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
RANKSFrom Preseason
#591
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in March of 2023.
Out of Friday's lineup
SSOakland Athletics
June 2, 2023
Allen is absent from the lineup for Friday's game in Miami.
ANALYSIS
Allen has been the preferred option at shortstop for the Athletics since the beginning of May, but he'll sit this one out. Aledmys Diaz will get the start at short.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
16
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
13
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+75%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+110%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+66%
OPS vs LHP
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .761 131 19 4 10 0 .283 .328 .433
Since 2021vs Right .436 302 21 1 12 3 .173 .223 .213
2023vs Left .755 37 5 1 1 0 .303 .361 .394
2023vs Right .360 70 4 0 2 0 .154 .191 .169
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
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+2%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+99%
OPS at Home
2022
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .529 223 19 2 8 2 .212 .258 .271
Since 2021Away .540 210 21 3 14 1 .201 .251 .289
2023Home .632 62 5 1 1 0 .255 .305 .327
2023Away .317 45 4 0 2 0 .140 .178 .140
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
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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
0.33
 
BB Rate
5.6%
 
K Rate
16.8%
 
BABIP
.241
 
ISO
.041
 
AVG
.204
 
OBP
.250
 
SLG
.245
 
OPS
.495
 
wOBA
.226
 
Exit Velocity
85.5 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
21.7%
 
Barrels/PA
0.9%
 
Expected BA
.201
 
Expected SLG
.268
 
Sprint Speed
24.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
51.3%
 
Line Drive %
14.5%
 
Fly Ball %
34.2%
 
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Sitting after four straight starts
SSOakland Athletics
May 29, 2023
Allen is out of the lineup for Monday's game against Atlanta.
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Heads to bench Wednesday
SSOakland Athletics
May 24, 2023
Allen is not in the lineup Wednesday night against the Mariners.
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Hot hitting continues Tuesday
SSOakland Athletics
May 17, 2023
Allen went 3-for-5 with a solo home run and a walk in an extra-innings win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.
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Three-hit night Friday
SSOakland Athletics
May 13, 2023
Allen went 3-for-5 with a run in a win over the Rangers on Friday.
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Hits bench for series finale
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May 10, 2023
Allen is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees.
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