SPORTS COMMENTARY

Is it time to change the Mendoza Line? The .200 batting average threshold is out of date in today’s evolving game.

Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Posted 6/10/21

Baseball is a game of adjustments, so it probably is time to adjust one of the standard measures of what constitutes an overmatched hitter. I’m referring to the Mendoza Line …

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