Bill James-created statistic that measures how hot or cold hitters are. We will spotlight Red Sox and opposing team temperatures on game days.

While Albert Pujols struggled early on this season, Prince Fielder has been fantastic since the beginning of the year.

That's not to say the Angels made a bad move in inking Pujols to a monster contract in the offseason, as Pujols can still turn it on, but Fielder has lived up to his mega deal more so than the Angels first baseman thus far.

Fielder enters Monday's Memorial Day clash against the Red Sox hitting .317 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs. He's continuing to get better, too, going 10-for-15 over his last four games.

Here are the Red Sox and Tigers temperatures for May 28.

Red Sox
Scott Podsednik 83
Kelly Shoppach 83
Kevin Youkilis 80
Will Middlebrooks 72
Che-Hsuan Lin 69
Dustin Pedroia 69
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 69
Adrian Gonzalez 69
David Ortiz 65
Mike Aviles 65
Daniel Nava 60
Nick Punto 59
Marlon Byrd 55

Tigers
Prince Fielder 98
Miguel Cabrera 87
Quintin Berry 80
Alex Avila 73
Gerald Laird 72
Danny Worth 71
Ramon Santiago 70
Delmon Young 70
Andy Dirks 69
Brennan Boesch 67
Jhonny Peralta 62
Don Kelly 55
Ryan Raburn 52