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'Best Player in the World': Chase Burns Shares High Praise for Elly De La Cruz

Cincinnati Reds On SI·Zach Pressnell·about 1 month ago
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The Cincinnati Reds have a few of the better players in the National League on their roster this season. Chase Burns is a Cy Young candidate, and he showcased that again on Tuesday when he tossed six innings with two earned runs and nine strikeouts against the Colorado Rockies to earn his third win of the season. Elly De La Cruz is one of the best players in baseball. He's showcased his ability to take over a game on multiple occasions this season, including on Tuesday night. De La Cruz recorded two singles early in the game. He stole a few bases. Toward the end of the game, he crushed a home run to bring him to 10 home runs on the season. But the highlight of the game was De La Cruz's incredible play ranging to his right to pick a ball on a high hop and fire it across the diamond for the out. It was a play that not many infielders in the league could make, but De La Cruz pulled it off, and Burns had some high praise for him after.…

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