Alejandro Kirk
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 8" 245LBS | Age: 26
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
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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 .392 .297 .324 .335 40.9 13.2 9.1
Player 6253 1208 82 6.8 5.2 89.7 112.9 9.0 32.4 .268 .419 .323 .339 .339 42.6 11.5 10.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2020 60.0 40.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 30.0 40.0 30.0 25.0 25.0 10.0 5.0 15.0 20.0
2021 40.7 59.3 26.9 26.2 6.2 35.9 40.7 23.4 18.6 20.0 2.1 17.2 20.7 21.4
2022 50.0 50.0 20.4 24.5 5.0 32.2 38.9 28.8 19.5 22.1 8.4 12.7 16.8 20.4
2023 50.5 49.5 21.9 23.1 4.6 27.1 45.9 27.1 14.6 28.9 7.0 12.5 17.0 20.1
2024 46.0 54.0 19.1 25.8 9.1 29.9 38.6 31.5 18.8 21.1 6.0 11.1 17.4 25.5
Player 48.2 51.8 21.3 24.6 6.0 30.6 41.0 28.4 18.0 23.5 6.7 12.7 17.5 21.7
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 20.6 17.8 6.0 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 0.0 35.0 15.0 40.0 5.0 5.0 4.0
2021 0.7 33.1 25.5 22.8 6.9 11.0 8.5
2022 3.8 35.3 20.2 27.2 6.5 6.7 5.2
2023 5.2 37.7 20.4 25.5 5.5 5.2 4.0
2024 4.0 35.9 20.8 25.2 7.0 6.7 5.2
Player 3.8 35.8 20.9 25.9 6.4 6.8 5.2
MLB 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 -0.3 -2 476 31.8 105 .210 .296 .326 16.4 15.2 11.3 .233 .385 .356 42.6
2024 Sinker 0.0 0 346 23.1 92 .329 .424 .351 7.6 3.3 4.9 .312 .447 .353 44.6
2024 Slider 0.1 0 235 15.7 54 .224 .388 .275 22.1 14.8 10.3 .215 .356 .295 48.8
2024 Cutter -1.1 -1 131 8.8 26 .240 .360 .277 9.8 7.7 8.0 .262 .425 .312 17.4
2024 Changeup -0.4 0 111 7.4 47 .222 .356 .286 13.2 10.6 10.2 .239 .369 .279 37.5
2024 Curveball -3.4 -3 93 6.2 29 .154 .154 .129 28.6 37.9 27.5 .197 .232 .213 38.9
2024 Sweeper 5.5 4 68 4.5 18 .313 .500 .439 13.3 16.7 10.7 .349 .558 .421 46.2
2024 Split-Finger 4.5 1 23 1.5 11 .364 .455 .359 37.5 27.3 21.4 .240 .297 .234 25.0
2024 Slurve 4.1 0 6 0.4 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .437 .482 .403 50.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 529 30.7 107 .315 .416 .383 9.8 7.5 4.9 .270 .402 .355 54.3
2023 Sinker -0.9 -3 329 19.1 91 .205 .274 .312 8.5 8.8 12.3 .235 .319 .323 36.4
2023 Slider -0.7 -2 288 16.7 66 .203 .305 .271 15.3 9.1 7.0 .252 .386 .317 35.8
2023 Cutter -1.0 -1 146 8.5 37 .222 .444 .292 19.7 16.2 13.6 .233 .384 .274 43.3
2023 Changeup 1.7 2 144 8.3 40 .316 .474 .368 7.1 2.5 2.3 .314 .508 .368 27.0
2023 Curveball -1.3 -2 134 7.8 39 .231 .282 .226 21.4 23.1 16.4 .205 .286 .211 23.3
2023 Sweeper -0.8 -1 122 7.1 30 .250 .357 .293 18.8 16.7 10.6 .304 .539 .380 34.8
2023 Split-Finger -0.3 0 26 1.5 9 .250 .375 .239 13.3 11.1 9.1 .239 .260 .198 12.5
2023 Slurve -10.1 -1 7 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 50.0 .157 .211 .156 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 25 85 2 -1 0 0 2
2021 189 748 -3 -5 8 5 5
2022 539 2,200 -6 -8 19 14 19
2023 421 1,725 -18 -8 10 9 -8
2024 385 1,495 -2 -15 10 7 -1
Player 1,559 6,253 -28 -38 47 -28 17
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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 25.0 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 58 66 44 31 73 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 11.7 2 10 10 4 28.6
2023 24.9 8 7.4 1 5 8 1 12.5
2024 25.9 5 6.1 -1 9 4 3 60.0
Player 25.1 36 33.4 3 27 30 10 27.8
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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 5 6 8 8 5 7 8
2022 14 9 8 11 11 12 14 7 8 8 11 16 15 11 13 16 13 8 10 11 13 9 19 13 10 10 13 15 13 12 12
2023 8 3 5 7 8 8 9 6 8 5 6 6 9 9 8 8 9 6 8 9 9 9 10 9 5 4 8 6 11 8 7
2024 5 7 5 9 5 5 7 5 6 4 5 8 6 4 5 6 5 5 8 7 7 8 11 9 4 5 6 5 7 5 5
Player 36 30 24 35 33 34 40 29 29 21 30 40 35 29 36 40 35 28 34 37 36 33 52 39 25 25 36 34 37 33 33
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 ↓ .392 0.006 ↑
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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