Elly De La Cruz

Bats B Throws R6'5" 200 lbBorn 2002 Sabana Grande de Boya, D.R.Debut 2023Team CIN2x All-StarContract 1 y/$800,000 (26) 2026: $800,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 129.8FIELD+ 103.8 at SSTotal 3.65 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	581	517	131	26	5	19	58	152	37	0.254	0.332	0.436	0.768	0.182	0.332	26.1	10.0	107.2	2.32
2027	536	475	122	24	5	19	55	141	28	0.257	0.335	0.447	0.782	0.190	0.339	26.3	10.2	117.2	2.80

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 119 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Garry Templeton	1979	102.2	107.4	524
2	Roberto Alomar	1991	108.0	133.9	671
3	Donie Bush	1911	106.9	106.4	643
4	Francisco Lindor	2017	112.2	130.5	745
5	Jerry Browne	1989	100.2	106.3	610
6	Carlos Baerga	1992	110.9	122.0	680
7	Frankie Frisch	1921	104.3	109.8	582
8	Yoan Moncada	2018	98.9	140.8	559
9	Asdrubal Cabrera	2009	106.0	91.9	425
10	Jose Ramirez	2016	95.2	143.7	645

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			536		122	24	5	19		28	55	141	0.257	0.335	0.447	0.782	117.2
2026*	CIN	109	484	70	111	19	5	20		21	52	132	0.260	0.341	0.468	0.809	116.9
2025	CIN	162	699	102	166	31	7	22	86	37	67	181	0.264	0.336	0.440	0.777	105.1
2024	CIN	160	696	105	160	36	10	25	76	67	69	218	0.259	0.339	0.471	0.809	117.3
2023	CIN	98	427	67	91	15	7	13	44	35	35	144	0.235	0.300	0.410	0.710	86.1
Career		420	1822	274	417	82	24	60	206	139	171	543	0.255	0.329	0.445	0.773	105.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	482	93.9	10.0	13.8	51.4	28.3	26.1	0.267	0.467	0.357	28.5
2025	699	91.0	7.6	10.3	44.2	31.7	28.5	0.251	0.424	0.322	29.1
2024	696	91.8	9.7	12.7	45.7	33.4	26.9	0.237	0.437	0.330	30.0
2023	427	91.2	3.6	8.6	45.9	29.7	33.0	0.238	0.396	0.305	30.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	SS	158	1382	217	340	26	69	0.955	+2.3
2024	CIN	SS	160	1391	247	360	29	70	0.954	+9.7
2023	CIN	SS	69	591	110	154	13	30	0.953	+0.5
2023	CIN	3B	32	259	25	47	1	5	0.986	+0.4

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Louisville Bats	Bat	186	12 HR, 11 SB	0.297	1.031
2022	AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Bat	207	8 HR, 19 SB	0.305	0.910
2022	A+	Dayton Dragons	Bat	306	20 HR, 28 SB	0.302	0.968
2021	A	Daytona Tortugas	Bat	210	5 HR, 8 SB	0.269	0.782
2021	Rk	ACL Reds	Bat	55	3 HR, 2 SB	0.400	1.235
2019	Rk	DSL Reds	Bat	186	1 HR, 3 SB	0.285	0.733

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.442	0.330	0.385	0.332
2025	0.276	0.365	0.366	0.312
2024	0.304	0.383	0.360	0.358
2023	0.224	0.354	0.285	0.346

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	0.000	0.250	0.000	0.250
Career	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	0.000	0.250	0.000	0.250