{"id":522432,"date":"2026-01-17T09:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/522432\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:22:12","slug":"elly-de-la-cruz-says-reds-nixed-world-baseball-classic-participation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/522432\/","title":{"rendered":"Elly De La Cruz says Reds nixed World Baseball Classic participation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/cincinnati-reds\/241\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati Reds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cincinnati Reds<\/a> star infielder Elly De La Cruz said Jan. 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/reds\/2026\/01\/16\/cincinnati-reds-will-benson-tj-friedl-mlb-playoffs-expectations-redsfest-2026\/88222361007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:at Redsfest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">at Redsfest<\/a> that he doesn&#8217;t intend to play in the upcoming World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n<p>De La Cruz, a National League All-Star the past two seasons, said he wanted to play in the March tournament and represent the Dominican Republic, but the Reds didn&#8217;t want him to play. De La Cruz added that he hopes to play in the WBC in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In December, Dominican Republic WBC manager Albert Pujols said he talked to De La Cruz and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/reds\/2025\/12\/09\/reds-ss-elly-de-la-cruz-workload-wbc\/87688629007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:expected him to play;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">expected him to play<\/a> for the team.<\/p>\n<p>De La Cruz played through a quad strain for much of the second half of last season for the Reds.<\/p>\n<p>During spring training, the Reds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/reds\/2025\/11\/05\/reds-spring-training-schedule-includes-exhibition-vs-cuba\/87111321007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:are scheduled to face;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">are scheduled to face<\/a> the Cuban national team March 4 at Goodyear Ballpark.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Elly De La Cruz at Redsfest\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5581031c5e053d0b9e507c66a6981ad4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Elly De La Cruz at Redsfest<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/reds\/2026\/01\/17\/elly-de-la-cruz-quad-strain-reds-nixed-world-baseball-classic-participation-dominican-republic\/88229246007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Elly De La Cruz says Reds nixed World Baseball Classic participation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Elly De La Cruz says Reds nixed World Baseball Classic participation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Reds star infielder Elly De La Cruz said Jan. 16 at Redsfest that he doesn&#8217;t intend to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":522433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[41],"tags":[92086,5048,6368,6367,1266,62,67,132,68,182121],"class_list":["post-522432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-albert-pujols","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-de-la-cruz","tag-elly-de-la-cruz","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-world-baseball-classic"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115909711870400284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}