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Marlins, Austin Allen Agree To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | December 8, 2022 at 12:43pm CDT

The Marlins have agreed to a minor league contract with catcher Austin Allen, as first indicated on the team’s transactions log at MLB.com. The former Padres and Athletics backstop will presumably vie for a roster spot in Spring Training with the Fish.

Allen, 29 next month, was a fourth-round pick of the Padres in 2015 who went from San Diego to Oakland as part of 2019’s Jurickson Profar trade. Baseball America ranked him 16th among San Diego farmhands at the time of the swap and 11th among A’s prospects a year later, but despite consistently impressing in Triple-A (.314/.365/.583 in 820 plate appearances), Allen has never gotten much of a look in the big leagues. Suspect glovework appears to be the primary reason, as he’s long been touted as a bat-first player with plenty of concerns regarding his ability to stay behind the plate. Allen has spent increased time at first base and designated hitter in recent seasons but remained productive in the upper minors.

Chances at the MLB level were sparse for Allen, particularly in Oakland, where standout Sean Murphy understandably logged the lion’s share of playing time and more defensive-minded players have typically served as his backup. Allen never received more than 35 plate appearances in a season with Oakland and saw only a career-high 71 during his debut campaign with San Diego. In 127 MLB plate appearances, he’s a .195/.252/.288 hitter.

There’s little doubting Allen’s power, however. He’s had four seasons in the minors with between 20 and 22 home runs, despite never topping 121 games played in any of those years. And, while he’s fanned at a troubling 37% clip in his small sample of MLB action, his 20.4% mark in a larger sample of Triple-A plate appearances is less concerning.

Allen is out of minor league options, so if he makes the Marlins’ roster at any point, he won’t be able to be sent back to Triple-A without first clearing waivers. He’s likely a depth signing behind Jacob Stallings and Nick Fortes, but Miami is fairly thin at catcher in the upper minors, so Allen could be the top option in the event of an injury. Of course, subsequent offseason additions, be they Major League acquisitions or further non-roster pickups, could see Allen pushed down the depth chart a bit.

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  1. FloridaSportsGuy

    2 months ago

    Low risk signing with tons of upside. I like it.

    Reply
  2. SI

    2 months ago

    Had the chance to meet him once, Didnt leave a good impression. Hope he succeeds.

    Reply
  3. frankpr21

    2 months ago

    Wow. The signing we all were waiting for. Now let’s go get them. So sad that the ownership has so much talented pitchers and don’t support them with good hitters. If I was one of Roger’s, Lopez or Alcantara I would be demanding a trade. The other factor been at this moment all those team that they need to win against have gotten better. Sad to see someone like Abreu go to Houston and not adding Abreu tells me a lot about this ownership specially when we all know that the tram is at least h
    getting close to 40 Mill from the sale to Disney of one of their software programs. This ownership is getting ready to sale the team and is the best thing they can do at this moment. I speak for many others Marlins fans that feel the same. Sad, sadly, pain,

    Reply
  4. bwmiller

    2 months ago

    I imagine both Stallings and Fortes have a lot of value as hot as the market for Murphy is, Marlins setting up to trade one of them.

    Reply
  5. Marinararivera

    2 months ago

    If they do I imagine they keep fortes as he has cheap control for years.

    Reply
  6. bwmiller

    2 months ago

    Marlins are close to being a very good team, if they can get the right pieces in a trade or two they could be the team to beat in the NL East.

    Reply
  7. bighiggy

    2 months ago

    Surprised the cards didn’t hold onto him as a possible 3rd catcher bench bat/backup first baseman. Guy has raked in the minors.

    Reply
  8. bestno5

    2 months ago

    Shouldn’t a .195 MLB BA be qualification to remove the “bat first” label?

    Reply
    • tippin

      2 months ago

      Not when you’ve never had an opportunity to settle in. It takes time to find the groove.

      Reply
  9. DisplacedSTLfan

    2 months ago

    How many people thought this was a Sean Murphy post at first glance?

    Reply
  10. tippin

    2 months ago

    Always liked him. Seems like a classic case of not having a real opportunity to get every day AB’s and get into a groove.

    Reply
  11. Winslow Leach

    2 months ago

    This is how Championship Teams are built. He leaves his current team so that team can bring in someone to get them to Manfred’s “Piece of Metal”.

    Reply
  12. MarlinsFanBase

    2 months ago

    Yes, Allen should fix our bullpen problem! He can be our Closer after Floro blows seven games in April.

    Reply
    • Hammerin' Hank

      2 months ago

      Sorry y’all couldn’t compete in the Brandon Nimmo sweepstakes!

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