Rank History
| Year | Team | Position | Team Rank | OFP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | CLE | LHP | 22 | 45 |
Grades Update: Nov 2020
| OFP | Role | FB | CB | SL | CH | Ctr/Cmd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 40 | 60 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 35/30 |
Nov 2020 Report
Evaluator: Joe Drake
Age: 24 yr
Height: 6-3
Weight: 220 lbs
Hits/Throws: R/L
Acquired: 2015 Draft - Round 8
RuleV: On 40-man
Physical Description: Big boy on the mound, might be a little heavier than the 220 listed. Wide back and shoulders, long arms, high waist and long legs. Fairly trim. Body is mostly filled out, no real room for additional weight. Looks like a grown man; good body, live arm.
Delivery & Mechanics: Windup: Cross-body leg kick that comes up to the navel, long arm action that drops down behind the butt, comes through at high 3/4 slot. Moderate effort. Varies time through motion. Working from 1st base side. Stretch: Fast leg kick to mid-torso, crossing the body before attacking the plate. Average to above-average pace on the mound, keeps the game moving. Good snap pickoff can catch runners.
Fastball: 92-95, T96; Shows average ride and run that lets it work at the top of the zone. Uses early and often, working all over the zone. Velocity faded to 92-94 around the 50-pitch mark in long relief outings. Imagine it goes up another tick in short outings. Not precise with it, just trying to rip it by guys in general areas that he often misses, but still gets whiffs. Grade: 60
Curveball: 76-79; Big breaker with hard bend that hitters swing through even if they recognize it, at its best. Above-average depth and 1-7 shape. Other times it loops in for hitters to tee off on. Struggles to locate it, often missing badly or hanging it over the heart. Looks really good when it's tight, but hangs too many to rely on. Grade: 45
Slider: 82-86; Good, tight bite on the best ones, flashing plus with 2-plane break. Mixes the shape a little and has above-average movement on the best ones. More typically in the average range. Solid pitch. Uses it to backdoor righties and steal strikes or buries glove side it as a chase pitch. Grade: 50
Changeup: 80-83; Best secondary. Decent feel for it, used primarily against righties. Good arm speed sells it well. Locates it down and away to righties where they often swing through it. Movement profile is relatively average with more depth than fade, but hitters don't recognize it well out of the hand and are caught out in front or miss it altogether. Grade: 55
Control and Command: Not his strong suit. Control over command profile who wants his stuff to get guys out. Too many noncompetitive pitches, especially early in the count, make him fall behind hitters often. Lots of deep counts, struggling to put guys away because he can't locate close well enough with two strikes. Doesn't give in, willing to bounce breaking balls in a full count. Control: 35 | Command: 30
Overall: Big lefty with big stuff. Enough velo to pump the fastball by major leaguers and the breaking stuff has tight, late bite when it's on. Consistency and control will be the limiting factors for Allen as MLB hitters severely punished his mistakes. It's undoubtedly swing and miss stuff when it's on -- all the secondaries flash plus, but the control and consistency of pitches is too touch and go for competitive situations right now. Any step forward in command will make him a dangerous, exciting arm whose arsenal is a good fit for the 3-batter minimum era.
OFP: 45
Role: 40 - Spot Starter/Low Leverage Reliever/Long Relief
Risk: High
