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 386 340 23 86 5 0 .253 .319 .359 .678
5 Seasons 1,563 1,371 139 362 36 0 .264 .344 .391 .735
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .285 14 0 .787
2023 .250 8 0 .692
2024 .253 5 0 .678
5 Seasons .264 36 0 .735
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 1495 298 20 6.7 5.2 89.4 112.9 10.8 34.6 .257 .397 .297 .324 .336 40.9 13.2 9.1
Player 6253 1208 82 6.8 5.2 89.7 112.9 9.0 32.4 .268 .420 .323 .339 .339 42.6 11.5 10.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .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 46.0 19.1 25.8 9.1 29.9 38.6 31.5 4.0 35.9 20.8 25.2 7.0 6.7 5.2
Player 48.2 21.3 24.6 6.0 30.6 41.0 28.4 3.8 35.8 20.9 25.9 6.4 6.8 5.2
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 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 -0.8 -4 477 31.9 107 .226 .310 .330 15.8 15.0 11.3 .248 .416 .365 42.3
2024 Sinker -0.8 -3 345 23.1 90 .317 .415 .346 8.4 3.3 4.8 .304 .438 .350 45.0
2024 Slider 1.0 2 230 15.4 52 .234 .404 .286 22.8 15.4 10.3 .212 .362 .297 48.8
2024 Cutter -2.1 -3 136 9.1 28 .222 .333 .257 9.3 7.1 8.0 .257 .416 .300 20.0
2024 Changeup 0.5 1 111 7.4 47 .222 .356 .286 13.2 10.6 10.2 .237 .374 .280 37.5
2024 Curveball -3.8 -3 93 6.2 29 .154 .154 .129 28.6 37.9 27.5 .186 .223 .206 38.9
2024 Sweeper 3.8 3 68 4.5 18 .313 .500 .439 13.3 16.7 10.7 .344 .556 .419 46.2
2024 Split-Finger 6.0 1 23 1.5 11 .364 .455 .359 37.5 27.3 21.4 .238 .288 .227 25.0
2024 Slurve 1.1 0 6 0.4 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .418 .445 .380 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.1 1 527 30.6 106 .295 .364 .359 10.8 8.5 5.6 .259 .382 .346 53.2
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 -3 281 16.3 64 .246 .351 .308 16.1 9.4 7.1 .251 .369 .313 35.3
2023 Cutter -2.3 -4 156 9.0 39 .184 .395 .254 18.1 15.4 12.0 .226 .369 .264 40.6
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 -1.1 -1 117 6.8 29 .222 .333 .272 19.6 17.2 11.4 .312 .555 .391 36.4
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 5 406 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 -4 103 4.7 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 -3 271 36.2 66 .211 .333 .324 18.0 13.6 12.7 .232 .457 .344 43.8
2021 Slider 0.4 1 152 20.3 37 .265 .471 .369 36.1 21.6 15.4 .257 .411 .319 42.3
2021 Sinker 1.0 1 107 14.3 26 .238 .524 .365 4.0 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 -1.5 -1 56 7.5 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 Split-Finger 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 429 1,755 -20 -9 9 9 -10
2024 385 1,495 -3 -19 9 7 -6
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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 1,495 48.9 65.7 90.2 28.3 71.3 42.7 31.7 46.6 15.7 7.0 76.2
Player 6,253 48.9 61.1 89.7 25.6 73.1 42.0 22.3 43.0 15.4 7.3 69.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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 		Squared-up
Rate 		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 57 60 42 33 70 30 37 56 86 54 95 62 92 50 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 25.9 5 6.2 -1 7 5 3 60.0
Player 25.1 36 34.8 1 25 31 11 30.6
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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 5 7 5 9 5 5 7 5 6 4 5 8 6 4 5 6 5 5 8 7 7 8 11 8 4 5 7 5 8 5 5
Player 36 32 25 36 34 34 41 30 30 24 32 41 36 30 38 42 37 30 36 38 37 34 54 39 27 26 38 35 39 34 34
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 ↓ 89.4 1.8 ↑
Launch Angle 5.9 14.7 8.8 ↑ 8.1 -6.6 ↓ 6.3 -1.8 ↓ 10.8 4.5 ↑
Barrel % 5.0 11.0 6.0 ↑ 6.7 -4.3 ↓ 5.2 -1.5 ↓ 6.7 1.5 ↑
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 ↓ 34.6 2.7 ↑
xBA .313 .284 -0.029 ↓ .278 -0.006 ↓ .256 -0.022 ↓ .257 0.001 ↑
BA .375 .242 -0.133 ↓ .285 0.043 ↑ .250 -0.035 ↓ .253 0.003 ↑
xwOBA .344 .373 0.029 ↑ .351 -0.022 ↓ .320 -0.031 ↓ .324 0.004 ↑
wOBA .418 .330 -0.088 ↓ .347 0.017 ↑ .308 -0.039 ↓ .297 -0.011 ↓
xSLG .451 .507 0.056 ↑ .431 -0.076 ↓ .386 -0.045 ↓ .397 0.011 ↑
SLG .583 .436 -0.147 ↓ .415 -0.021 ↓ .358 -0.057 ↓ .359 0.001 ↑
K% 16.0 11.6 -4.4 ↓ 10.7 -0.9 ↓ 10.7 0.0 13.2 2.5 ↑
BB% 4.0 10.1 6.1 ↑ 11.6 1.5 ↑ 10.0 -1.6 ↓ 9.1 -0.9 ↓
Swing % 43.5 44.9 1.4 ↑ 41.0 -3.9 ↓ 41.6 0.6 ↑ 46.6 5.0 ↑
Whiff% 21.6 19.3 -2.3 ↓ 15.4 -3.9 ↓ 12.8 -2.6 ↓ 15.7 2.9 ↑
In Zone % 54.1 50.5 -3.6 ↓ 48.6 -1.9 ↓ 48.5 -0.1 ↓ 48.9 0.4 ↑
Out of Zone % 45.9 49.5 3.6 ↑ 51.4 1.9 ↑ 51.5 0.1 ↑ 51.1 -0.4 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 24.1 -6.7 ↓ 23.3 -0.8 ↓ 26.7 3.4 ↑ 28.3 1.6 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 16.0 19.6 3.6 ↑ 21.9 2.3 ↑ 15.9 -6.0 ↓ 31.7 15.8 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 64.6 0.6 ↑ 59.7 -4.9 ↓ 62.5 2.8 ↑ 62.6 0.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts R 25 0 0.0 .418
2021 Shifts R 182 3 1.6 .311 .414
2022 Shifts R 539 22 4.1 .347 .359
2023 Shades R 421 9 2.1 .309 .273
2024 Shades R 385 9 2.3 .292 .502
! 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 389 15.5 42.2% 0.3% 270 18.4 6.7% 0.4%
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