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While the assumption all winter had been that Nick Allen would be given the starting shortstop job on an everyday basis this season, that apparently is not the thinking the team itself has on the position.
General manager David Forst spoke to Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle and said that the team doesn’t “know that we have anything penciled in” in regards to the position. Not the best statement of confidence for the 24-year old former prospect.
Allen made his MLB debut this year and made it into 100 games.