Alejandro Kirk
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 8" 245LBS | Age: 24
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2021 189 165 19 40 8 0 .242 .328 .436 .764
2022 541 470 59 134 14 0 .285 .372 .415 .787
2023 402 352 32 87 7 0 .247 .336 .352 .688
4 Seasons 1,157 1,011 114 270 30 0 .267 .353 .401 .754
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .242 8 0 .764
2022 .285 14 0 .787
2023 .247 7 0 .688
4 Seasons .267 30 0 .754
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2020 21 85 20 1 5.0 4.0 95.0 107.4 5.9 25.0 .313 .451 .418 .344 .394 50.0 16.0 4.0
2021 22 748 145 16 11.0 8.5 92.3 109.4 14.7 31.0 .284 .507 .330 .373 .381 46.9 11.6 10.1
2022 23 2200 416 28 6.7 5.2 90.5 110.1 8.1 32.0 .278 .431 .347 .351 .347 45.4 10.7 11.6
2023 24 1661 309 16 5.2 4.0 87.3 108.3 6.1 31.1 .242 .368 .307 .313 .299 37.2 11.2 10.4
Player 4694 890 61 6.9 5.3 89.7 110.1 8.4 31.3 .268 .422 .332 .341 .337 42.9 11.1 10.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 60.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 30.0 40.0 30.0 0.0 35.0 15.0 40.0 5.0 5.0 4.0
2021 40.7 26.9 26.2 6.2 35.9 40.7 23.4 0.7 33.1 25.5 22.8 6.9 11.0 8.5
2022 50.0 20.4 24.5 5.0 32.2 38.9 28.8 3.8 35.3 20.2 27.2 6.5 6.7 5.2
2023 50.8 21.7 23.0 4.5 27.2 46.0 26.9 5.5 37.9 20.4 25.2 5.2 5.2 4.0
Player 49.0 21.9 24.2 4.9 31.0 41.7 27.3 3.8 35.8 21.0 26.1 6.1 6.9 5.3
MLB 44.6 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 4-Seamer 0.3 1 507 30.5 102 .298 .369 .365 11.4 8.8 5.9 .252 .373 .345 52.0
2023 Sinker -1.0 -3 317 19.1 90 .236 .347 .348 7.0 7.8 10.1 .247 .350 .340 37.9
2023 Slider -0.8 -3 305 18.4 72 .262 .400 .326 15.1 9.7 7.2 .264 .435 .339 37.9
2023 Changeup 2.7 4 144 8.7 38 .333 .500 .388 7.4 2.6 2.2 .297 .488 .355 25.7
2023 Cutter -2.9 -4 140 8.4 32 .161 .323 .219 19.7 18.8 13.3 .200 .296 .228 32.0
2023 Curveball -1.2 -2 136 8.2 38 .237 .289 .232 23.6 26.3 17.9 .186 .260 .193 21.4
2023 Sweeper -2.9 -2 80 4.8 19 .059 .059 .121 22.6 21.1 13.3 .167 .262 .237 38.5
2023 Splitter -3.8 -1 27 1.6 9 .125 .250 .139 12.5 11.1 10.0 .266 .429 .268 12.5
2023 Slurve -7.7 0 5 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .323 .405 .294 0.0
2022 4-Seamer 1.5 11 712 32.4 163 .304 .472 .424 11.9 11.0 9.0 .298 .528 .427 60.6
2022 Slider 0.9 4 423 19.2 92 .265 .446 .336 22.6 15.2 10.4 .275 .447 .346 41.4
2022 Sinker 0.1 0 411 18.7 116 .346 .430 .393 7.5 3.4 4.8 .299 .425 .344 40.8
2022 Changeup 0.8 2 193 8.8 55 .259 .370 .314 26.5 18.2 12.8 .255 .338 .266 43.2
2022 Curveball 0.5 1 183 8.3 42 .184 .289 .256 17.2 14.3 10.0 .216 .306 .255 33.3
2022 Cutter 1.9 3 174 7.9 40 .333 .485 .415 11.0 5.0 5.0 .289 .423 .376 41.9
2022 Sweeper -2.9 -2 74 3.4 17 .125 .125 .147 26.9 17.6 12.5 .241 .360 .286 38.5
2022 Splitter 0.3 0 30 1.4 14 .214 .286 .218 19.0 7.1 6.7 .246 .322 .249 30.8
2021 4-Seamer -1.0 -3 266 35.6 64 .200 .327 .320 18.3 14.1 13.0 .222 .453 .340 41.3
2021 Slider 0.4 1 156 20.9 38 .257 .457 .359 35.6 21.1 15.1 .252 .402 .313 40.7
2021 Sinker 1.0 1 112 15.0 28 .261 .522 .371 3.8 7.1 7.4 .347 .687 .459 45.5
2021 Changeup -2.5 -2 75 10.0 21 .158 .211 .212 26.5 9.5 8.3 .351 .440 .379 64.7
2021 Curveball 7.2 5 73 9.8 20 .421 .842 .540 10.0 0.0 0.0 .454 .819 .547 52.6
2021 Cutter -1.6 -1 52 7.0 14 .182 .455 .357 10.5 7.1 12.5 .138 .339 .305 50.0
2021 Sweeper 2.9 0 11 1.5 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .331 .391 .311 66.7
2021 Splitter -2.9 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seamer 2.6 1 30 35.3 6 .400 1.000 .600 9.1 0.0 0.0 .404 .911 .574 40.0
