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Whereas 2023 was the introduction of Elly De La Cruz to Main League Baseball, it was 2024 that noticed him actually get away and announce his presence with authority. The 22-year-old shortstop had 6.4 WAR (Fangraphs model) this previous season for the Cincinnati Reds. De La Cruz was elite in a single space – baserunning. However he was superb on the defensive facet of issues even with a considerable amount of errors resulting from his capability to make performs that nobody else within the sport could make. And he additionally hit for loads of energy. Nonetheless, his excellent season was solely adequate to complete in eighth place within the voting for the 2024 Nationwide League Most Priceless Participant Award.
Shohei Ohtani would get all 30 votes for 1st place as he ran away with the award. Elly De La Cruz would get 4 votes for 4th place, after which get votes on the different spots between there and tenth. He was the one Reds participant to earn a vote this season.
For his half he would hit .259/.339/.471 with 36 doubles, 10 triples, 25 dwelling runs, and a league greatest 67 stolen bases. He led all of baseball in steals and even topped the Minnesota Twins as an entire by two steals. De La Cruz, in response to Fangraphs, completed third within the Nationwide League in each baserunning worth and defensive worth. His WAR was additionally third greatest within the NL, trailing Ohtani’s 9.1 and Francisco Lindor’s 7.8. Cy Younger Award winner Chris Sale was tied with De La Cruz on the WAR leaderboard at 6.4.
The 4 writers who voted for the Reds shortstop on the #4 spot have been Stephanie Apstein of Sports activities Illustrated, David Lennon of Newsday, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com, and Evan Webeck of the San Jose Mercury Information.
The 2 votes from the Cincinnati chapter of the Baseball Writers Affiliation of America who voted on the award this 12 months have been C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic and Gordon Wittenmyer of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Rosecrans gave De La Cruz a vote for eighth place. Wittenmyer voted for him on the #9 spot.
You’ll be able to see the total breakdown of who voted for which participant right here.
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