Albert Pujols will be remembered for much more than his .198 batting average, but .198 will play an important role in his story when his career comes to a close.
That number is what Pujols was hitting when the Los Angeles Angeles designated him for assignment on Thursday. It's not often a first-ballot Hall of Fame candidate is unceremoniously DFA'd. That transaction is reserved for scuffling four-A players or struggling veterans on the downside of their careers.
And sure, he might be a struggling veteran toward the end of his career, but he's not one of those veterans.