2020 Sinker 5.2 1 18 21.2 6 .500 .667 .508 0.0 0.0 0.0 .340 .394 .322 50.0
2020 Slider -3.0 0 16 18.8 3 .000 .000 .000 40.0 33.3 50.0 .182 .185 .171 50.0
2020 Curveball 1.5 0 11 12.9 4 .500 .500 .450 37.5 25.0 33.3 .303 .375 .292 33.3
2020 Changeup -6.0 0 6 7.1 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 50.0 .147 .162 .133 50.0
2020 Splitter 21.7 0 2 2.4 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 100.0 .306 .338 .280 100.0
2020 Sweeper 77.3 2 2 2.4 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .633 .699 .574 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 189 748 -1 -10 8 5 2
2022 548 2,248 -5 -10 21 14 19
2023 401 1,661 -20 -7 8 9 -10
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2020 85 54.1 54.3 88.0 30.8 58.3 41.2 16.0 43.5 21.6 7.1 50.0
2021 748 50.5 65.3 83.8 24.1 71.9 41.7 19.6 44.9 19.3 8.2 73.8
2022 2,200 48.6 59.6 89.5 23.3 72.7 41.6 21.9 41.0 15.4 6.9 70.4
2023 1,661 48.1 56.6 92.3 27.0 76.4 42.4 15.0 41.2 13.1 7.6 61.9
Player 4,694 48.8 59.4 89.3 24.9 73.7 41.9 19.0 41.7 15.4 7.3 67.5
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2020 43 2
2021 63 14
2022 86 93 72 52 95 54 40 78 63 78 98 88 94 80 3
2023 33 33 19 18 61 18 19 15 37 27 98 75 99 59 2
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2020 24.5 1 0.9 0 1 1 0 0.0
2021 24.6 8 7.1 1 2 8 1 12.5
2022 25.1 14 11.8 2 11 10 4 28.6
2023 25.0 7 7.9 -1 4 7 2 28.6
Player 24.9 30 27.7 2 18 26 7 23.3

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2020 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
2021 8 10 6 6 8 5 8 10 6 4 8 8 5 4 8 9 7 8 7 8 6 7 10 8 6 6 8 8 5 7 8
2022 14 9 8 11 11 12 14 7 8 8 11 16 15 11 13 17 13 9 10 11 13 9 19 13 10 10 13 15 13 12 12
2023 7 4 5 7 8 7 9 7 8 7 8 6 9 9 9 8 10 4 9 10 10 10 11 11 5 5 8 6 11 8 7
Player 30 24 19 26 28 25 33 25 23 19 27 32 29 25 32 35 31 22 27 31 30 26 42 32 22 21 30 29 30 28 28
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 95.0 92.3 -2.7 ↓ 90.5 -1.8 ↓ 87.3 -3.2 ↓
Launch Angle 5.9 14.7 8.8 ↑ 8.1 -6.6 ↓ 6.1 -2.0 ↓
Barrel % 5.0 11.0 6.0 ↑ 6.7 -4.3 ↓ 5.2 -1.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 50.0 46.9 -3.1 ↓ 45.4 -1.5 ↓ 37.2 -8.2 ↓
Sweet Spot % 25.0 31.0 6.0 ↑ 32.0 1.0 ↑ 31.1 -0.9 ↓
xBA .313 .284 -0.029 ↓ .278 -0.006 ↓ .242 -0.036 ↓
BA .375 .242 -0.133 ↓ .285 0.043 ↑ .247 -0.038 ↓
xwOBA .344 .373 0.029 ↑ .351 -0.022 ↓ .313 -0.038 ↓
wOBA .418 .330 -0.088 ↓ .347 0.017 ↑ .307 -0.040 ↓
xSLG .451 .507 0.056 ↑ .431 -0.076 ↓ .368 -0.063 ↓
SLG .583 .436 -0.147 ↓ .415 -0.021 ↓ .352 -0.063 ↓
K% 16.0 11.6 -4.4 ↓ 10.7 -0.9 ↓ 11.2 0.5 ↑
BB% 4.0 10.1 6.1 ↑ 11.6 1.5 ↑ 10.4 -1.2 ↓
Swing % 43.5 44.9 1.4 ↑ 41.0 -3.9 ↓ 41.2 0.2 ↑
Whiff% 21.6 19.3 -2.3 ↓ 15.4 -3.9 ↓ 13.1 -2.3 ↓
In Zone % 54.1 50.5 -3.6 ↓ 48.6 -1.9 ↓ 48.1 -0.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 45.9 49.5 3.6 ↑ 51.4 1.9 ↑ 51.9 0.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 24.1 -6.7 ↓ 23.3 -0.8 ↓ 27.0 3.7 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 16.0 19.6 3.6 ↑ 21.9 2.3 ↑ 15.0 -6.9 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 64.6 0.6 ↑ 59.7 -4.9 ↓ 62.6 2.9 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts R 25 1 4.0 .435 .000
2021 Shifts R 169 8 4.7 .287 .220
2022 Shifts R 539 32 5.9 .345 .375
2023 Shades R 401 10 2.5 .307 .334
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2020 33 15.4 42.4% 0.0% 10 25.1 0.0% 10.0%
2021 211 16.9 28.0% 1.4% 138 23.6 0.7% 15.2%
2022 680 18.1 19.9% 4.6% 452 23.0 0.7% 10.6%
2023 447 15.4 45.0% 0.9% 368 19.2 3.8% 0.3%
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Statcast Rankings