At any time due to the fact the Reds called up best prospect Elly De La Cruz, Cincinnati has been a person of the best groups in the big leagues. The Reds gained 12 consecutive video games from June 10-23, and De La Cruz has recorded a gaudy 1.063 OPS in his 1st 16 video games.
Longtime Reds star Joey Votto made his period debut through that profitable streak, and the first baseman obtained to see De La Cruz play in man or woman for the 1st time. The veteran went so far as to make a amazing comparison for the change-hitting infielder.
“This is excessive, but has there been a superior change-hitting, velocity-energy dude?” Votto reported. “The only comp I can imagine of is Mickey Mantle. A young Mickey Mantle.”
Joey Votto thinks this is the most enjoyable variation of baseball he's at any time seen. Ever.
He says the Reds are the form of team he would enjoy if he had been sitting down in the stands as a enthusiast.He tries to compare Elly De La Cruz to a different player, then concludes there is no comparison. pic.twitter.com/f68oG5GeBq
— Bally Sports activities Cincinnati (@BallySportsCIN) June 24, 2023
Votto acknowledged that working with Mantle as a comparison is “unfair” to De La Cruz, but he doesn’t feel there is any one else in baseball like the rookie phenom.
It is not just De La Cruz. Votto thinks the full Reds group is participating in an interesting, productive manufacturer of baseball.
“The tv does not do it justice,” Votto mentioned. “Watching these men dwell is even larger, a lot quicker, dirtier. The match is rapid, but these guys are more rapidly. This is the most pleasurable edition of baseball I believe I’ve ever observed.”
At 41-36, the Reds are in very first position in a fairly weak NL Central and have a likelihood to get the division for the to start with time given that 2012, which would mark just the 3rd time considering the fact that Votto obtained referred to as up in 2008.
