Elly De La Cruz Declined Franchise-Record Offer From Reds In 2025
January 16th, 2026 at 10:33pm CST • By Anthony Franco
The Reds made an unsuccessful effort at locking up Elly De La Cruz last spring. While details were sparse at the time, president of baseball operations Nick Krall revealed today the team made an official offer that would have topped their 10-year, $225MM franchise-record deal with Joey Votto.
“We made Elly an offer that would’ve made him the highest-paid Red ever,” Krall said.