In June of 2018, Cincinnati Reds director of Caribbean scouting Enmanuel Cartagena’s boss asked him to take a look at a shortstop prospect at the Niche Baseball Academy in the Dominican Republic.
Every now and then, the game produces unicorns who defy normal explanation. Reds shortstop prospect Elly De La Cruz is truly one of those players who can’t fully be rationally explained, as he showed ...