New York Mets Prospect Matt Allan Underwent UCL Revision Surgery

Disappointing news for a promising young prospect.

Pitching prospect Matt Allan underwent UCL revision surgery in January, which was performed by Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas, the Mets announced on Saturday.

The Mets selected Allan in the third-round of the 2019 MLB Draft. The 21-year-old underwent Tommy John surgery in May of 2021 and then had nerve transposition surgery in January of 2022. Allan has not pitched in a game since 2019.

While Allan was initially expected to begin the year in Low-A St. Lucie, he is now likely out for the season and could miss time next year as well.

Allan was one of the best high school pitchers entering the 2019 draft. Instead of going to the University of Florida, Allan agreed to a $2.5 million signing bonus with the Mets.

Allan spoke to reporters at Mets' minor league camp in Port St. Lucie in February of 2022, saying his goal was to remain healthy and there was no timeline for his return. Unfortunately, that's not how things played out.

"The goal for this season was just for me to be healthy and feeling good whenever that should be," Allan said. "At this point, I’m not really thinking too much about a timeline. I’m more so just wanting to feel good. I know the organization just wants me to feel good and feel really confident that I’m ready to go. There’s no real timeline on coming back...

"I think at this point, everybody just kind of wants to do what’s best for me. I know the organization has been really good about wanting to do what’s best for me. Really, I think it’s on me when I feel ready to go.”

Allan added the following:

“I think any time you go through a TJ rehab, the most important thing is the ligament heals properly and that you’re feeling good, you’re feeling strong, you’re feeling confident. Because there’s really no point for someone at my age to push. There’s no point, there’s no real gain. I think everybody kind of sees it that way. It took a little bit of time – obviously as a competitor, someone as competitive as myself, all you want to do is pitch against hitters, all you want to do is start throwing, throwing against bullpens, get hitters in the box, but I think as I’ve gotten a little older, matured, you just start to realize the bigger picture of baseball that you don’t want to pitch in Double-A, and that’s it. I want to pitch 12 years in the big leagues, be a Hall of Famer, be someone like Jacob deGrom that people can remember.”

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