{"id":714934,"date":"2026-06-02T00:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/714934\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T00:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:36:16","slug":"reds-star-elly-de-la-cruz-reveals-partnership-with-burger-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/714934\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds Star Elly De La Cruz Reveals Partnership With Burger Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cincinnati Reds<\/a> snapped a three-game losing streak on Sunday, defeating the Atlanta Braves<\/a> 6-4. Now, into June of the 2026 MLB<\/a> season, Cincinnati is 30-28 and in fifth place in the National League Central.<\/p>\n

Going into their Monday match against the Kansas City Royals<\/a>, the Reds are dealing with a handful of injuries. In Sunday\u2019s win, shortstop Elly De La Cruz<\/a> suffered a right hamstring injury while running the bases.<\/a><\/p>\n

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He was then placed on the 10-day injury list. While speaking to reporters, manager Terry Francona said<\/a> the two-time All-Star is expected to miss two to four weeks with a hamstring strain.<\/p>\n

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Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz (44)Mandatory Credit&colon; David Banks-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

While the fourth-year veteran likely won’t be back in the lineup for several weeks, he is making moves off the field. On Monday, in a joint Instagram post, De La Cruz announced a new partnership with the restaurant chain, Red Robin.<\/p>\n

“Elly \u2018lost\u2019 his Slider Glove \u26be\ud83c\udf54 Anybody seen it??” Slide into Red Robin soon to try the Towering Sliders, expertly crafted with a Slider Glove \ud83d\ude09 #ToweringSliders #RedRobinPartner #EllyDeLaCruz,” the post’s caption read.<\/p>\n

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So far this season, De La Cruz has been a major contributor for the Reds. He’s appeared in 58 games, accumulating 232 at-bats<\/a>, 65 hits, 40 runs scored, 37 RBIs, 12 home runs and 10 stolen bases. He is also slashing .280\/.346\/.509 with a .855 OPS.<\/p>\n

With this latest partnership announced, the 24-year-old focuses on getting back to full strength. With Cincinnati six games behind the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>, they will be eager to get De La Cruz back as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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Related: Struggling AL Team Floated as Potential Trade Candidate for Tarik Skubal<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 1, 2026, where it first appeared in the MLB<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game losing streak on Sunday, defeating the Atlanta Braves 6-4. Now, into June…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[46,5,535,50,4259,7320,1177,55,59,4,536,1175],"class_list":["post-714934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cincinnati-reds","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baseball","tag-cincinnati","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-cincinnatireds","tag-de-la-cruz","tag-elly-de-la-cruz","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-reds","tag-terry-francona"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116677717794646343","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}