Alejandro Kirk
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 8" 245LBS | Age: 25
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 541 470 59 134 14 0 .285 .372 .415 .787
2023 422 372 34 93 8 0 .250 .334 .358 .692
2024 197 170 11 37 2 0 .218 .289 .300 .589
5 Seasons 1,374 1,201 127 313 33 0 .261 .343 .387 .730
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .285 14 0 .787
2023 .250 8 0 .692
2024 .218 2 0 .589
5 Seasons .261 33 0 .730
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		 LA 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 1725 329 17 5.2 4.0 87.6 108.3 6.3 31.9 .256 .386 .308 .320 .310 38.3 10.7 10.0
2024 25 791 149 11 7.4 5.6 90.5 112.9 12.1 35.6 .249 .388 .261 .325 .339 40.9 14.2 9.6
Player 5549 1059 73 6.9 5.3 89.9 112.9 9.0 32.2 .269 .422 .322 .341 .340 42.9 11.4 10.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 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 50.5 21.9 23.1 4.6 27.1 45.9 27.1 5.2 37.7 20.4 25.5 5.5 5.2 4.0
2024 43.6 18.8 26.8 10.7 29.5 38.3 32.2 3.4 33.6 23.5 25.5 6.0 7.4 5.6
Player 48.2 21.5 24.6 5.8 30.7 41.3 28.0 3.7 35.5 21.3 26.1 6.1 6.9 5.3
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -4 240 30.3 60 .188 .229 .267 15.2 15.0 12.7 .264 .454 .372 45.2
2024 Sinker -1.0 -2 195 24.7 48 .295 .455 .354 8.3 6.3 7.9 .290 .454 .350 46.3
2024 Slider 0.3 0 137 17.3 27 .227 .318 .270 30.2 14.8 8.3 .170 .219 .287 50.0
2024 Cutter -1.5 -1 79 10.0 16 .188 .375 .238 11.1 12.5 11.8 .246 .474 .301 21.4
2024 Curveball -3.5 -2 53 6.7 14 .083 .083 .069 28.0 35.7 22.7 .202 .246 .233 22.2
2024 Changeup -3.7 -2 44 5.6 17 .188 .188 .200 4.0 5.9 4.5 .244 .329 .274 40.0
2024 Sweeper 6.2 2 33 4.2 10 .375 .375 .410 21.4 20.0 11.8 .312 .387 .381 33.3
2024 Split-Finger -9.9 -1 8 1.0 3 .000 .000 .000 80.0 66.7 40.0 .015 .015 .014 0.0
2024 Slurve -26.5 -1 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .266 .266 .239 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 0 528 30.6 107 .292 .360 .356 10.7 8.4 5.6 .258 .380 .344 52.5
2023 Sinker -1.2 -4 329 19.1 92 .230 .338 .341 6.8 7.6 10.4 .249 .343 .335 38.2
2023 Slider -1.2 -3 290 16.8 66 .254 .356 .312 15.8 9.1 6.9 .270 .424 .338 35.8
2023 Cutter -2.2 -3 155 9.0 38 .189 .405 .261 18.3 15.8 12.0 .228 .375 .268 41.9
2023 Changeup 2.1 3 145 8.4 40 .316 .474 .368 7.1 2.5 2.2 .314 .508 .368 27.0
2023 Curveball -1.4 -2 134 7.8 39 .231 .282 .226 21.4 23.1 16.4 .205 .286 .211 23.3
2023 Sweeper -1.2 -1 108 6.3 27 .200 .320 .259 20.5 18.5 12.2 .273 .441 .333 35.0
2023 Split-Finger 0.8 0 29 1.7 10 .222 .333 .215 11.8 10.0 9.1 .259 .409 .260 22.2
2023 Slurve -7.0 0 7 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 50.0 .157 .211 .156 0.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 11 720 32.7 164 .310 .476 .427 11.8 11.0 8.9 .299 .528 .427 60.9
2022 Slider 1.2 5 407 18.5 89 .275 .463 .347 22.4 15.7 10.9 .278 .455 .352 43.3
2022 Sinker 0.1 0 403 18.3 115 .340 .425 .388 7.6 3.5 4.9 .297 .425 .343 40.2
2022 Changeup 0.8 2 193 8.8 55 .259 .370 .314 26.5 18.2 12.8 .255 .338 .266 43.2
2022 Cutter 1.9 3 174 7.9 40 .333 .485 .415 11.3 5.0 4.9 .289 .423 .376 41.9
2022 Curveball 0.8 1 171 7.8 38 .194 .306 .264 18.9 13.2 9.4 .222 .318 .257 35.5
2022 Sweeper -3.7 -4 102 4.6 24 .095 .095 .133 22.2 16.7 11.1 .219 .316 .263 27.8
2022 Split-Finger 0.3 0 30 1.4 14 .214 .286 .218 19.0 7.1 6.7 .246 .322 .249 30.8
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -3 272 36.4 66 .211 .333 .324 17.9 13.6 12.7 .232 .457 .344 43.8
2021 Slider 0.5 1 154 20.6 37 .265 .471 .369 36.1 21.6 15.4 .257 .411 .319 42.3
2021 Sinker 1.1 1 106 14.2 26 .238 .524 .365 4.1 7.7 8.0 .332 .698 .459 40.0
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 7.4 5 71 9.5 20 .421 .842 .540 10.3 0.0 0.0 .454 .819 .547 52.6
