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Allen earns AFL Player of the Week honors
- Updated: November 1, 2016
MESA, Ariz. — Speedy Mesa Solar Sox outfielder Greg Allen of the Cleveland Indians earned Arizona Fall League Player of the Week honors after an impressive showing at the plate that contributed to his team’s winning streak.
“It definitely means a lot,” Allen said. “It’s fun to be recognized in that way, but it’s definitely something that our team as a whole has done a great job of on the field.”
• Cards’ Gomber named Arizona Fall League’s Pitcher of the Week
The No. 19 prospect in the Indians’ organization hit a pair of home runs against the Peoria Javelinas on Friday, the first multihomer game of his professional career, that powered the Solar Sox to a 7-3 victory.
That game is only a piece of a larger picture of Allen’s impressive Fall League campaign. He’s slashed .435/.683/.366 and leads batters in home runs with three. He also went into Monday’s games tied with Mariners’ No. 2 prospect Tyler O’Neill in total bases (28).
“I think it’s still just a work in progress, for sure,” Allen said. “I’m just trying to take it day by day and do the best I can to take advantage of the opportunities that are given.That’s how I’ve been going about it.”
Cleveland used its sixth-round Draft pick in 2014 to select the San Diego native out of San Diego State, where he was coached by Hall of …
