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An ode to the boundless talent of Elly De La Cruz

A bonus of 65 thousand dollars, a long trip and a great illusion; could be summed up like this, like so many stories, if we look at it with the naked eye, but Elly De La Cruz is more than that and his 6.5 height and 200 pounds of weight give us a different perspective, because we speak perhaps of one of the great prospects in baseball today.

The Dominican made headlines from the moment he signed with the Cincinnati Reds, but already this season, De La Cruz has far exceeded expectations regarding his figure and at this point, a home run of more than 500 feet reflects in all dimensions what the Caribbean is capable of doing.

Reds No. 1 prospect Elly De La Cruz crushed a home run an estimated 491 ft over the batter’s eye yesterday against Rocket City.

projection

At the time of writing this text, the Dominican is located among the Baseball America’s top 100 prospects in baseball and is also number 1 in the Cincinnati farm system.

With that unusual physique in shortstops, Elly De La Cruz, according to a good part of the connoisseurs, is the classic five-tool player,The same thing steals a base from you like the most seasoned of the ballplayers who sounds beastly home runs both to the left and to the right.

the ascent

His rise in the minor leagues has been meteoric, as is often the case with great talent.and everyone agrees that De La Cruz will be the man of the future within a franchise that has already seen its best years pass.and he must think long and hard to return to the ring within three or four seasons and fight at least in the central division of the National League.

At the time of writing this text, the Creole registered extraordinary figures adding the work in class A and double A; We are talking about an average of 302, product of 129 hits in 427 at-bats, among which are 28 home runs, 28 doubles, 8 triples and 82 RBIs; plus 38 stolen bases.

A distinctive element that would be the perfect climax to his great year is that his 38 stolen bases could be added to 30 home runs and the milestone would be colossal.

The bad moment of the Cincinnati Reds could well open the doors of the Majors to the Caribbean, perhaps sooner than many think And if this might seem like an exaggeration, with that sober character, like she’s been there her whole life, Elly De La Cruz comes across as ready for anything and that’s the best part.

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