Still just 23 years old, Cincinnati Reds's standout Elly De La Cruz has become one of the must-watch players in baseball. With an electric throwing arm, prodigious power and blazing speed, he can do it all,

In the world of Major League Baseball, your team has to beat divisional opponents or you will never have any success in this league. For Cincinnati, this continues to be true thus far in 2025, and it’s the same story year after year.

Cincinnati Reds star shortstop Elly De La Cruz hit a towering home run on Sunday against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field, one day after the death of his older sister, Genelis De La Cruz.

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But Cincinnati has struggled this season. Greene and De La Cruz have been good, though they could still be better, but as a whole, the team has struggled. While they are struggling, the trade rumors have begun to heat up and they've shifted in a completely different direction.

Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona spoke to reporters on Sunday and provided an update on outfielder Austin Hays and infielder Jeimer Candelario. Candelario, who has been on the injured list since April 30 with a lumbar spine strain, will start is rehab assignment with the ACL Reds on Monday.

Michael Busch homered and drove in three runs, helping Jameson Taillon and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-3.

The Reds are 8.5 games back in the NL Central race against the Chicago Cubs, who just went 18-9 in May despite up-and-down pitching. Even though the Reds’ May felt solid (the worst stretches from this offense were in April), they only went 13-15.