2021 Cutter -1.7 -1 54 7.2 15 .167 .417 .333 10.0 6.7 11.1 .132 .316 .289 45.5
2021 Sweeper 2.6 0 13 1.7 3 .333 .333 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0 .331 .391 .311 66.7
2021 Split-Finger -2.9 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- 50.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2020 4-Seam Fastball 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 Sweeper 77.3 2 2 2.4 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .633 .699 .574 100.0
2020 Split-Finger 21.7 0 2 2.4 2 .500 .500 .450 50.0 50.0 100.0 .306 .338 .280 100.0
! 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 429 1,755 -20 -9 9 9 -10
2024 196 791 -4 -13 3 4 -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 1,725 48.5 57.4 92.5 26.7 76.4 42.2 15.9 41.6 12.8 7.7 63.2
2024 791 49.1 61.6 90.0 24.8 67.0 43.2 25.5 42.9 16.8 7.1 75.0
Player 5,549 49.0 59.9 89.6 24.8 72.8 42.0 20.1 42.0 15.5 7.4 68.9
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.8 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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 		Bat
Speed 		Swing
Length
2020 43 3
2021 63 13
2022 86 92 72 52 95 54 40 78 63 78 98 88 94 80 2
2023 42 53 25 20 71 19 19 19 37 33 98 70 99 62 2
2024 86 4
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
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 7.2 1 2 7 2 25.0
2022 25.1 14 11.8 2 11 10 4 28.6
2023 24.9 8 8.7 -1 4 8 2 25.0
2024 24.7 2 1.7 0 2 1 1 50.0
Player 24.9 33 30.3 3 20 27 9 27.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
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 8 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 8 5 6 8 9 8 10 7 9 8 8 7 10 10 10 9 11 7 10 10 10 10 12 10 6 5 9 7 12 9 8
2024 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
Player 33 27 21 30 31 31 36 27 26 21 29 35 31 27 35 38 34 27 30 33 31 27 45 33 24 22 33 32 33 30 30
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 95.0 92.3 -2.7 ↓ 90.5 -1.8 ↓ 87.6 -2.9 ↓ 90.5 2.9 ↑
Launch Angle 5.9 14.7 8.8 ↑ 8.1 -6.6 ↓ 6.3 -1.8 ↓ 12.1 5.8 ↑
Barrel % 5.0 11.0 6.0 ↑ 6.7 -4.3 ↓ 5.2 -1.5 ↓ 7.4 2.2 ↑
Hard Hit % 50.0 46.9 -3.1 ↓ 45.4 -1.5 ↓ 38.3 -7.1 ↓ 40.9 2.6 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 25.0 31.0 6.0 ↑ 32.0 1.0 ↑ 31.9 -0.1 ↓ 35.6 3.7 ↑
xBA .313 .284 -0.029 ↓ .278 -0.006 ↓ .256 -0.022 ↓ .249 -0.007 ↓
BA .375 .242 -0.133 ↓ .285 0.043 ↑ .250 -0.035 ↓ .218 -0.032 ↓
xwOBA .344 .373 0.029 ↑ .351 -0.022 ↓ .320 -0.031 ↓ .325 0.005 ↑
wOBA .418 .330 -0.088 ↓ .347 0.017 ↑ .308 -0.039 ↓ .261 -0.047 ↓
xSLG .451 .507 0.056 ↑ .431 -0.076 ↓ .386 -0.045 ↓ .388 0.002 ↑
SLG .583 .436 -0.147 ↓ .415 -0.021 ↓ .358 -0.057 ↓ .300 -0.058 ↓
K% 16.0 11.6 -4.4 ↓ 10.7 -0.9 ↓ 10.7 0.0 14.2 3.5 ↑
BB% 4.0 10.1 6.1 ↑ 11.6 1.5 ↑ 10.0 -1.6 ↓ 9.6 -0.4 ↓
Swing % 43.5 44.9 1.4 ↑ 41.0 -3.9 ↓ 41.6 0.6 ↑ 42.9 1.3 ↑
Whiff% 21.6 19.3 -2.3 ↓ 15.4 -3.9 ↓ 12.8 -2.6 ↓ 16.8 4.0 ↑
In Zone % 54.1 50.5 -3.6 ↓ 48.6 -1.9 ↓ 48.5 -0.1 ↓ 49.1 0.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 45.9 49.5 3.6 ↑ 51.4 1.9 ↑ 51.5 0.1 ↑ 50.9 -0.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 24.1 -6.7 ↓ 23.3 -0.8 ↓ 26.7 3.4 ↑ 24.8 -1.9 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 16.0 19.6 3.6 ↑ 21.9 2.3 ↑ 15.9 -6.0 ↓ 25.5 9.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 64.6 0.6 ↑ 59.7 -4.9 ↓ 62.5 2.8 ↑ 60.2 -2.3 ↓
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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 182 9 4.9 .312 .333
2022 Shifts R 539 32 5.9 .345 .375
2023 Shades R 421 9 2.1 .309 .273
2024 Shades R 196 6 3.1 .253 .525
! 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 468 15.4 44.9% 0.9% 385 19.2 3.6% 0.3%
2024 204 15.3 42.6% 0.5% 153 18.5 5.2% 0.7%
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