Cincinnati Reds' Young Phenom Makes More Baseball History on Monday
Another day, another trip into baseball history for Cincinnati Reds rookie phenom Elly De La Cruz.
At the time of this posting, he's 0-5 with two strikeouts against the Kansas City Royals, but even without a hit, he's still doing unreal things.
By stealing a base, he did something that hasn't been done in baseball history since 1985.
Elly De La Cruz is the 1st player to have 4 SB & 4 RBI in their first 7 career games since Vince Coleman in 1985. Coleman won NL Rookie of the Year that season.
De La Cruz is hitting .296 through his first 27 at-bats. He's got a homer, four RBI and the four steals.
The 21-year-old is just one of several young Reds players to come up this year including exciting prospects Spencer Steer, Brandon Williamson and Matt McLain.
He's currently the No. 4 prospect in all of baseball and the top prospect in the Reds loaded farm system.
The Reds currently lead the Royals by a score of 5-4 in the bottom of the 10th inning. Stu Fairchild has a homer for Cincy while six different players have worked on the mound.
If the Reds are able to win this game, they'll move to 32-35 while a loss would drop them to 31-36. The Royals are currently 18-47 and battling it out with the A's to avoid having the worst record in the majors.
The two teams will meet again on Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. ET as Williamson pitches against Jordan Lyles.
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