Lost in the wave of players coming over in the Mike Clevinger trade is the fact that the Indians did not, in fact, only trade their third Cy Young-caliber pitcher in the last 13 months yesterday. Greg Allen and a player to be named later will be joining Clevinger on the journey west, and while we don’t know for sure yet who the PTBNL is, we know who Greg Allen is and he deserves a proper send off as he heads to California to play for his hometown Padres.
Allen is one of many (some might say too many) players in recent years to bubble up through the minors, gain a sort of cult-like following, and bottom out before being shipped elsewhere.