Elly De La Cruz simply launched a house run to the moon

Pleasure constructed all through the day Tuesday, and into Tuesday evening, when phrase broke that the Cincinnati Reds have been calling up dynamic shortstop Elly De La Cruz for his first style of massive league motion.

The hype practice will solely proceed after tonight.

The switch-hitting shortstop recorded his first MLB hit in his debut on Tuesday, driving a liner into the hole in right-center subject and, utilizing his unbelievable velocity, legging it out for a double. And whereas that line drive rocketed off his bat at 112 miles per hour, it was nothing compared to what he did early in Wednesday’s recreation towards the Los Angeles Dodgers.

When he hit his first massive league house run.

Or, extra precisely, destroyed his first massive league house run:

It is a 92-mph fastball up and in, and he not solely pulls it, however he launches it to absolutely the again of the bleachers.

In response to Baseball Savant, the exit velocity on this house run logged in at 114.8 mph, and. the ball traveled 458 ft.

Bear in mind, that is simply his second MLB recreation.

There’s a variety of pleasure surrounding De La Cruz, and with good cause. Not solely does he hit for energy, however he completely crushes the baseball, even when it stays within the park. As famous above the exit velocity on his first massive league hit was 112, and this 12 months within the minors his common exit velocity was 93 miles per hour:

Simply hearken to the sound on that hit from this angle:

He’s additionally extremely quick, and earlier than being referred to as up he had 11 stolen bases in 38 Triple-A video games. Add in his 12 house runs, and you’ve got fairly the dynamic package deal.

Oh, and he’s 6’5, and sure a switch-hitting shortstop.

There are some issues, resembling his long-term place within the Reds’ group and his strikeout numbers towards left-handed pitching. However with moments like these from his first two nights within the majors, it does really feel like one thing particular is going on in Cincinnati.