Elly De La Cruz

Elly De La Cruz is the most electrifying thing to happen to a baseball diamond in years, and I say that as someone wary of hype. The combination of elite speed, a cannon arm, and switch-hitting power simply should not exist in one body. What sells me is the joy: he plays like a kid who cannot believe he gets to do this, and that energy is contagious for a franchise like Cincinnati that needed a spark. Back-to-back All-Star selections this early suggest the floor is high; if his plate discipline keeps maturing, I genuinely believe we are watching a future face of the sport.

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Name (English)

Elly De La Cruz

Name (Japanese)

エリー・デラクルーズ

Reading

えりー・でらくるーず

Born

January 11, 2002 (age 24)

Origin

Sabana Grande de Boyá, Monte Plata Province, Dominican Republic

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Horse

Awards & achievements

• 2024 Major League Baseball All-Star

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/la_cocoa_____18/
• Xhttps://x.com/ellylacocoa18
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elly%20De%20La%20Cruz
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111112050

Tags

• Monte Plata Province
• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.