Elly De La Cruz DVOA, Advanced Stats, & Fantasy Rankings

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz crushed a pair of solo home runs to help lead the team to a 7-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday. De La Cruz's first homer, a 436-footer, came in the fourth inning against right-hander Jonathan Bowlen. He followed that up in the sixth with a 451-foot blast into the Kaufman Stadium fountain off righty Taylor Clarke. The switch-hitting 23-year-old finished the night 2-for-4 with a walk and an additional run scored. De La Cruz is now slashing .256/.331/.443 with 11 homers, 40 RBI, and 17 steals over 245 trips to the plate this season. He is currently riding a five-game hitting streak in which he has gone a prolific 8-for-21 with three HRs, seven RBI, and nine runs.

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz came ready to play during Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs. He started off his day by hitting a two-run home run off right-hander Colin Rea in the first inning. He would later drive in two more runs with a single in the fifth inning. De La Cruz would end his day going 2-for-3 with a homer, four RBI, a stolen base, and a walk in the win. The 23-year-old has been struggling in May, but hopefully this is a sign that De La Cruz is going to turn it around.

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz is in a funk at the plate. The talented infielder went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout in Wednesday's 3-1 loss to the division-rival Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park and is now hitting just .182 (14-for-77) with 25 strikeouts and eight walks in the month of May in 20 games played. The 23-year-old left-handed hitter came into Wednesday's series finale in Pittsburgh with a .246/.318/.410 slash line, .728 OPS, eight home runs, 33 RBI, 32 runs scored and 16 stolen bases in 50 games played. While he's been struggling at the plate so far in May, De La Cruz remains a must-start in traditional fantasy leagues and is tied for the major-league lead in stolen bases with Royals star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. De La Cruz has been putting the ball on the ground more often than fantasy managers would like, but he should be just fine in the long run.