Asked by former Red Eduardo Perez of ESPN whether he'll ever participate in an MLB Home Run Derby, Elly De La Cruz said he'd like to at some point.
The Cincinnati Reds shared a clip from ESPN's coverage of the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby, featuring a brief conversation between analyst and former Red Eduardo Perez, son of National Baseball Hall of Famer Tony, and Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz, a National League All-Star reserve.
"Are you ever going to do (a Home Run Derby)," Perez asks De La Cruz.
"I would like to do it at some point," De La Cruz replies. "Not now, but at some point I'd like to do it."
"Let's get to it," Perez says. "That-a baby. That-a baby."
"I think I can win this," De La Cruz continues. "I can win, yeah."
Elly De La Cruz has turned down MLB Home Run Derby invitations
De La Cruz declined an invitation to participate in the Derby for the third time in three MLB seasons.
"The time is going to come," he said, per The Enquirer's Gordon Wittenmyer. "But not now."
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