News about Jo Adell

The Reds declared on Tuesday that they were calling up the 21-year-old from their Triple-A squad, the Louisville Bats, to give one of the minor league's most exciting players his first big league test. With an exit speed of 118.8 mph reported by Statcast, De La Cruz was tied for the hardest-hit ball in all professional baseball leagues this year. In the same game, he also hit two other balls over 116 mph. No major league team has ever had three in a game.