Philip Leigh

@LanceMcAlister Home Runs are fun

Good golly, Elly....442 feet at 109.2 #Reds

@RedsDaily4 Home Runs are fun

ELLY DE LA CRUZ OFF THE BATTER’s EYE!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!?!?

@RobotNumber5 @Reds @PNCBank I know. That’s why I’m shocked because last year the Reds misused him so bad, he would only play vs LHP. Rece will only get better by playing everyday. Platooning is one of the worst possible things to do for MLB players and their development

@phil513 @Reds @PNCBank He hits much better against righties.

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@RedsDaily4 TJ would have swung at the first pitch and pop out to the 2nd baseman

It didn’t result in a base runner but that was a good at bat by Dane Myers. Eight pitch at bat. The faster you can get Ray out of the game, the better chance you have.

@jefffcarr Errors are an old stat that means almost nothing. Matt Chapman led the league in errors a couple years ago at third base and won the Gold Glove

For all who care about errors…a challenge just overturned the 3rd out in the 1st inning where Elly De La Cruz threw to Sal Stewart whose stretch pulled him off the bag by a hair. The official scorer then gave an error to Elly. Please continue to defend this stat, if you like.

#Reds face LHP Robbie Ray tonight. Rece Hinds MLB career vs LHP: 2 for 37, 2 BB, 20 K, .054. Hinds @LouisvilleBats this season vs LHP: 0 for 7, 3 K, 6 BB.

RT @RedsDaily4: Taking a look at the 2023 team and guys we considered "the young core" and how they progressed and/or regressed. This is…

@RedsDaily4 6/7 vs RHP. Let’s hope and pray him and Benson don’t platoon

Here are all seven of Rece Hinds’ home runs in the big leagues. Hopefully many more to come in the future.

@LanceMcAlister It’s the same fans that hated Joey Votto for walking to much

For whatever reason, too many fans seem to focus on what Elly De La Cruz isn’t, and miss what he is becoming. They focus on his future, more than his present. He’s 24-years old. He’s in his 3rd full MLB season. He’s played fewer than 450 MLB games. Right now, he’s hitting .281-.361-.563-.924 with an OPS+ of 152. He’s on pace for 30 doubles, 51 homers, 132 runs, 101 RBI, 50 stolen bases, 81 walks. That would produce the second 50/50 season in MLB history, joining Shohei Ohtani. He’s scored a run in 12 of their 16 games, collected a hit in 13 of those games, and been on base in 13 straight games. For as much as fans complain about injuries, and players not playing with injuries, Elly's played 234 consecutive games for the Reds. That's the 5th longest streak by a Red since 1970. He’s improving as a right-handed hitter, facing left-handed pitching. 2023 .184 w/ 2 HR in 122 PA 2024 .224 w/ 6 HR in 217 PA 2025 .236 w/ 5 HR in 210 PA 2026 .318 w/ 4 HR in 33 PA He’s yet to commit an error this season. I get it, official scoring isn’t what it once was. But then turn to the metrics. He’s T-3rd in Outs Above Average at +2. Last season he was T-26th (-3). He’s T-6th in defensive runs saved (+1) , after -5 in 2025. He’s getting better. He answers the bell to play every day. He’s impacting the game at the plate, in the field and on the bases. Stop worrying about his strike outs. He’s going to strike out. Everyone strikes out. Stop worrying about moving him to center field. He’s a shortstop. I offer this to every ‘move Elly' conversation: Perspective. Dave Concepcion: 30 errors age 26, 27 errors age 28 and 31. Barry Larkin: 29 errors age 24 Derek Jeter: 56 errors age 19 and 29 errors age 21 Robin Yount: 44 errors age 19, 30 errors age 22 Omar Vizquel: 25 errors age 20 and age 21 Ozzie Smith: 25 errors age 23, 22 errors age 33 Alan Trammell: 26 errors age 21 Cal Ripken: 25-25-26 errors, age 22-23-24 Young shortstops take time to learn, develop and settle into the shortstop position. And finally, stop worrying about him being a Dodger or a Yankee. He won’t even reach free agency until 2030. It’s 2026, for goodness sakes. Enjoy him. Appreciate him. He’s the best player on the #Reds. He’s one of the best players in the game.

@RedsDaily4 Vs RHP too! PLEASE!!!!!!

Play Rece Hinds every day and see what he can do.

@CBoxSports Start him against RHP PLEASE!!!!!!!

The Cincinnati Reds are expected to recall Rece Hinds, per Charlie Goldsmith. Hinds is hitting .354 with a 1.246 OPS and five homers in 13 games for Louisville this season.

@Reds You spelled TJ Friedl wrong

The #Reds today optioned to Triple-A Louisville OF Noelvi Marte (post-game 4/12).

@BuckeyeNatty Because for some reason, the Reds fanbase loves to hate on their best player. See Joey Votto. Was bashed his whole career in Cincinnati for walking to much

Elly is on pace to be the second 50 HR/50 stolen base guy in MLB history alongside Shohei Ohtani & no one seems to care

@RedsDaily4 Seems like 8 runs will win this ball game.

Just can’t be walking guys like this with a five run lead. One hit in the inning and it’s a 5-3 game just like that because of two walks.

Wrote this back in October. This season hasn’t done anything for me to change my mind….in fact, you could argue it’s gotten worse. si.com/mlb/reds/onsi/…

Angels pitcher walks three straight batters to load the bases. Friedl and McLain groundout on two pitches. Unserious.

@RedsDaily4 Wouldn’t it be cool if the Reds best players were batting 1 and 2 in the lineup getting more plate appearances?

Groundout but hit it too soft to be a double play. 😅

@RedsDaily4 That Bats have a better outfield than the Reds currently. I don’t think it’s relatively close either

Outfield defense has been a problem.

@CBoxSports The Bats are fielding a better outfield than the Reds currently

The Angels take a 2-0 lead on a bloop hit that Spencer Steer couldn’t handle. #Reds