Alejandro Kirk

Bats R Throws R5'8" 245 lbBorn 1998 Tijuana, MéxicoDebut 2020Team TOR2x All-StarContract 5 y/$58M (26-30) 2026: $8,700,000

Awards: AL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 142.0FIELD+ 115.3 at CTotal 2.97 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	431	380	103	18	0	12	44	54	0	0.271	0.347	0.413	0.760	0.142	0.334	12.6	10.2	112.0	1.97
2027	354	312	82	13	0	10	36	45	0	0.264	0.341	0.400	0.741	0.136	0.326	12.8	10.2	107.0	1.41

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 86 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Earl Williams	1975	111.6	87.2	415
2	Shanty Hogan	1932	107.5	73.7	347
3	Gary Sanchez	2019	120.1	71.5	178
4	Hank Gowdy	1916	104.0	74.8	176
5	Ray Fosse	1973	91.9	61.5	222
6	Benito Santiago	1991	94.4	86.0	411
7	Salvador Perez	2016	94.3	101.7	498
8	Charles Johnson	1998	91.7	96.7	492
9	Steve Yeager	1975	99.6	82.8	399
10	Tommy Clarke	1914	106.9	122.7	268

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			354		82	13	0	10		0	36	45	0.264	0.341	0.400	0.741	107.0
2026*	TOR	53	204	15	51	6	0	7		0	22	23	0.285	0.358	0.436	0.794	101.6
2025	TOR	130	506	45	127	18	0	15	76	1	48	59	0.282	0.348	0.421	0.769	111.4
2024	TOR	103	386	23	86	19	1	5	54	0	35	51	0.253	0.319	0.359	0.677	90.4
2023	TOR	123	422	34	93	16	0	8	43	0	42	45	0.250	0.334	0.358	0.692	95.8
2022	TOR	139	541	59	134	19	0	14	63	0	63	58	0.285	0.372	0.415	0.786	129.8
2021	TOR	60	189	19	40	8	0	8	24	0	19	22	0.242	0.328	0.436	0.764	107.6
2020	TOR	9	25	4	9	2	0	1	3	0	1	4	0.375	0.400	0.583	0.983	166.7
Career		564	2069	184	489	82	1	51	263	1	208	239	0.268	0.345	0.398	0.743	109.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	202	87.6	9.2	3.8	38.2	17.2	29.5	0.265	0.373	0.311	23.6
2025	506	91.1	11.9	10.1	50.8	18.5	29.1	0.278	0.480	0.359	24.3
2024	386	89.4	10.8	6.7	40.9	15.7	28.2	0.253	0.403	0.329	24.7
2023	422	87.6	6.3	5.2	38.3	12.8	26.7	0.252	0.392	0.321	23.7
2022	541	90.5	8.1	6.7	45.4	15.4	23.4	0.275	0.447	0.354	24.2
2021	189	92.3	14.7	11.0	46.9	19.3	24.0	0.274	0.504	0.368	24.7
2020	25	95.0	5.9	5.0	50.0	21.6	30.8	0.313	0.451	0.344	23.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TOR	C	118	965	968	35	9	4	0.991	+16.2
2024	TOR	C	93	766	706	45	7	6	0.991	+11.6
2023	TOR	C	99	775	829	36	6	3	0.993	+8.0
2022	TOR	C	78	654	655	31	3	7	0.996	+7.5
2021	TOR	C	44	338	353	17	2	1	0.995	-2.4
2020	TOR	C	7	52	48	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2021	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	56	2 HR, 0 SB	0.347	0.924
2019	A+	Dunedin Blue Jays	Bat	276	4 HR, 2 SB	0.288	0.841
2019	A	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	96	3 HR, 1 SB	0.299	0.946
2018	Rk	Bluefield Blue Jays	Bat	244	10 HR, 2 SB	0.354	1.001

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.355	0.347	0.372	0.326
2025	0.334	0.342	0.338	0.342
2024	0.305	0.312	0.330	0.291
2023	0.340	0.304	0.351	0.279
2022	0.380	0.359	0.352	0.372
2021	0.418	0.315	0.364	0.333
2020	0.129	0.539	0.485	0.180

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	18	71	11	18	2	5	13	9	13	0.254	0.349	0.493	0.842
2023	2	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0.333	0.500	0.333	0.833
2022	2	8	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0.375	0.444	0.500	0.944
2020	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667
Career	23	88	13	24	3	5	13	11	15	0.273	0.369	0.477	0.846