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Getty Images With his Cincinnati Reds up 14-0 over the visiting Texas Rangers, shortstop Elly De La Cruz stepped to the plate a triple shy of the cycle. To be sure "a triple shy of the cycle," typically qualifies as overdramatic phrasing. Three-baggers are exceedingly hard to come by in the contemporary era, so they're quite often the missing component of the cycle. Usually, they remain missing. De La Cruz, though, is an uncommon combination of speed and power, so he's more likely to get that elusive triple than most hitters are.Speaking of which, let's roll tape of what he did to the 1-1 fastball from Gerson Garabito: Rather than a triple, De La Cruz launched a 436-foot homer, his second of the night, that left the bat at more than 110 mph. No, that does not count as a cycle, […]
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April 1, 2025