Selected in the 5th round (No. 149) of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Miami Marlins out of the University of South Carolina... signed with the Marlins on July 18, 2021 for $358,300, right around the slot value of $360,800... was previously selected in the 39th round of the 2018 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees out of George Jenkins High School but did not sign... instead he spent three seasons with South Carolina from 2018-2021, appearing in 129 games... hit .255 with 23 homers, 80 RBIs and 19 steals in 455 at-bats at South Carolina... led Carolina with 12 stolen bases on 12 attempts, which also tied for 10th in the SEC in 2021 as a junior... made the SEC Honor Roll all three seasons... led the Gamecocks with a .327 batting average in 2020 with 16 games played and 13 starts in a Covid-shortened season... led the SEC with five triples in 2019... majored in retailing at SC... son of Christopher and Angela Allen; his brother, Dylan, played baseball at Liberty University... grew up in Lakeland, Florida... made his Marlins debut on April 8, 2022 with Jupiter... Marlins promoted him to Beloit in August and he made his Midwest League debut on Aug. 30, 2022.
In high school, he helped George Jenkins High School to a FHSAA Class 8A state semifinal berth in 2018... hit .414 with two homers, 24 runs, 23 RBIs and drew 35 walks as a senior at Jenkins Had a .591 OPS for George Jenkins in 2017... helped Jenkins to as high as No. 7 in Baseball America_’s High School Top 25... represented Polk County in the FACA All-Star Game in 2018... named Hitter of the Year by the _Lakeland Ledger as a sophomore... was First Team All-Polk County in 2016, ’17, ’18... went 5-0 on the mound with a 0.83 ERA as a junior... honors included Rawlings-Perfect Game All-America honorable mention (2018), Rawlings-Perfect Game Florida All-Region selection (2018), Perfect Game Underclass First Team (2017) and Perfect Game Underclass high honorable mention (2016)
2022
Spent his first season with the Marlins, hitting .248 with 8 homers and 56 RBIs in 117 games between Jupiter and Beloit... led Jupiter in batting (.251), runs (55) and RBIs (52)
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