Welcome to The Show Elly De La Cruz!

[membengal]

How's the send-him-down crowd doing?

Bryce Spalding
@bryce_spalding
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1h
Elly De La Cruz has 8 hits, 6 runs scored, 5 walks, 3 extra base hits, 3 stolen bases, .500 OBP, 208 wRC+ in 6 games played…

I… don’t even know what to say. He’s special. #Reds

[membengal]

Matt Wilkes
@_MattWilkes
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5m
Since 2000, eight players 21 or younger have reached base 13+ times in their first six career games:

Carl Crawford (2003)
Jay Bruce (2008)
Cameron Maybin (2008)
Rafael Devers (2017)
Ronald Acuna Jr. (2018)
Yordan Alvarez (2019)
Bo Bichette (2019)
Elly De La Cruz (2023)

[JCM11]

Not a bad list to be on. Wow Alvarez is younger than I thought.

[MoneyInTheBank]

How's the send-him-down crowd doing?

I think we have different definitions of a "crowd"

[OldFashionedRed]

The bad news about a player this special is they aren't young forever. We all want to see them in their prime, but not past.

[westofyou]

The bad news about a player this special is they aren't young forever. We all want to see them in their prime, but not past.

The worst thing about a great meal is you have to poop it out later

[Ironman92]

He’s so “must watch” exciting that we no longer even think about the pitch clock… just:

How many more hitters before Elly comes up? Are they gonna give Elly a fastball to hit….will he hit it 500 ft? Will he reach base? Will he steal 2nd? Will he steal 3rd, will he steal home? Will he score from first on a single? Will he tag from 2nd on a deep fly and score? Will a ball be hit to him making him go 100 feet to run it down? Will he get to unleash his cannon?

And repeat for 9 innings

[membengal]

I think we have different definitions of a "crowd"

Between this thread, the game thread, and twitter replies to beat writers, it is not a small contingent for whatever reasons.

[Ron Madden]

Elly adds another dazzling chapter to first week in Majors

Another day, another jaw-dropping performance from Elly De La Cruz.

The 21-year-old phenom, playing in just his sixth Major League game, had a pair of hits, walked twice, drove in a run and scored twice to lead the Reds to a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Sunday.

But it was his sprint to home on the game-winning run in the eighth that proved to be the latest in a highlight-filled first week for De La Cruz.

continue reading:
https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/elly-d...n-reds-victory

[cumberlandreds]

Six game hitting streak. Just 50 away from DiMaggio.

[757690]

Six game hitting streak. Just 50 away from DiMaggio.

I wonder what the record is for longest hitting streak to start a career?

[redsfan9988]

17

The longest streak at the start of a career, regardless of age, is 17 by Chuck Aleno of the 1941 Cincinnati Reds and David Dahl of the 2016 Colorado Rockies.

From ESPN

[TNRED]

I am not one for wanting to move players from their natural position, but i can see a good reason to move EDLC to center field. The Reds seem to have a glut of talented infielders but the outfield crop seems thin. EDLC's size, arm and blazing speed scream center field to me.

[Sea Ray]

I am not one for wanting to move players from their natural position, but i can see a good reason to move EDLC to center field. The Reds seem to have a glut of talented infielders but the outfield crop seems thin. EDLC's size, arm and blazing speed scream center field to me.

I think he'll stay healthier on the INF. He's too much of a weapon to move to the OF

[MoneyInTheBank]

Between this thread, the game thread, and twitter replies to beat writers, it is not a small contingent for whatever reasons.

I think we have different definitions of a "crowd"