Elly De La Cruz
SS | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 5" 200LBS | Age: 22
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 427 388 67 91 13 35 .235 .300 .410 .710
2024 134 115 27 32 8 19 .278 .381 .565 .946
2 Seasons 561 503 94 123 21 54 .245 .320 .445 .765
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .235 13 35 .710
2024 .278 8 19 .946
2 Seasons .245 21 54 .765
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 21 1755 246 21 8.5 4.9 91.2 119.2 3.6 30.5 .240 .391 .305 .303 .428 45.9 33.7 8.2
2024 22 504 71 12 16.9 9.2 93.8 113.4 8.5 39.4 .287 .543 .424 .401 .546 50.7 30.8 13.1
Player 2259 317 33 10.4 5.9 91.8 119.2 4.7 32.5 .250 .425 .333 .326 .454 47.0 33.0 9.3
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2023 55.3 18.3 24.0 2.4 41.1 41.5 17.5 2.4 44.3 12.6 27.2 4.5 8.5 4.9
2024 50.7 19.7 26.8 2.8 45.1 33.8 21.1 2.8 39.4 12.7 18.3 9.9 16.9 9.2
Player 54.3 18.6 24.6 2.5 42.0 39.7 18.3 2.5 43.2 12.6 25.2 5.7 10.4 5.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 4.4 7 157 31.2 42 .353 .676 .486 14.9 19.0 21.1 .339 .602 .456 42.3
2024 Changeup 1.1 1 83 16.5 19 .063 .250 .216 47.2 31.6 26.1 .215 .431 .337 30.0
2024 Slider 0.0 0 63 12.5 19 .313 .563 .424 42.4 36.8 36.8 .215 .372 .320 44.4
2024 Cutter 0.5 0 49 9.7 11 .300 .600 .486 46.2 36.4 36.4 .235 .345 .290 83.3
2024 Curveball 4.2 2 49 9.7 8 .375 .625 .538 43.8 50.0 28.6 .277 .457 .312 50.0
2024 Sinker 6.5 3 48 9.5 17 .438 1.063 .679 17.4 17.6 25.0 .472 1.113 .659 69.2
2024 Sweeper 0.6 0 26 5.2 5 .333 .333 .460 50.0 40.0 28.6 .297 .412 .464 100.0
2024 Split-Finger -3.8 -1 23 4.6 7 .000 .000 .100 71.4 71.4 62.5 .083 .116 .173 100.0
2024 Knuckleball -12.7 -1 6 1.2 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 100.0 .015 .030 .017 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -2 444 25.3 93 .241 .448 .318 25.8 45.2 30.7 .233 .416 .302 46.7
2023 Changeup 1.1 3 282 16.1 71 .239 .418 .315 33.8 22.5 20.3 .263 .380 .301 35.3
2023 Slider -0.6 -2 270 15.4 74 .250 .397 .316 34.7 35.1 27.4 .228 .347 .283 33.3
2023 Curveball 0.3 1 228 13.0 57 .208 .358 .277 35.8 43.9 30.5 .181 .314 .238 72.4
2023 Sinker -0.6 -1 205 11.7 47 .225 .500 .361 20.9 25.5 25.0 .274 .554 .400 60.7
2023 Cutter 3.5 5 157 8.9 39 .333 .606 .462 16.5 15.4 18.2 .340 .549 .423 42.9
2023 Sweeper -2.5 -2 99 5.6 23 .095 .095 .178 40.5 52.2 35.3 .115 .142 .163 33.3
2023 Split-Finger 0.0 0 60 3.4 18 .235 .235 .239 37.0 22.2 26.7 .291 .345 .299 46.2
2023 Slurve -4.2 0 10 0.6 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 33.3 .230 .246 .210 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 424 1,755 -5 -7 7 6 1
2024 130 504 7 -2 4 3 12
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2023 1,755 45.4 60.7 79.8 32.8 54.1 43.2 32.2 45.5 29.7 6.9 69.4
2024 504 45.0 62.1 73.8 27.4 47.4 41.9 33.8 43.1 33.6 5.6 82.1
Player 2,259 45.4 61.0 78.4 31.6 52.8 42.9 32.6 44.9 30.5 6.6 71.8
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2023 20 28 27 35 23 29 51 79 100 75 3 46 23 24 100 85 98
2024 94 84 93 92 93 92 95 96 93 90 14 87 10 47 99 26 94
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 27.7 13 12.5 1 6 6 8 61.5
2024 25.7 8 6.0 2 0 4 3 37.5
Player 27.0 21 18.5 3 6 10 11 52.4

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 13 11 12 12 14 13 13 11 11 11 13 15 14 11 13 12 14 11 11 13 13 14 15 13 12 11 12 14 13 12 10
2024 8 4 5 6 7 7 7 5 7 5 7 7 4 5 7 6 6 6 6 7 5 6 7 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 5
Player 21 15 17 18 21 20 20 16 18 16 20 22 18 16 20 18 20 17 17 20 18 20 22 19 17 17 18 21 20 19 15
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.2 93.8 2.6
Launch Angle 3.6 8.5 4.9
Barrel % 8.5 16.9 8.4
Hard Hit % 45.9 50.7 4.8
Sweet Spot % 30.5 39.4 8.9
xBA .240 .287 0.047
BA .235 .288 0.053
xwOBA .303 .401 0.098
wOBA .305 .424 0.119
xSLG .391 .543 0.152
SLG .410 .586 0.176
K% 33.7 30.8 -2.9
BB% 8.2 13.1 4.9
Swing % 45.5 43.1 -2.4
Whiff% 29.7 33.6 3.9
In Zone % 45.4 45.0 -0.4
Out of Zone % 54.6 55.0 0.4
Out of Zone Swing % 32.8 27.4 -5.4
First Pitch Swing % 32.2 33.8 1.6
First Pitch Strike % 60.7 60.8 0.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades L 301 166 55.1 .361 .322
2023 Shades R 122 12 9.8 .231 .132
2024 Shades L 82 39 47.6 .482 .423
2024 Shades R 48 9 18.8 .385 .320
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2023 507 15.6 43.0% 0.2% 281 19.0 5.7% 0.0%
2024 130 16.3 28.5% 0.8% 76 18.3 7.9% 2.6%
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