What Allen has done however, is bring the spiraling Yankees back to semi relevance. This 2021 version of the “next man up” Yankees has been an absolute breath of fresh air to the mundane, monotonous, home run or bust offense. Leading the pack of the base stealing, sac fly hitting, team-first Scranton Yankees? Gregory Lomack Allen.
Where did our new superstar come from? Surely we had to trade a hefty package for a 28 year old slashing .417/.500/.750 with 3 stolen bases in his first 5 games right? Wrong. After being shipped to the Padres last summer, and being DFA’d this spring, Cashman acquired Greg Allen for just James Reeves.