On the surface, Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz put together another standout All-Star campaign in 2025. However, the fact he was battling through a series injury makes his performance even more admirable.

President of baseball operations confirmed that De La Cruz played with a left squad strain throughout the 2025 campaign. While there was a partial tear, the Reds weren't forced to sideline De La Cruz. And as the superstar begins his offseason, he is already been rehabbing the injury, via Manny Randhawa and Mark Shelton of MLB.com.

“If you look at his year last year — and I think a lot of people don't know this — at the end of the year, like toward the end of July, he was dealing with a partial torn quad,” Krall said. “And he has been rehabbing — he was at the ballpark t

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