Below I quote the wikipedia entry for ‘Mendoza Line’. Even if you are a gold glove shortstop, you are expected to hit at least .200. What on earth is going on with the Cards? You can’t throw away quality starts like this and expect to go anywhere.
BTW, it is still April and we Helsley alread has several poor outings, where he didn’t get the job done. Yes, I know, he is a good closer, but he is not an elite closer.
“The Mendoza Line is baseball jargon for a .200 batting average, the supposed threshold for offensive futility at the Major League level.[1] It derives from light-hitting shortstop Mario Mendoza, who failed to reach .200 five times in his nine big league seasons.[2] When a position player’s batting average falls below .200, the player is said to be “below the Mendoza Line”.”