Cincinnati Reds superstar Elly De La Cruz has started the season’s second half by logging just a lone hit in 9 trips to the plate - a single - while striking out 3 times. And in the most twisted baseball-mind way, manager Terry Francona is probably kind of giddy about it.
Tito has long preached the effectiveness of a long lineup working deep counts and keeping the train around the bases moving as his offensive M.O., loving single after walk after double after single sometimes even more than his team just stumbling occasionally into a 2-run homer. While Elly has come out of the gate a little bit slow through two games, the rest of Tito’s ever-growing lineup has been bashing the ball all over the ballpark.