06-03-2024, 04:04 PM
Article about Reds:
"We can no longer tip-toe around the fact that Elly De La Cruz, for all his talent and perks, is having a horrendous time of it at the plate. In this series alone, he went 0 for 14 with 9 K, and his 83 strikeouts on the season are the most among any player in all of baseball.
He just completed a month of May where he homered only once and slugged a paltry .287 while posting a .585 OPS with 40 K in 27 games, and then he started out June going 0 for 10 with 6 K. Since April 25th - a full 35 game sample - he has just 2 homers, 6 ribbies, and a .540 OPS. That date is cherry-picked, to be fair, but it’s the day after he was moved up to the #2 spot in the lineup everyday, meaning that’s the kind of production that’s been anchoring this terrible overall team production for over a month.
Like, Billy Hamilton slugged .325 with a .623 OPS across his final four seasons in a Reds uniform. I can’t believe I’m saying it, but that iteration of Billy Hamilton would’ve been a major offensive upgrade over what Elly’s provided of late."
"We can no longer tip-toe around the fact that Elly De La Cruz, for all his talent and perks, is having a horrendous time of it at the plate. In this series alone, he went 0 for 14 with 9 K, and his 83 strikeouts on the season are the most among any player in all of baseball.
He just completed a month of May where he homered only once and slugged a paltry .287 while posting a .585 OPS with 40 K in 27 games, and then he started out June going 0 for 10 with 6 K. Since April 25th - a full 35 game sample - he has just 2 homers, 6 ribbies, and a .540 OPS. That date is cherry-picked, to be fair, but it’s the day after he was moved up to the #2 spot in the lineup everyday, meaning that’s the kind of production that’s been anchoring this terrible overall team production for over a month.
Like, Billy Hamilton slugged .325 with a .623 OPS across his final four seasons in a Reds uniform. I can’t believe I’m saying it, but that iteration of Billy Hamilton would’ve been a major offensive upgrade over what Elly’s provided of late."
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