Brandon Allen, the first baseman the Diamondbacks received in the trade that sent Tony Pena to the White Sox, is making quite the impression in his limited time with Triple-A Reno.
Allen is hitting .400 with seven homers and 16 RBIs in 12 games for the Aces. Furthermore, he has nine walks to five strikeouts and sports an on-base plus slugging percentage of 1.495, an astronomical number.
It’s just 40 at-bats, but his continued success would seem to give Allen the first shot at seizing the starting first basemen’s job in Arizona in 2010.
He is getting attention for it too, currently residing on the front page of the Baseball America Web site, with a link to this prospect hot sheet article.
