On November 7th The RailCats Signed Infielder Jake Allgeyer who is from Channahon, IL. Allgeyer is 22 years old and can bat from both the right side and left side of the plate. He played 2 years with Spoon College from 2021-22, Transferred to Western Illinois for the 2023 season, then transferred to Southern Illinois for the 2024 season. After his College career he played in The MLD Draft league for Mohaning Valley before signing with the Joilet Slammers of the Frontier League.

Jake Allgeyer with Spoon College had video game like numbers, He holds 9 school records!

• Most Hits in a season at 77
• Most Career Hits at 118
• Most Runs Scored in a season at 51
• Most Doubles in a season at 23
• Most Career Doubles in a career at 31
• Tied for most home runs in a season at 9
• Most Stolen Bases in a season at 22
• Highest Batting Average in a season at .428
• Highest Slugging% in a season at .728

At Western Illinois he played in 52 games and slashed a .310/.391/.421 With a OPS of .421. He scored 24 runs, has 61 hits, 1 stolen base, 4 homeruns, and had 34 RBI’s

At Southern Illinois he played 60 games slashes a .209/.421/.425 with an OPS of 847. He had 66 hits, scored 59 runs, 13 doubles, 6 homeruns, 44 RBI’s and 11 Stolen bases.

With the Joliet Slammers he played 16 games Scored 4 runs, 13 hits, 2 doubles, 1 homerun, 7 RBI’s and slashed a .250/.316/.346 with an OPS of .662

Manager Lamarr Rogers told railcatsbaseball.com “Jake is another highly evaluated player out of the MLBD in 2024.” and “He can play multiple INF positions as well as the OF. He’ll compete for a roster spot in mini-camp.” 

I see Jake as a player that can make an impact right away. I asked a fan of the Slammers who was able to watch Jake play last season and he only played for just over 2 weeks and wasn’t very impressive. The small sample size doesn’t show to much but his slash line is either just below or above what the team did last year.

Allgeyer brings the element of versatillity as he can play most infield postions and out. He can hit from both side of the plate, has good speed and some good power, and not the kind of smashing homerun power but the abliltiy to get the ball into the gap and let his speed do the rest.

He is one player that I will really be intrigue with in the 2025 season a 5 tool player that might have some promise!

WELCOME TO THE SOUTHSHORE!