2026 Stats
AVG
.270
HR
14
RBI
43
R
47
SB
13
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Whether fair or not, De La Cruz's 2025 season will be remembered by fantasy players for one thing above all: a 74-game stretch from late June to mid-September in which he hit just one home run. He still reached 22 homers for the season despite that power outage, but as a whole it was a step backward from his excellent sophomore campaign with the Reds. De La Cruz once again led the league in errors, leading to questions about his future at shortstop, and while he finished seventh in MLB in steals with 37, that was down from 67 the year prior. He showed improvement with his strikeout rate, although he gave back some of those gains in the second half as his struggles mounted (28.2 K%, .666 OPS after the break). De La Cruz is an incredible athlete playing in a band-box park who's already established a sky-high ceiling entering his age-24 season, but there is now a new wave of questions surrounding him; did he simply bottom out down the stretch or was it indicative of something more? Will he make the next round of adjustments? Could a positional change affect his hitting? Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year, $800,000 contract with the Reds in March of 2026.
Homers and triples Friday
De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, a triple and an additional run scored during the Reds' 4-0 win over the Cubs on Friday.
Analysis
De La Cruz scored the game's first home run with a solo long ball in the fifth inning, and the superstar shortstop sparked the Reds' three-run eighth inning with a triple before coming home to score on a Sal Stewart sacrifice fly. It was the 23rd multi-hit game of the season for De La Cruz, who has an .842 OPS with 13 steals (on 18 attempts), 15 home runs, 44 RBI, 15 doubles and three triples over 330 plate appearances this season.
De La Cruz scored the game's first home run with a solo long ball in the fifth inning, and the superstar shortstop sparked the Reds' three-run eighth inning with a triple before coming home to score on a Sal Stewart sacrifice fly. It was the 23rd multi-hit game of the season for De La Cruz, who has an .842 OPS with 13 steals (on 18 attempts), 15 home runs, 44 RBI, 15 doubles and three triples over 330 plate appearances this season.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
+17%
OPS vs RHP
2026
+47%
OPS vs LHP
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .716 | 523 | 18 | 67 | .248 | ||||
| Since 2024vs Right | .836 | 1197 | 43 | 138 | .270 | ||||
| 2026vs Left | 1.066 | 96 | 7 | 21 | .329 | ||||
| 2026vs Right | .725 | 229 | 7 | 22 | .245 | ||||
| 2025vs Left | .618 | 210 | 5 | 26 | .236 | ||||
| 2025vs Right | .848 | 489 | 17 | 60 | .277 | ||||
| 2024vs Left | .661 | 217 | 6 | 20 | .224 | ||||
| 2024vs Right | .876 | 479 | 19 | 56 | .275 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
+13%
OPS at Home
2026
+42%
OPS at Home
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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| Since 2024Home | .848 | 841 | 31 | 104 | .281 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | .753 | 879 | 30 | 101 | .247 | ||||
| 2026Home | .971 | 161 | 9 | 20 | .319 | ||||
| 2026Away | .685 | 164 | 5 | 23 | .223 | ||||
| 2025Home | .841 | 343 | 10 | 46 | .286 | ||||
| 2025Away | .715 | 356 | 12 | 40 | .243 | ||||
| 2024Home | .796 | 337 | 12 | 38 | .257 | ||||
| 2024Away | .822 | 359 | 13 | 38 | .261 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Elly De La Cruz compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
BB/K
0.34BB Rate
9.8%K Rate
29.2%BABIP
.352ISO
.211AVG
.270OBP
.345SLG
.481OPS
.826wOBA
.360Exit Velocity
94.1 mphHard Hit Rate
44.9%Barrels/PA
6.5%Expected BA
.278Expected SLG
.514Sprint Speed
24.2 ft/secGround Ball %
46.9%Line Drive %
19.4%Fly Ball %
33.7%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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De La Cruz silenced his doubters with an All-Star season at age 22, smacking 25 homers with a league-leading 67 stolen bases. He struck out 17 times in his first 33 at-bats to begin the campaign, but De La Cruz quickly found his groove at the plate and would go on to finish as the No. 5 hitter in rotisserie leagues behind Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Bobby Witt and Jose Ramirez. In the end, De La Cruz cut a couple points off his strikeout rate, but it was still something of an eyesore at 31.3 percent. He's shown that he can offset the whiffs with walks and all of his other flashy tools, both on offense and defense, where he shined by standard and advanced fielding metrics. Surprisingly, De La Cruz was better on the road (126 wRC+) than at home (110 wRC+), which leaves open the question of what he's capable of when he really gets rolling at Great American Ball Park. Beware that his plate discipline profile leaves him open to batting-average variance.
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Hits in seven straight
De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and an RBI in Saturday's 8-5 loss to Baltimore.
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Running again
De La Cruz went 1-for-3 with two walks and two stolen bases in Friday's 3-0 loss to Baltimore.
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Logs two hits in loss
De La Cruz batted leadoff and went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Tuesday's 7-2 loss to Milwaukee.
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Crushes homer in loss
De La Cruz went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Monday's 5-3 loss to Milwaukee.
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In lineup at DH on Monday
De La Cruz (ankle) will start at designated hitter and bat leadoff in Monday's game against the Brewers.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Optimistic following injury
De La Cruz suffered a hamstring injury in Sunday's game against Atlanta, but the star shortstop is optimistic about not missing too many games, according to C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic.
Analysis
The 24-year-old shortstop said he felt "tightness on my hamstring" when he stopped at first base after hitting what would've been a double in Sunday's game. The Reds begin a three-game series with the Royals on Monday, and while it wouldn't be surprising if De La Cruz were to miss time, it sounds as if he might be able to avoid a stint on the IL.
The 24-year-old shortstop said he felt "tightness on my hamstring" when he stopped at first base after hitting what would've been a double in Sunday's game. The Reds begin a three-game series with the Royals on Monday, and while it wouldn't be surprising if De La Cruz were to miss time, it sounds as if he might be able to avoid a stint on the IL.