Reds vs. Rangers Player Props Today: Elly De La Cruz - April 28

Elly De La Cruz has his sights set on a more productive performance after a hitless showing in his last game (0-for-5). He and the Cincinnati Reds face the Texas Rangers on Sunday, who will send out Dane Dunning to start, at 2:35 PM ET on BSSW.

De La Cruz paces the Reds with seven home runs and has a team-best batting average of .283. Among all batters in baseball, De La Cruz’s home run total ranks sixth and his RBI tally ranks 19th.

Elly De La Cruz prop lines and game time

• Matchup: Cincinnati Reds vs. Texas Rangers
• Time: 2:35 PM ET
• Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
• TV Channel: BSSW
• Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now!)
• Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
• Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +425)
• RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +200)
• Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: -110)
• Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +135)
• Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +170)

Elly De La Cruz prop bet insights

• De La Cruz has reached base with a hit 18 times this year in 27 games played (66.7%), including multiple hits in 22.2% of them (six times).
• He has hit a home run in 22.2% of his games this season (27 contests), going deep in 6.4% of his trips to home plate.
• In 15 of 27 games this season (55.6%), De La Cruz has scored, and six of those games (22.2%) included an effort that produced more than one run scored.
• In 40.7% of his games this year (11 of 27), he has driven in at least one run. In five of those games (18.5%) he recorded more than one RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team’s runs in two contests.
• De La Cruz has gone down on strikes in 20 of 27 games this year, with multiple strikeouts in 12 of them.

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Elly De La Cruz stats against the Rangers

Rangers starter: Dane Dunning

• Dunning (2-2) takes the hill for the Rangers in his sixth start of the season. He has produced a 4.61 ERA in 27 1/3 innings pitched, with 29 Ks.
• When he last took the hill on Wednesday versus the Seattle Mariners, the righty threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing four earned runs while surrendering four hits.
• The 29-year-old has posted a 4.61 ERA and 9.5 Ks per nine innings in five games this season, while giving up a batting average of .196 to opposing hitters.
• Dunning is looking to notch his third quality start in this game.