This week we’re transferring forward on this sequence and get to the seventh longest dwelling run hit by a Cincinnati Reds participant within the 2024 season. If Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux have taught us something it’s that everybody loves the lengthy ball. Okay, maybe that wasn’t precisely the takeaway from these two guys, however lengthy dwelling runs have been one thing folks have talked about for over 100 years. Solely within the final decade or so, although, have we actually been capable of measure their distance with *some* accuracy. Because of ball monitoring within the large leagues we will examine 1-to-1 how far a baseball went. Each Monday for the following few months we’re going to be counting down the ten longest dwelling runs hit by the Cincinnati Reds within the 2024 season.
Elly De La Cruz is making his second straight look on the checklist this week. This week’s dwelling run got here 5 weeks after the one highlighted per week in the past and is the second, however not final time one of many 10 longest dwelling runs hit by a Reds participant this 12 months got here in opposition to the Colorado Rockies.
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The Metrics Behind The Blast
Ty Blach was pitching properly on the time, nevertheless it was nonetheless the third inning when Elly De La Cruz got here to the plate for the second time within the sport. The 2 battled to a full rely earlier than the left-handed pitcher went with a fastball that couldn’t crack 90 MPH. It didn’t work out this time for Blach as De La Cruz demolished the ball and despatched it into the bushes past the wall in middle at 448 ft from dwelling plate.
Distance Metrics
Distance: 448 Ft
Reds Ranks: seventh
Main League Baseball Rank: 99th
Elly De La Cruz Rank: 4
Different Metrics
Launch Angle: 24°
Exit Velocity: 109.2 MPH
Reds Exit Velocity Rank (dwelling runs solely): twentieth (out of 174)
MLB Exit Velocity Rank (dwelling runs solely): 644th (out of 5445)
The Story Behind The Blast
Within the first at-bat of the day for Elly De La Cruz he took the primary pitch that he noticed from Ty Blach, an 87.5 MPH fastball, and bunted it. Whereas any bunt from De La Cruz isn’t a real sacrifice given his velocity, he’s additionally the form of man you marvel about ever bunting due to the injury he can do. Nonetheless, his bunt didn’t get him to first base, however did transfer Stuart Fairchild up a bag.
The second time he got here as much as the plate he wasn’t bunting. Nobody was on base. He obtained forward 2-0 within the rely after taking a change up and cutter outdoors of the zone. Blach then threw him three fastballs in a row – two of which have been fouled off and the third being ball three. The Rockies lefty made the error of throwing a fourth straight fastball, which wasn’t all that quick on the best way in, nevertheless it had loads of velocity on it’s manner out.
The house run was the primary for De La Cruz in almost a month. He hadn’t homered previous to that since Could eleventh and it was solely his second dwelling run since April twenty ninth. It gave the Reds a 2-0 lead they usually held on for a 4-1 win behind an excellent begin by Frankie Montas the place he allowed one hit and struck out 9 in 7.0 shutout innings. The victory was the Reds third in a row and they might preserve that successful streak going for an additional 4 days and run their streak to seven video games earlier than shedding the sequence finale on the ninth to the Cubs. That loss prevented the crew from reaching the .500 mark.
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