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Elly De La Cruz
De La Cruz with the Louisville Bats in 2023
Cincinnati Reds – No. 44
Infielder
Born: (2002-01-11) January 11, 2002 (age 22)
Sabana Grande de Boyá, Dominican Republic
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 6, 2023, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
(through June 7, 2023)
Batting average.429
Home runs1
Runs batted in2
Teams

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 made his MLB debut in 2023.

Career

On July 2, 2018, De La Cruz signed with the Cincinnati Reds as an international free agent.[1][2] He made his professional debut in 2019 with the Dominican Summer League Reds.[3] He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

In 2021, De La Cruz played for the Arizona Complex League Reds and Daytona Tortugas.[5] In 2022, he played for the Dayton Dragons and Chattanooga Lookouts.[6] He was chosen to represent the Reds in the All-Star Futures Game.[7] On November 15, 2022, the Reds added De La Cruz to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[8]

De La Cruz was optioned to the Triple-A Louisville Bats to begin the 2023 season.[9] In 38 games for Louisville, De La Cruz hit .298/.398/.633 with 12 home runs, 36 RBI, and 11 stolen bases. On June 6, 2023, De La Cruz was promoted to the major leagues for the first time following an injury to Nick Senzel.[10] On June 7, 2023, De La Cruz hit his first Major League home run, a 458-foot blast off pitcher Noah Syndergaard.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "RedsXtra: Cincinnati Reds seeing returns from investments in international scouting".
  2. ^ "The Enquirer".
  3. ^ "Prospect de la Cruz could be 5-tool talent". MLB.com.
  4. ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "Reds great on SS prospect de la Cruz: 'He's a fast-track guy'". MLB.com.
  6. ^ "Reds prospect Elly De La Cruz offers something new, different and extraordinary every single day". The Athletic. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  7. ^ https://www.mlb.com/news/reds-no-2-prospect-elly-de-la-cruz-hits-three-homers-in-doubleheader
  8. ^ "Reds add Elly De La Cruz, 5 more prospects to roster; Aristides Aquino among cuts". cincinnati.com. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  9. ^ "Reds' Elly De La Cruz: Sent to minor-league camp". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  10. ^ "Reds' Elly De La Cruz: Promoted to majors". cbssports.com. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  11. ^ "De La Cruz annihilates his 1st MLB home run 458 feet". MLB.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

External links

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