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Elly Antonio De La Cruz (born January 11, 2002) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed with the Reds as an international free agent in 2018 and made his MLB debut in 2023. He was selected for the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.
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At spring training in Goodyear, Arizona, De La Cruz sprints from the outfield of Field 3 to home plate. Then he pretends the baseball he's holding is a basketball and euro-steps around a few cones like he’s about to slam dunk the ball. As other players take batting practice on the backfields of the complex, he turns his bat into a guitar. De La Cru...
De La Cruz started playing baseball in Sabana Grande de Boya, a town with a population of 34,283 in the southeast region of the Dominican Republic. Sabana Grande de Boya didn’t have the organized Little Leagues that turn young kids into professional prospects, but De La Cruz showed promise hitting tennis balls and rubber balls around outside as a c...
As a teenager, De La Cruz finally had the team, the equipment and the opportunity he wanted. But he was still an hour away from home. At that point, it had been about 10 years since De La Cruz moved away for the first time. De La Cruz was still a long way from becoming a pro, and he was thinking about quitting. “There was a point where no one was p...
In De La Cruz’s first live batting practice at the Reds’ post-draft camp in the summer of 2021, he stood in the batter’s box on Field 3 facing a pitcher with a 98 mph fastball. “I hit it that far,” De La Cruz says, pointing to the deepest part of the outfield. “It was right in the gap for a double. Then I said to myself, ‘I’m ready.’” Soon after, D...
Aug 6, 2024 · Elly De La Cruz joined Joe Morgan and Eric Davis as the only Cincinnati Reds players to hit 20 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season.
Aug 6, 2024 · De La Cruz has a major league-leading 57 steals and joined Hall of Famer Joe Morgan and Eric Davis as the only Reds with 20 homers and 50 stolen bases in a season. Morgan did it in 1973 (26...
5 days ago · Stop us if you've read this before: Elly De La Cruz set a Cincinnati Reds franchise record. Yes, another. Thu, 12 Sep 2024 06:36:27 GMT (1726122987840) Story Infinite Scroll - News3 v1.0.0 (common
Jun 8, 2023 · Elly De La Cruz is a baseball infielder for the Cincinnati Reds. He made his MLB debut this month – promoted following an injury to Reds outfielder Nick Senzel.
3 days ago · Elly De La Cruz, former Cincinnati Bengals WR AJ Green hang at Reds-Braves game in Atlanta. Cincinnati Reds infielder Elly De La Cruz spent time before Monday's win against the Atlanta Braves with ...
