This is why the Cincinnati Reds called up Elly De La Cruz.
A day after he was promoted from Triple-A Louisville, De La Cruz was hitting cleanup Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers. With Noah Syndergaard on the mound and a man on second, De La Cruz faced an 0-1 pitch. Syndergaard threw a 92 mph fastball that grazed the top inside corner of the strike zone.
De La Cruz absolutely obliterated it.
ELLY DE LA CRUZ CRUSHED
458 ft
114.8 mph pic.twitter.com/QtnEQF3Yip— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 7, 2023
The switch-hitter launched the ball over the right-field wall and deep into the stands at Great American Ball Park.