2025 Stats
AVG
.264
HR
22
RBI
86
R
102
SB
37
2026 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 some 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, $770,000 contract with the Reds in March of 2025.
Will remain at shortstop in 2026
The Reds plan to keep De La Cruz at shortstop next season, Charlie Goldsmith of Fox 19 Now Cincinnati reports.
Analysis
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.
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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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
+40%
OPS vs RHP
2025
+37%
OPS vs RHP
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .607 | 549 | 13 | 52 | .220 | ||||
| Since 2023vs Right | .847 | 1273 | 47 | 154 | .271 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2023vs Left | .495 | 122 | 2 | 6 | .184 | ||||
| 2023vs Right | .799 | 305 | 11 | 38 | .255 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
+1%
OPS at Home
2025
+18%
OPS at Home
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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| Since 2023Home | .777 | 883 | 27 | 97 | .255 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | .770 | 939 | 33 | 109 | .255 | ||||
| 2025Home | .841 | 343 | 10 | 46 | .286 | ||||
| 2025Away | .715 | 356 | 12 | 40 | .243 | ||||
| 2024Home | .796 | 337 | 12 | 38 | .257 | ||||
| 2024Away | .822 | 359 | 13 | 38 | .261 | ||||
| 2023Home | .636 | 203 | 5 | 13 | .199 | ||||
| 2023Away | .776 | 224 | 8 | 31 | .266 | ||||
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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
0.37BB Rate
9.6%K Rate
25.9%BABIP
.337ISO
.176AVG
.264OBP
.336SLG
.440OPS
.777wOBA
.337Exit Velocity
91.0 mphHard Hit Rate
33.6%Barrels/PA
6.6%Expected BA
.253Expected SLG
.419Sprint Speed
25.2 ft/secGround Ball %
51.3%Line Drive %
17.4%Fly Ball %
31.3%Prospect Rankings History
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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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Swats homer in loss
De La Cruz went 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in Tuesday's loss to Pittsburgh.
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Ends homer drought
De La Cruz went 1-for-2 with two walks and a solo home run in Friday's 7-4 win over the Cubs. He was also caught stealing.
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Logs steal in third straight game
De La Cruz went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 3-0 loss to the Athletics.
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Swipes base in loss
De La Cruz went 1-for-5 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 5-1 loss to the Dodgers.
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In midst of offensive lull
De La Cruz went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Monday's 7-0 loss to the Dodgers.
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Position change unlikely
The Reds intend to keep De La Cruz at shortstop for the time being, president of baseball operations Nick Krall told Mark Sheldon of MLB.com.
Analysis
"As of right now, no," Krall told Sheldon when asked about a position switch for the 23-year-old. De La Cruz has led the league in errors each of the last two seasons, committing 29 in 2024 and 26 in 2025, and he finished with the third-worst fielding percentage among all qualified players in 2025. With prospect Edwin Arroyo knocking on the door of the majors, the Reds could consider moving De La Cruz elsewhere on the diamond, but that shift doesn't appear to be imminent.
"As of right now, no," Krall told Sheldon when asked about a position switch for the 23-year-old. De La Cruz has led the league in errors each of the last two seasons, committing 29 in 2024 and 26 in 2025, and he finished with the third-worst fielding percentage among all qualified players in 2025. With prospect Edwin Arroyo knocking on the door of the majors, the Reds could consider moving De La Cruz elsewhere on the diamond, but that shift doesn't appear to be imminent.