MLB show host jokes about Elly De La Cruz stealing food from his twin

Cincinnati Reds infielder Elly De La Cruz attended the MLB Awards Nov. 11 with his much shorter twin brother, Pedro, and co-host Roy Wood Jr. joked that Elly was " stealing all the food in the womb." Elly was named 2026 All-MLB Second Team shortstop during the show. In 2025, during the broadcast of a game between the Reds and Braves in Atlanta, play-by-play announcer Brandon Gaudin talked about Pedro De La Cruz. The clip was shared by MLB's official account . "My favorite story about Elly is that he's got a twin brother who is 5 (foot) 8 (inches)," Gaudin said. "Pedro. Pedro runs a car wash back home in the Dominican Republic. And De La Cruz tells a story that as boys, Pedro was always the bigger, stronger twin. But around 12, that changed quickly. And then all of a sudden, Elly's 6 (foot) 6 (inches)! And Pedro never got past 5-8. But the two, they still have a very, very close relationship." From the Reds via Twitter/X: