Not to mention CC was a rental player, unless they are willing to pay CC big bucks next season I fully expect to see CC pitching for another club, most likely the god damn yankees
Lets do some math shall we...
Since 2006 the numbers are as follows...
Ryan Howard - In 465 games, AB 1720, 303 Runs scored, 477 Hits, 77 2b, 153 HR's, and 431 RBI's even with 579 SO.
Prince Fielder - In 474 games, AB 1730, 277 Runs scored, 481 Hits, 100 2b, 112 HR's and 302 RBI's with 380 SO.
Howard struck out 199 more yes, but his job is to DRIVE IN RUNS. And his numbers back that up, Howard not only has 41 MORE HR's then Prince BUT 129 MORE RBI's. If you still want to complain about howard's strikeout's over the past 3 years also here is another stat, On Base Percentage; Over the Past three Years Howard's average an OBP of .385 and Fielder has averaged an OBP of .371. Again with all those Strikeout Howard has managed to average an higher OBP then Fielder. Could you imagine if howard connected on say 60 of those strikeout's for a single, 2b or HR!!??? I'm not knocking Fielder at all, he is a great player and has tons of talent. Just when it comes to doing their job, which is driving in Runs, HOWARD wins ;D
*Note
I'm not taking into consideration Prince Fielder's first season due to obvious reasons, mainly he only played 39 games.
Stats can be found here...
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=6097
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/stats?playerId=5915