Elly

De La Cruz

Elly joined the 30/30 club in the top of the third inning when he doubled off Blue Jays starter José Soriano and then stole third soon after. The double was also the 30th of the season for Elly, who became the fourth player in Reds history to join the 30/30 club and continues to swing a hot bat in the final week of the season. Elly is slashing .377/.461/.792 in September with 14 extra-base hits, 17 RBI and five steals.

De La Cruz’s home run was his 30th of the season. He hit a solo shot off Tyler Mahle in the third inning. His 30 homers and .521 slugging are both career-highs for the 24-year-old shortstop. De La Cruz may never come close to stealing 67 bases again, but he remains a fantasy stud nonetheless.

De La Cruz is thisclose to putting together a 30-30 season despite missing 19 games, most of them due to a hamstring injury sustained at the end of May. If he gets there, he’d become just the fourth Reds player ever. Eric Davis (1987), Barry Larkin (1996) and Brandon Phillips (2007) did it once apiece.

De La Cruz is just two homers and three steals shy of his first career 30-homer, 30-steal campaign. He continues to be one of the hottest hitters in baseball down the home stretch, reaching base safely in all four of his plate appearances in this one. The dynamic fantasy superstar shortstop is hitting an absurd .421 (24-for-57) with seven homers, 14 RBI and three steals over his last 15 games.

De La Cruz took Dodgers reliever Seth Halvorsen deep with a 391-foot blast to right field in the third inning. It was his 28th round-tripper of the season. The electrifying 24-year-old superstar has delivered when it matters most for fantasy managers, blasting seven home runs in 14 games since the start of September.

The homer off Evan Phillips was his longest since his rookie season in 2023, when he hit one 467 feet off Xzavion Curry. De La Cruz has 27 homers in 131 games this season. His previous high was 25 in 160 games in 2024. He had 22 in 162 games last season.

De La Cruz provided all of the offense for the Reds on Tuesday with one swing of the bat as he took Tarik Skubal deep for a two-run blast in the third inning. He later added a double in the eighth. The 24-year-old shortstop has homered in four straight games. He’s up to 25 this season while hitting .283/.362/.506 with 88 runs scored, 69 RBI, and 25 steals across 564 plate appearances.

The 24-year-old superstar tagged Brewers’ left-hander Kyle Harrison for a 402-foot (105.5-mph EV) two-run blast that extended the Reds’ lead to 6-3. He then added a two-run double in the fifth that gave them an 8-6 lead that they would never relinquish. For the season, he’s now slashing an impressive .280/.360/.492 with 23 homers, 66 RBI and 24 stolen bases in 556 plate appearances.

De La Cruz crushed a solo homer off Dustin May in the first inning, turning a fastball around for a 438-foot blast at 112.1 mph. He later added a base hit in the fifth. The 24-year-old shortstop is having a stellar season, slashing .278/.356/.484 with 22 homers, 85 runs scored, 62 RBI, and 24 steals across 550 plate appearances.

De La Cruz has been limited by quad tightness that forced him out of Sunday’s game. Now that he’s back in the field, Juan Brito is taking a seat tonight.