Can Elly De La Cruz raise Reds vs. Cardinals, vulnerable NL Central

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Cincinnati Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz, less than a week into his big-league career and already a certified sensation, makes his first visit to St. Louis for his first series against an NL Central rival. And he just might tilt the race in a division where no team has stood out, and the favorite to win, the Cardinals, has been down at the bottom. The Athletic baseball writer C. Trent Rosecrans rejoins BPIB to discuss the Cruz Factor, the awe other big-leaguers have in the 6-foot-5 shortstop who is hitting cleanup for the Reds, and whether a weekend series at Busch Stadium comes at a time when Cincinnati is heading up in the division race and the Cardinals are trying to stop sinking from contention. The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closet by Design of St. Louis, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold.

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0:00.0	The best podcast in baseball is brought to you by Closets by Design.
0:05.7	Update your closet, garage, office, pantry, and more.
0:09.0	Imagine your home totally organized with closets by design.
0:12.6	Call 1-800-by-design.
0:14.4	That's 1-800-by-design.
0:17.2	You and I've been doing this for a long time.
0:19.9	There are guys that we'll talk about, everybody else talks about,
0:26.0	and that players will kind of be like,
0:27.5	they're in awe.
0:32.2	These are big leakers.
0:34.3	They're in awe of what Ellie can do Hello everybody and welcome to the best podcast in baseball brought to you by closet by design of St. Louis.
0:45.9	I'm St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derek Gould join this week yet again with the Reds in town by the athletic senior baseball rider extraordinaire. Do you get all your titles right?
0:57.0	I don't know. You're the radio guy. Look at that. That radio voice? Like you could be selling cars.
1:01.3	I've gotten better through the years, haven't I? You've gotten more traditional.
1:04.6	More traditional. That's what I'm going for. More traditional. That, of course, is C. Trent Rosecrans,
1:09.8	rider for the athletic, longtime B-rider in Cincinnati.
1:12.9	And let us begin where all conversations about the Cincinnati Rads must begin.
1:19.2	Ellie Della Cruz. Has the ball landed yet?
1:22.8	You know, actually, it's really funny you mentioned that.
1:24.6	I went up to Andrew Rabbit, played with Dela Cruz last year in Chattanooga and then this year in Louisville.
1:32.2	I said, Andrew, quick question.
1:35.5	Where would you put that homer he hit the other day on your list of homers you've seen from him?
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