Nick Allen

Nick Allen

24-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Oakland Athletics
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Allen almost earned an opening day roster spot but began in Triple-A Las Vegas. Soon, the rookie made his MLB debut, then shuttled between the majors and minors until late June, then played regularly the rest of the season. The slick-fielding infielder played both sides of the keystone, spending a more time at shortstop which is where he's earmarked for the upcoming campaign. Allen is a defense-first player with good contact skills, but he's not patient, nor does he hit the ball with much authority as his 84-mph average exit velocity indicates. Allen has speed but stole only three bases. If his defense weren't superb, he'd be a candidate to platoon as the righty swinger had much better splits against lefties. From a fantasy perspective, the fact he'll play a lot is detrimental, since his limited counting stats won't be enough to mitigate the batting average damage. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a contract with the Athletics in July of 2017.
In fierce shortstop competition
SSOakland Athletics
March 19, 2023
Allen, who is hitting .375 across 11 Cactus League games, continues to be in a heated battle with Aledmys Diaz for the starting shortstop job, Steve Stockmar of MLB.com reports.
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Allen got the start Sunday against the Dodgers, and Stockmar reports the 24-year-old helped his case with an RBI and two stellar defensive plays. However, Diaz is also enjoying a successful spring at the plate, and manager Mark Kotsay is going to emphasize offensive upside in his decision-making process with respect to the winner of the job battle. "You look at the production offensively last year, we evaluate that," Kotsay said. "Obviously, we evaluate our offense last year as a group. We didn't score enough runs, and that's a necessity this year."
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
10
59
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
11
4
8
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2020
 
 
+66%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+66%
OPS vs LHP
2021
No Stats
2020
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2020vs Left .763 94 14 3 9 0 .276 .315 .448
Since 2020vs Right .459 232 17 1 10 3 .179 .232 .226
2022vs Left .763 94 14 3 9 0 .276 .315 .448
2022vs Right .459 232 17 1 10 3 .179 .232 .226
2021vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2020
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
2021
No Stats
2020
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2020Home .491 161 14 1 7 2 .196 .241 .250
Since 2020Away .603 165 17 3 12 1 .219 .272 .331
2022Home .491 161 14 1 7 2 .196 .241 .250
2022Away .603 165 17 3 12 1 .219 .272 .331
2021Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Nick Allen compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.30
 
BB Rate
5.8%
 
K Rate
19.6%
 
BABIP
.250
 
ISO
.084
 
AVG
.207
 
OBP
.256
 
SLG
.291
 
OPS
.547
 
wOBA
.246
 
Exit Velocity
83.9 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
19.8%
 
Barrels/PA
0.9%
 
Expected BA
.210
 
Expected SLG
.266
 
Sprint Speed
25.2 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
51.5%
 
Line Drive %
16.9%
 
Fly Ball %
31.6%
 
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Not a lock to start at shortstop
SSOakland Athletics
March 7, 2023
Allen is not a lock to open the season as the Athletics' starting shortstop, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Hot hitting continues Monday
SSOakland Athletics
October 4, 2022
Allen went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run in a win over the Angels on Monday.
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Pops two-run homer
SSOakland Athletics
October 2, 2022
Allen went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 10-3 win over the Mariners.
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Two hits, two RBI
SSOakland Athletics
September 28, 2022
Allen went 2-for-4 with a two-run double in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Angels.
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Sitting Sunday
SSOakland Athletics
September 25, 2022
Allen is not in Sunday's lineup against the Mets, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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