Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz is getting set to play in his second Major League Baseball All-Star Game Tuesday night in Atlanta.The budding superstar is already among baseball’s most exciting talents but one thing De La Cruz hasn’t done so far: compete in MLB’s Home Run Derby.According to De La Cruz himself, that could change soon.De La Cruz, 23, was asked on the ESPN broadcast by Eduardo Pérez (son of Reds legend Tony Perez) if he would ever consider competing in the event.“I would like to do it some point,” De La Cruz said. “Not now, but at some point I would like to do it.”If he does enter the competition in a future season, the Dominican Republic native is feeling good about his chances.“I think I can win it,” De La Cruz said on the Home Run Derby broadcast during the 2025 event at Truist Park Monday.De La Cruz has swatted 56 home runs through his first 355 games in the Majors, with impressive bat speed and exit velocities that have fans clamoring for him to be in the derby.Three Reds players have won the Home Run Derby since its inception in 1985: Dave Parker in the first year it was played, Eric Davis in 1989 and Todd Frazier when the All-Star festivities were in Cincinnati in 2015.

CINCINNATI —

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz is getting set to play in his second Major League Baseball All-Star Game Tuesday night in Atlanta.

The budding superstar is already among baseball’s most exciting talents but one thing De La Cruz hasn’t done so far: compete in MLB’s Home Run Derby.

According to De La Cruz himself, that could change soon.

De La Cruz, 23, was asked on the ESPN broadcast by Eduardo Pérez (son of Reds legend Tony Perez) if he would ever consider competing in the event.

“I would like to do it some point,” De La Cruz said. “Not now, but at some point I would like to do it.”

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If he does enter the competition in a future season, the Dominican Republic native is feeling good about his chances.

“I think I can win it,” De La Cruz said on the Home Run Derby broadcast during the 2025 event at Truist Park Monday.

De La Cruz has swatted 56 home runs through his first 355 games in the Majors, with impressive bat speed and exit velocities that have fans clamoring for him to be in the derby.

Three Reds players have won the Home Run Derby since its inception in 1985: Dave Parker in the first year it was played, Eric Davis in 1989 and Todd Frazier when the All-Star festivities were in Cincinnati in 2015.