Elly De La Cruz
Cincinnati Reds · No. 44 · SS

Elly De La Cruz

6' 6", 200 lbs·Age 24·Bats S / Throws R
↑ HotL10 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
TTO SluggerBig raw power with high swing-and-miss — homers, walks, and strikeouts.2023–2026 · 1,309 batted balls
2026 · 78 G
.282
AVG
.861
OPS
16
HR
45
RBI
88
H
33
BB
97
SO
14
SB
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Career Highs
.859
Best OPS · 2026
25
Most HR · 2024
86
Most RBI · 2025
.282
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18410000.282
Jul 17541100.282
Jul 12510001.274
Jul 11420011.275
Jul 10521100.272
Jul 9400003.270
Jul 8321220.274
Jul 7300011.270
Jul 5400003.272
Jul 4420111.276

Career · Batting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
2023983881344
20241606182576
20251626292286
2026793161645
Career499195176251
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,301 BBE · 2023–2026 · 91.4 mph avg EV · 11.5% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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