Elly De La Cruz's Stats, Metrics, Game Logs, Projections & Rankings

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz collected another excellent offensive outing in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Marlins. De La Cruz went 4-for-5 with two singles, two doubles, two RBI, and a strikeout. He also stole his 58th base of the season. The 22-year-old has posted back-to-back four-hit games and has had a stellar start to August, slashing .381/.409/.857 with two home runs and three stolen bases in 21 at-bats. De La Cruz has seen increases in both batting average and power this season. These have been welcome surprises to fantasy managers, who were likely expecting a mediocre batting average with decent power and excellent speed.

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz had another electric game at the plate in Monday's 10-3 win over the Marlins. De La Cruz went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a solo home run, and a two-run HR. The 22-year-old got things started by driving a first-inning Roddery Munoz cutter over the right-field wall for a two-run shot and added an even deeper drive to right field in the eighth inning off of Shaun Anderson. He had gone hitless in August, so it was nice to see a big game. De La Cruz has provided everything fantasy managers were hoping for, slashing .261/.347/.496 with 20 HR, 73 runs scored, 48 RBI, and 57 stolen bases in 474 plate appearances.

The Cincinnati Reds are giving shortstop Elly De La Cruz the day off on Monday in the series opener against the visiting division-rival Chicago Cubs. Manager David Bell promised De La Cruz that he'd get him a day off shortly after the All-Star break, and that day will come to begin the week. The 22-year-old phenom will start on the bench for only the third time this season. He picked up three hits and stole four bases on Sunday and now leads the big leagues with a whopping 55 steals in 104 games in his second year in the big leagues. De La Cruz can do it all, but he's also leading the league with 138 strikeouts in 448 plate appearances while slashing .263/.352/.490 with an .842 OPS, 18 home runs and 45 RBI. The first-time All-Star is a must-start in all fantasy lineups when he's in Cincy's starting lineup despite all of his strikeouts.

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 3-for-4 Sunday with four stolen bases in a 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. The Reds' dynamo created havoc on the base paths and added to his season-long stolen base total (55). De La Cruz is by far the league leader in the steals category and is single-handedly carrying fantasy managers in that department. Overall, the 22-year-old is hitting .263 with 18 homers and 45 RBI in his stellar season.

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz stayed scalding-hot in Wednesday afternoon's win over the hosting Atlanta Braves, homering and stealing two bases in the victory. De La Cruz connected for a solo home run off Braves right-hander Allan Winans to right field, extending the Reds' lead to 5-3 during the third inning on Wednesday. The 22-year-old rising superstar has already reached the 50-steal mark through 101 contests overall for Cincinnati this season. Over his current 10-game hitting streak, De La Cruz is batting .357 (15-for-42) with three homers, five RBI, eight runs scored, and six stolen bases.