Mets Ink 1B Brandon Allen

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

27 years old, LH hitting first baseman, cup o joe with dbaggs, A's, Rays since '09, spent all of last year with Padres AAA. Said to have occasional moonshot power, but also whiffs his share.

[Edgy MD]

Maybe about to shed a firstbasey too maybe.

[Benjamin Grimm]

More glut!

[metirish]

Well, by the cut of him I'd say the Mets are well loaded at first base.

[Edgy MD]

Wonder if Jay-Z represents him.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I kept telling everyone they'd make a big splash! Woohoo!

[ashie62]

I'm calling him Cannonball...

[Edgy MD]

Only player not named Russell Branyan to reach the upper deck at YSIII.

Bats left, throws right. Plays left and first. Thick in the middle. Twenty-seven years old.

Got a good chance to be the black Lucas Duda.

[MFS62]

He's big all right.
But is he man enough to block Alan Dykstra's path to Las Vegas?

Later

[Fman99]

They could just give him Jorge Toca's old jersey and locker.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Said to have occasional moonshot power, but also whiffs his share.

His share, your share, the share of every Brandon Allen in the world besides; he's got a 35% strikeout rate in the majors thus far (a shade over 400 PAs). And climbing.