Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz lit the baseball world on fire on Friday night, when he recorded a cycle in his 15th game. Twitter reacted with memes and insane stats.
Elly De La Cruz continued to blow the minds of baseball fans as he was able to record his first career cycle in his 15th career game. He became the first Red to achieve the feat since Eric Davis did so in 1989. De La Cruz wears the same number 44 that Davis wore over 30 years ago.
De La Cruz tallied a leadoff double in the second inning, followed by a 96 MPH 2-run home run in the third. He came back up in the fifth, where he scored a broken bat single and a stolen base. An inning later, he roped a ball into the right center gap and less than 11 seconds later, he was on third base with the cycle.
The Reds rookie has completely shattered statcast norms with his insane raw talent. During his cycle, he recorded an exit velocity of 116.6 MPH on his double and a home to third time of 10.83 second on his triple.
De La Cruz turned twitter and the baseball world on their heads with his incredible mix of power, speed and athleticism. He was mentioned as a "once in a hundred years type of player" on the Reds broadcast, but that might be better worded as the only player in history of his kind.
Reds' Elly De La Cruz hits for the cycle: Best memes, tweets, and insane stats
There aren't many players that bring as much excitement to the game. He rivals some of the game's greats like Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuña when it comes to excitement and energy. He truly is a once in a lifetime player with the ability to be one of the most exciting players this game has ever seen.
Elly described his game as "electricidad" and he has lived up to that claim with his electric play. This certainly won't be the last time he breaks the Twitter world with his ridiculous play.
