The notion that Paul Dejong might be derailed or even delayed by a sophomore slump seemed to be swatted down through his first four games.
The Cardinals shortstop smacked seven hits through his first 15 at-bats, and three of those hits exited either Citi Field or Miller Park.
Forget sophomore slump. I found myself wondering why DeJong was hitting seventh. Move him up!
Then pitchers started sitting him down. And once again the reminder arrived.
Through 16 games DeJong is averaging .246 with a .295 on-base percentage and a .474 slugging percentage.
It will be very hard for DeJong to match his averages from one season ago, when he joined the team from Memphis and mashed his way to a .