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One week after he smashed a two-run, walk-off home run for the Triple-A Louisville Bats in the bottom of the 9th inning in a 5-4 win against Worcester, the Cincinnati Reds summoned up their star minor league shortstop and top prospect, who was ranked last month as MLB‘s top overall prospect by ESPN.

MLB Pipeline ranks De La Cruz as the No. 4 prospect overall. In 38 games at Triple-A Louisville, he hit.298 with 12 home runs and an OPS of 1.031.

De La Cruz joins the Reds before a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Great American Ball Park.

Several comments on social media came from the Reds’ official account, among others.

Your new source for Elly De La Cruz highlights:@ellylacocoa18 ╳ @jackharlow pic.twitter.com/JByHRt0LuI
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 3, 2023

Current mood: pic.twitter.com/1wZCoZ8Bu8
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 6, 2023

🚨 ANNOUNCING ELLY DE LA CRUZ 🚨

Welcome to The Show, @ellylacocoa18‼️ pic.twitter.com/LcXKZcOLtk
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 6, 2023

You know it https://t.co/5QbRBxFp97
— Cincinnati 💔 (@CincyProblems) June 6, 2023

Get ready, Cincinnati, a future superstar is coming your way. pic.twitter.com/GHKZi1KjQH
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 6, 2023

ELLY DE LA CRUZ IS OFFICIALLY A CINCINNATI RED pic.twitter.com/uGCdmqyb2W
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 6, 2023

The @Reds recall their No. 1 prospect! 😱

Welcome to The Show, @ellylacocoa18! pic.twitter.com/l7CKTIOEls
— Bally Sports Cincinnati (@BallySportsCIN) June 6, 2023

Top-ranked #Reds prospect Elly De La Cruz ran from home-to-third in 10.97 seconds.

Nobody at the Major League level has topped that this year: https://t.co/wnqyt0itK0 pic.twitter.com/8gQd7VdO3n
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) June 3, 2023

Break out the savior headlines.

Reds call up baseball’s top prospect, SS Elly De La Cruz.

Most anticipated Reds debut since Jay Bruce (2008).

Corresponding move, fwiw: Nick Senzel to IL (knee)
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubMLB) June 6, 2023

Elly has arrived 👀@Reds | #ATOBTTR pic.twitter.com/XHlxKqaVdi
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) June 6, 2023

In Reds history, they’ve only signed and developed four position players from the Dominican Republic to the big leagues. Elly De La Cruz will soon be the fifth.

As he nears his debut, the Reds are in better position than ever to find the next De La Cruz.https://t.co/WU9PA994uB
— Charlie Goldsmith (@CharlieG__) June 5, 2023

A wrinkle to the Elly call up is that with Senzel on the IL, the Reds need a third baseman. Does India move? Does Elly play there? We’ll see the lineup today.
— Charlie Goldsmith (@CharlieG__) June 6, 2023