Greg Allen is proof that baseball careers aren’t always a straight line — sometimes they’re a pinball machine. The newest stop? Baltimore. After the Orioles shipped out Cedric Mullins at the deadline, they decided to patch up their outfield depth by handing Allen a major league contract for the rest of 2025.
It’s a well-earned chance for a guy who’s spent the past few years as the Yankees’ favorite boomerang. Allen’s first tour in the Bronx began in January 2021, arriving from the Padres in exchange for pitcher James Reeves. By spring training’s end, he was DFA’d and shipped to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre — but he clawed his way back to the majors that summer, posting a .270/.417/.432 line in just 15 games.
Two years later, after a minor league pact with Boston in early 2023, Allen was back in pinstripes by May. In 22 games that season, he put up a .217/.333/.478 slash before closing out the year in Milwaukee’s system. January 2024 brought yet another Yankee reunion — though that time, he never got the call, spending the season between Scranton and Double-A Somerset, batting .223/.335/.351.
So here we are. The Yankees may have treated him like an afterthought, but Allen clearly hasn’t lost the itch to play.
The Orioles aren’t chasing a playoff berth, but Allen is chasing something more important — another shot to prove he belongs. And for that alone, you’ve got to respect the guy’s grit.
