Elly

De La Cruz

SSAge : 24Bats : S

#44

Elly De La Cruz

#44SSCincinnati Reds

Height : 6' 6" · Weight : 91 kg · Bats : S · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2023-06-06

Born in : Sabana Grande de Boya, Dominican Republic

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Cincinnati Reds	143	559	158	30	79	.283	.880
2025	Cincinnati Reds	162	629	166	22	86	.264	.776
2024	Cincinnati Reds	160	618	160	25	76	.259	.810
2023	Cincinnati Reds	98	388	91	13	44	.235	.710
Career totals		563	2194	575	90	285	.262	.801

ContractCincinnati Reds payroll →

Type: Pre-Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.8 M$
AAV: 0.80 M$

2026
0.80 M$
Pre-arb
2027
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Arb 1
2028
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Arb 2
2029
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Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

139

wOBA

.380

xwOBA

.376

OPS

.880

AVG

.283

OBP

.365

RBI

636

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

7.1

Home runs

2026 WAR

6.4

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+17)

20231.9 WAR · 2.7 per full season
20246.8 WAR · 5.9 per full season
20254.6 WAR · 3.9 per full season
20266.4 WAR · 6.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

+42 · 24 y.o. · usually still improving

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Star

CON: Contact; 72
POW: Power; 90
EYE: Eye; 72
SPD: Speed; 91
FLD: Fielding; 79
DUR: Durability; 81
EX: Experience; 55

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

6.4

#4 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

99 / 100

#2 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

100 / 100

Surplus $61.8M · salary $0.8M

PAL: dimensions

Offense96

Power97

Discipline40

Speed88

Defense83

WAR, in runs

Batting+30.1

Baserunning+3.9

Fielding+4.1

Positional+4.6

Replacement+19.4

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

94.7 mi/h

99th percentile

Max exit velocity

117.4 mi/h

99th percentile

Barrels

16.0 %

98th percentile

Hard-hit

53.7 %

97th percentile

xBA

.281

92th percentile

Bat speed

76.2 mi/h

93th percentile

Sprint speed

28.4 pi/s

79th percentile

Outs above average

83th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	CIN	6.4	99	91	94.7	117.4	16.0	53.7	.281
2025	CIN	4.6	73	83	91.0	117.4	10.2	44.2	.251
2024	CIN	6.8	96	85	91.8	114.7	12.7	45.7	.237
2023	CIN	1.9	54	80	91.2	119.2	8.5	45.9	.238

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ TOR	4	1	0	0	0	2	.283
Sep 26	@ TOR	4	0	0	0	1	1	.283
Sep 25	@ TOR	4	1	0	2	1	1	.285
Sep 24	@ ATL	4	1	1	1	0	2	.285
Sep 23	@ ATL	4	0	0	0	0	2	.285
Sep 22	@ ATL	3	2	1	2	2	0	.288
Sep 20	vs CHC	4	1	0	0	0	1	.285
Sep 19	vs CHC	2	0	0	0	2	1	.286
Sep 18	vs CHC	2	2	0	0	2	0	.287
Sep 17	vs LAD	4	0	0	0	0	3	.284