Elly De La Cruz or Josh Smith

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Elly De La Cruz or Josh Smith Player Statistics
	Elly De La Cruz SS - CIN	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	372	139

Runs	64	8

Hits	103	29

Singles	62	24

Doubles	18	3

Triples	5	1

Home Runs	18	1

RBI	52	8

Stolen Bases	21	3

Caught Stealing	6	1

Walks	46	16

Strikeouts	114	29

Batting Average	.277	.209

On Base Pct	.358	.293

Slugging Pct	.497	.266

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.559

Elly De La Cruz or Josh Smith Player Projections
	Elly De La Cruz SS - CIN	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	577	452

Runs	93	61

Hits	150	112

Singles	89	75

Doubles	31	23

Triples	6	2

Home Runs	23	11

RBI	80	46

Stolen Bases	41	10

Caught Stealing	10	3

Walks	62	48

Strikeouts	173	99

Batting Average	.260	.247

On Base Pct	.333	.318

Slugging Pct	.457	.374

On-base Plus Slugging	.790	.692

Elly De La Cruz or Josh Smith Player Notes
	Elly De La Cruz SS - CIN	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
News
	Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 3-for-4 with a walk, three doubles, two runs, an RBI, and two stolen bases in a win over the Pirates on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-5 in a win over the Cardinals with a home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Elly De La Cruz went 1-for-4 in Friday's win over the Cardinals with one walk, one run scored, and two stolen bases. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 0-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 0-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in an 8-0 loss to the Mariners on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
	Elly De La Cruz's 2025 season failed to showcase his elite fantasy ceiling. Fantasy managers expecting him to shore up the stolen base category were disappointed to see them drop from 67 to 37. However, after the season, the Reds revealed ELDC had played through a left quad strain for the entire second half, which is certainly supported by his first-half/second-half splits. Swing-and-miss remains part of his profile, though he did get his strikeout rate below 30% for the first time. His 2026 projections expect his stats to move back toward his 2024 numbers, though counting on him for 50+ steals isn't the best approach. Elly remains one of the riskier first-round picks, but could turn into a Top 3 overall if he is able to put it all together. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Elly De La Cruz or Josh Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elly De La Cruz SS - CIN			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, May 22nd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, May 24th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL