{"id":421970,"date":"2026-01-18T21:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421970\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T21:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:40:09","slug":"two-more-cincinnati-reds-players-crack-mlb-networks-top-100-players-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421970\/","title":{"rendered":"Two More Cincinnati Reds Players Crack MLB Network\u2019s Top 100 Players List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">Earlier this week, MLB Network continued to reveal its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/top-100-mlb-players-for-2026-by-mlb-network\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">top 100 players<\/a>, this time revealing Nos. 60-41.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6b\">Two Cincinnati Reds players made the list: Hunter Greene and Elly De La Cruz. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6e\">No. 52: Elly De La Cruz <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6h\">While some may not agree, I would argue that De La Cruz should be higher. Here is a stat that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Nicholaspkirby\/status\/2012206185940733954?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Kirby posted on X. <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6k\">&#8220;Since Elly debuted on June 6, 2023, he ranks 20th in fWAR among all players (that includes pitchers). He is ahead of Tucker, Devers, Tatis, Bregman, Harper, Machado and Schwarber. There are only 3 total pitchers that are higher!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6n\">The 24-year-old played through an injury in the second half of last year&#8217;s season, and his numbers declined significantly. I think people are forgetting how good he was in the first half where he slashed .284\/.359\/.495 with 39 extra-base hits and 25 stolen bases.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6q\">No. 45: Hunter Greene <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6t\">When healthy, Greene is one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball. Greene battled injuries last year, but when he was healthy, he made 19 starts with an ERA of 2.76, a WHIP of 0.938, and struck out 132 batters over 107 2\/3 innings. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6w\">In 2024, his ERA was 2.75 in 26 starts and over 150 innings pitched. 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