The Mets have signed first baseman/left fielder Brandon Allen to a minor league deal with an invite to spring training.
Allen, 27, spent the entire 2013 season at Triple-A in the Padres organization, where he hit .267 with 17 home runs and 76 RBI. He is primarily a first baseman, but has seen time in left field too. His last Major League appearance was in 2012 with the Tampa Bay Rays, where he hit .154 in 7 games.
Not too long ago Allen was being brought up through the White Sox and Diamondback organizations, and thought of a player with a fair amount of upside. He has a good amount of raw power, evident by his solid minor league numbers, and really hasn't played too much in the Majors, so it would be unfair to judge this signing right now.
Allen's power is intriguing, and since he is young he probably still has some of that pop to his bat still with him. However, I basically just see this as a depth signing. Perhaps this is foreshadowing a trade of Ike Davis, but the Mets do in-fact already have a logjam at first base. I don't really have a problem with depth signings, so to me this is a nice pickup by Alderson and Co.
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