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• Reds' Elly De La Cruz: Two thefts in 2024 finale

  09/30/2024 • By RotoWire

  De La Cruz went 1-for-5 with a two-RBI triple and two stolen bases during Sunday's 3-0 win over the Cubs in 10 innings. De La Cruz swiped second base after reaching on fielder's choices in the first and eighth innings, pushing his season steals total to 67 -- eight more than anybody else in the majors. De La Cruz also notched his 10th triple of the campaign, plating Blake Dunn and Jonathan India in the 10th inning to give the Reds the lead. De La Cruz finishes 2024 with a .259/.340/.470 slash line.

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• Reds' Elly De La Cruz: Baserunning blunder in loss

  09/28/2024 • By RotoWire

  De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a double in Friday's 1-0 loss to the Cubs. De La Cruz lofted a flyball to left center that fell in between two Chicago outfielders that he tried to stretch it to a triple, but he was thrown out by Pete Crow-Armstrong. Reds interim manager Freddie Benavides told Mark Sheldon of MLB.com that it was mistake for De La Cruz to not stop at second base. "The ball was in front of him," Benavides said. "He's got to realize that [Crow-Armstrong] has got a great arm. It's something me and him talked about, we addressed. It's a mistake and he's going to learn from it." While it may have been a tactical error on the part of De La Cruz, it does not take away from his fantasy value. The 22-year-old infielder has an .815 OPS with 25 home runs, 74 RBI, a league-leading 65 steals and 104 runs scored over 158 games.

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• Reds' Elly De La Cruz: Homers, drives in four

  09/21/2024 • By RotoWire

  De La Cruz went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and an additional run scored in Saturday's 7-1 win over the Pirates. De La Cruz reached yet another milestone Saturday, becoming the youngest player in MLB history with 25 homers and 60 stolen bases in a season. He also joins Ronald Acuna and Joe Morgan as the only players with 35 doubles, 25 homers and 60 stolen bases in a season. De La Cruz tied his season high in RBI with four, with both instances coming over his last eight games.

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• Reds' Elly De La Cruz: Grand slam in win

  09/14/2024 • By RotoWire

  De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a grand slam home run in Friday's 8-4 win over Minnesota. De La Cruz broke open a close game in the seventh inning with the slam, his first as a major leaguer, and his 24th home run of the season. The dynamic De La Cruz has managed to make an impact this month despite batting .205 over 12 games. During that stretch, he has seven walks, five extra-base hits, eight RBI, three stolen bases and seven runs scored.

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• Reds' Elly De La Cruz: Adds two steals in win

  09/11/2024 • By RotoWire

  De La Cruz went 1-for-3 with two walks, two stolen bases and one run scored in Tuesday's 3-0 win over the Cardinals. De La Cruz was also caught stealing once. He's actually been a little quiet on the basepaths lately, picking up three steals on five attempts over nine contests in September, though he's batting just .212 (7-33) in that same span. For the season, he leads the majors with 64 steals (on 79 attempts) while adding a .260/.344/.474 slash line, 23 home runs, 65 RBI, 96 runs scored, 33 doubles and eight triples through 144 contests.

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