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Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall revealed this week that De La Cruz played through a left quad strain from late July through the end of the season, Mark Sheldon and Manny Randhawa of MLB.com report. It's not clear when exactly De La Cruz was first hurt, and Krall indicated the injury wasn't overly serious. However, after slashing .284/.359/.495 with 18 home runs and 25 stolen bases in the first half, De La Cruz hit only .236/.303/.363 with four homers and 12 steals in the second half, so it's reasonable to think the injury affected him to some degree. De La Cruz is expected to be fully healthy at the beginning of spring training.
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The Reds plan to keep De La Cruz at shortstop next season, Charlie Goldsmith of Fox 19 Now Cincinnati reports. De La Cruz has led baseball in errors in each of his two full seasons as the Reds' starting shortstop. After grading out at plus-14 in Outs Above Average in 2024, per Baseball Savant, he came in at minus-3 in 2025. The inconsistency on defense from De La Cruz has led to speculation that he could move to the outfield, but there are no plans for a position switch at this point. The Reds do plan to give De La Cruz more days off and more starts at designated hitter in 2026, per Goldsmith, with the idea that it will help keep him fresh after he struggled offensively and defensively in the second half in 2025.
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De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 3-0 loss to the Athletics. De La Cruz has swiped a bag in three straight games, and he's hit safely in five straight. Prior to this recent uptick in steals, he had logged just one theft on two attempts over a 25-game span from Aug. 11 to Sept. 8. The shortstop is up to 35 steals on the year, matching his rookie-year total but well behind the 67 he posted over 160 games in 2024. De La Cruz has added a .266/.333/.439 slash line, 19 home runs, 82 RBI and 97 runs scored across 147 contests in 2025.
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De La Cruz went 2-for-5 with a walk, one RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in Sunday's 14-8 win over the Pirates. De La Cruz opened the scoring with an RBI single in the third inning before stealing his 31st base of the season in the seventh. It was the superstar's first two-hit game of August, as he broke out of a 5-for-32 slump through the month's first eight contests. For the year, he's slashing .277/.353/.467 with 19 home runs, 74 RBI, 82 runs scored and the aforementioned 31 steals across 513 plate appearances.
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De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Rays. The star shortstop broke open a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the seventh inning with a two-out, bases-loaded single off Garrett Cleavinger. De La Cruz hasn't homered since June 23, but he's provided plenty of fantasy value otherwise, slashing .327/.416/.418 during his 26-game power drought with seven steals, 12 RBI and 16 runs.
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| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | KO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CIN | 162 | 629 | 102 | 166 | 22 | 86 | 67 | 181 | 37 | .263 |
| 2024 | CIN | 160 | 618 | 105 | 160 | 25 | 76 | 69 | 218 | 67 | .258 |
Last 7 Games
| DATE | Opp | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | KO | SB |
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| 9/28 | @  |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9/27 | @ |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9/26 | @ |
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9/25 | vs  |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9/24 | vs |
5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9/23 | vs |
3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9/21 | vs  |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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4:10 PM | Not Announced Yet |
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| 3/29 | vs |
1:40 PM | Not Announced Yet |
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6:40 PM | Not Announced Yet |
| 3/31 | vs |
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| 4/01 | vs |
12:40 PM | Not Announced Yet |
| 4/03 | @  |
4:05 PM | Not Announced Yet |