Reds' National League All-Star Elly De La Cruz says he thinks he can win a Home Run Derby
"Are you ever going to do (a Home Run Derby)," Perez asks De La Cruz.
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"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."
National League shortstop Elly De La Cruz of the Cincinnati Reds
"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."
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Reds' Elly De La Cruz says he thinks he can win an MLB Home Run Derby
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