Elly De La Cruz Had MLB Fans in Awe With Cool Move After Hitting a Double

The Reds shortstop continues to be the most exciting player in baseball.
Elly De La Cruz continues to be the most exciting player in MLB.
Elly De La Cruz continues to be the most exciting player in MLB. /
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Elly De La Cruz continues to be the most exciting player in baseball and if you need any more proof of that then you just need to see what he did during a game against the Brewers this past Friday.

De La Cruz, who leads MLB with 61 stolen bases (Shohei Ohtani is second with 43), showed off his speed against Milwaukee when he hit a hard liner into right center and easily turned it into a standup double.

Then, he saw the ball got away from second baseman Andruw Monasterio and took off for third like it was no big deal.

De La Cruz made all of this look way too easy:

Fans were rightfully in awe of him yet again:


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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.