E. De La Cruz, B. Lowe, R. Nelson, Vaughn, Meyer

De La Cruz looks to rebound from poor 2H … Elly De La Cruz (SS, CIN) enjoyed a tremendous first half of 2025, batting .279 with 18 HR and 22 SB in 366 PA through the end of June, but mustered merely a .248 batting average with 4 HR and 15 SB in the second half. How are things under the hood?

Year	PA	HR	SB	BA/xBA	bb%/ct%	GB/LD/FB	h%	HctX	PX/xPX	Brl%	Spd/SBO/SB%
2023	428	13	36	.235/.246	9/63	53/24/22	33%	85	117/ 81	9%	151/47%/81%
2024	696	25	67	.259/.249	10/64	46/20/32	36%	99	153/106	13%	140/52%/80%
2025	699	22	37	.264/.253	11/71	51/17/31	33%	75	115/ 71	10%	131/25%/82%
1H-25	366	18	22	.279/.266	11/71	54/12/32	33	80	140/90	15%	123/30%/79%

It’s a mixed bag:

• His collection of skills were better than ever in the 1H, led by career-bests in ct%, Brl%, xHR/F (24%), and xBA.
• The power vanished in...

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