Nick Allen

Nick Allen

26-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Atlanta Braves
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Allen was the Athletics' Opening Day shortstop last season, but he had lost that job by the end of April and wound up spending the bulk of the year in the minors. Among 455 players to accrue at least 100 plate appearances, Allen ranked 449th with just a .463 OPS. He has just a .537 OPS since debuting in 2022, and that's easily the lowest mark in baseball among players to tally 500 trips to the plate. Atlanta liked Allen's glove enough to trade for him over the winter, and he could open the season on its bench, but the chances of the 26-year-old making a fantasy impact are virtually nil. Read Past Outlooks
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From Preseason
#361
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Signed a one-year contract with Atlanta in March of 2025.
Set to lose starting job
SSAtlanta Braves
September 2, 2025
Allen went 1-for-4 in Monday's extra-inning loss to the Cubs, and over his last 13 games he's batting just .111 (3-for-27) with a 0:10 BB:K.
Analysis
The 26-year-old offers a good glove at shortstop, but Allen has never figured out how to hit big-league pitching and has a .534 OPS through 405 plate appearances this season, and a .536 OPS for his career. Atlanta claimed Ha-Seong Kim (back) off waivers from the Rays on Monday, and he's expected to take over as the team's starting shortstop once he's activated from the IL, which could happen as soon as Tuesday. Allen will likely be relegated to a late-inning defensive role after Kim joins the active roster.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
11
78
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
31
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+15%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+1%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+2%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+39%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .587 246 21 3 15 5 .228 .290 .297
Since 2023vs Right .509 593 45 2 30 8 .210 .258 .251
2025vs Left .537 106 5 0 8 2 .217 .298 .239
2025vs Right .533 299 26 0 13 6 .223 .280 .253
2024vs Left .469 41 4 1 1 0 .158 .179 .289
2024vs Right .458 64 2 0 3 0 .186 .238 .220
2023vs Left .686 99 12 2 6 3 .270 .327 .360
2023vs Right .493 230 17 2 14 2 .201 .236 .257
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+20%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+54%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+2%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+3%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .482 404 33 3 19 6 .194 .237 .245
Since 2023Away .579 435 33 2 26 7 .236 .296 .282
2025Home .417 193 15 0 9 2 .162 .226 .191
2025Away .641 212 16 0 12 6 .277 .338 .303
2024Home .470 42 4 0 1 0 .200 .220 .250
2024Away .459 63 2 1 3 0 .158 .213 .246
2023Home .557 169 14 3 9 4 .228 .253 .304
2023Away .543 160 15 1 11 1 .214 .274 .269
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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
0.31
 
BB Rate
7.4%
 
K Rate
24.2%
 
BABIP
.301
 
ISO
.028
 
AVG
.222
 
OBP
.285
 
SLG
.249
 
OPS
.534
 
wOBA
.246
 
Exit Velocity
84.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
24.1%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.226
 
Expected SLG
.267
 
Sprint Speed
24.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
45.0%
 
Line Drive %
21.4%
 
Fly Ball %
33.6%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Allen began last year in a platoon role with the A's, but he was quickly sent down following a 1-for-16 start. He would go on to bounce between Triple-A and the majors for most of the season before settling in with the big club for the final two months. The patience he had shown during his time at the Triple-A level was not there in his time with Oakland, but Allen was at least able to make contact and hit for a palatable batting average down the stretch. Listed at 5-foot-8, 166 pounds, Allen is severely lacking in the power department, as he's never once reached double-digit homers in a professional season. If he's to ever make an impact in the fantasy realm, he will have to do it with steals and batting average. While not a burner, Allen has shown good efficiency on the basepaths in the minors over the past two seasons. The 25-year-old tentatively projects as the starter at shortstop for the A's entering 2024.
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.
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Out of lineup again Thursday
SSAtlanta Braves
August 28, 2025
Allen is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Philadelphia.
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Receiving afternoon off
SSAtlanta Braves
August 27, 2025
Allen is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Marlins.
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Rare day off
SSAtlanta Braves
August 23, 2025
Allen is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Mets.
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Tallies three hits in rout
SSAtlanta Braves
August 16, 2025
Allen went 3-for-4 with a double, a run and two RBI in Saturday's 10-1 win against Cleveland.
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Nabs seventh steal
SSAtlanta Braves
August 7, 2025
Allen went 2-for-3 with a stolen base in Wednesday's loss to the Brewers.
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Time running out as starter
SSOakland Athletics
August 18, 2023
Robert Murray of FanSided.com speculates that shortstop prospect Darell Hernaiz could soon be called up by the A's, which could bring an end to Allen's run as the club's primary shortstop.
Analysis
Allen leads Oakland with 58 starts at shortstop this season and has started 24 of 29 games at the position since the All-Star break, but he sports a .204/.254/.282 slash line through 169 games in his big-league career. Hernaiz is one of the organization's top prospects and has a .945 OPS in 30 games since being promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas in mid-July, which could be enough for him to earn some starts in the majors down the stretch.
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