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Elly De La Cruz for Paul DeJong (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Elly De La Cruz SS - CIN  | Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 5 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 5 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 65 | 3 |
| Home Runs | 18 | 1 |
| RBI | 57 | 3 |
| Stolen Bases | 25 | 0 |
| Batting Average | .264 | .222 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 5 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 4 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 5 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 6 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 9 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 5 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 17 | ‐ |
| Elly De La Cruz SS - CIN | Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 230 | ‐ |
| Runs | 38 | ‐ |
| Hits | 63 | ‐ |
| Singles | 36 | ‐ |
| Doubles | 13 | ‐ |
| Triples | 2 | ‐ |
| Home Runs | 12 | ‐ |
| RBI | 37 | ‐ |
| Stolen Bases | 9 | ‐ |
| Caught Stealing | 5 | ‐ |
| Walks | 21 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 76 | ‐ |
| Batting Average | .274 | ‐ |
| On Base Pct | .339 | ‐ |
| Slugging Pct | .504 | ‐ |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .843 | ‐ |
| Elly De La Cruz SS - CIN | Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 388 | 23 |
| Runs | 65 | 3 |
| Hits | 102 | 5 |
| Singles | 61 | 3 |
| Doubles | 21 | 1 |
| Triples | 4 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 18 | 1 |
| RBI | 57 | 3 |
| Stolen Bases | 25 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 7 | 0 |
| Walks | 42 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 118 | 8 |
| Batting Average | .264 | .222 |
| On Base Pct | .341 | .314 |
| Slugging Pct | .471 | .400 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .811 | .714 |
| Elly De La Cruz SS - CIN | Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA | |
| News | ||
| Elly De La Cruz will undergo a scan on his hamstring injury on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st | The Tigers released SS Paul DeJong. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th | |
| The Reds say Elly De La Cruz left Sunday's game with right hamstring tightness. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st | Paul DeJong (hamstring) suffered a hamstring injury and will undergo season-ending surgery. David Leisering Fri, May 22nd | |
| Elly De La Cruz left Sunday's game early with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st | The Tigers signed INF Paul DeJong to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | |
| Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBI in a 7-6 win over the Cardinals on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th | Anthony Volpe (shoulder) is expected to be activated from the injured list this week, leaving the Yankees with little room to promote DeJong without a corresponding roster move. DeJong has posted a .900 OPS with six home runs across 22 games at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th | |
| Elly De La Cruz went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 10-3 loss to the Guardians with a solo home run and a double. Chris Schommer Mon, May 18th | The Yankees reassigned SS Paul DeJong to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sat, Mar 21st | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Elly De La Cruz SS - CIN | Paul DeJong 2B,3B,SS - FA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs LAA | George Klassen (0-1) | #337 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ TB | Jesse Scholtens (5-3) | #283 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #192 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs KC | Luinder Avila | ||||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #172 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ SD | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs ARI | |||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs ARI | |||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs ARI | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs NYM | |||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ NYY | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ NYY | |||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ NYY | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ PIT | |||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ PIT | |||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ PIT | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ MIL | |||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ MIL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BAL | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs BAL | |||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs BAL | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs PHI | |||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs PHI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs PHI | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs CHC | |||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ COL | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ COL | |||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ COL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ SEA | |||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ SEA | |||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ SEA | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ STL | |||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ STL | |||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CLE | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs CLE | |||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs CLE | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs PIT | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs PIT | |||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs PIT | |||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs PIT | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs ATH | |||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs ATH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ WSH | |||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ WSH | |||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ CWS | |||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ CWS | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ CWS | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs MIA | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs MIA | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs MIA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs STL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs STL | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ ARI | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ ARI | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ ARI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SF | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SF | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CHC | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CHC | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CHC | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs SD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs SD | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs SD | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs MIL | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs MIL | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ LAD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ LAD | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ LAD | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIL | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIL | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs LAD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs LAD | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs LAD | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs LAD | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs CHC | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ ATL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ TOR | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ TOR | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ TOR | |||||
