Nick Allen

Nick Allen

26-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Atlanta Braves
Day-To-Day
Injury Hand
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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Rest of Season
From Preseason
#361
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$Signed a one-year contract with Atlanta in March of 2025.
X-rays come back clean
SSAtlanta Braves
Hand
May 29, 2025
X-rays on Allen's hand returned negative after he was forced to leave Thursday's game against the Phillies, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Allen was clipped in the hand by a pitch in the third inning and was removed immediately after. It appears he's avoided a long-term injury, though his status for Atlanta's weekend series against Boston is unclear.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
8
26
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
1
9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+19%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+4%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+2%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+39%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .610 182 19 3 9 4 .232 .287 .323
Since 2023vs Right .513 411 28 2 27 7 .213 .258 .255
2025vs Left .563 42 3 0 2 1 .216 .293 .270
2025vs Right .585 117 9 0 10 5 .252 .313 .272
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
 
 
+16%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+94%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+2%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+3%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .501 287 25 3 14 4 .203 .238 .263
Since 2023Away .583 306 22 2 22 7 .234 .294 .288
2025Home .390 76 7 0 4 0 .147 .213 .176
2025Away .756 83 5 0 8 6 .333 .395 .361
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
0.36
 
BB Rate
7.6%
 
K Rate
21.0%
 
BABIP
.318
 
ISO
.029
 
AVG
.246
 
OBP
.312
 
SLG
.275
 
OPS
.587
 
wOBA
.269
 
Exit Velocity
85.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
24.5%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.225
 
Expected SLG
.268
 
Sprint Speed
24.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
50.0%
 
Line Drive %
19.8%
 
Fly Ball %
30.2%
 
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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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Removed from Thursday's contest
SSAtlanta Braves
Finger
May 29, 2025
Allen exited Thursday's game against the Phillies with an apparent finger injury, 680 The Fan Atlanta reports.
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Resting for front end of twin bill
SSAtlanta Braves
May 29, 2025
Allen is out of the lineup for the first game of Thursday's doubleheader versus the Phillies.
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Swipes sixth bag
SSAtlanta Braves
May 19, 2025
Allen went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's win over the Red Sox.
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Three hits in Monday's win
SSAtlanta Braves
April 29, 2025
Allen went 3-for-4 with an RBI in Monday's win over the Rockies.
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Out of Tuesday's lineup
SSAtlanta Braves
April 22, 2025
Allen is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cardinals.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
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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