Alejandro Kirk
C | B/T: R/R | 5' 8" 245LBS | Age: 24

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 172 149 13 38 3 16 0 .255 .349 .342 .691
4 Seasons 927 808 95 221 26 106 0 .274 .359 .411 .770
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .255 3 16 0 .691
4 Seasons .274 26 106 0 .770

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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 24 697 127 8 6.3 4.7 85.9 107.7 3.5 33.9 .238 .349 .317 .309 .292 32.3 11.8 11.8
Player 3730 708 53 7.5 5.7 90.1 110.1 8.6 31.9 .273 .432 .340 .348 .346 43.5 11.3 11.1
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 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 53.5 18.1 24.4 3.9 24.4 46.5 29.1 6.3 40.2 18.1 26.8 2.4 6.3 4.7
Player 49.0 21.3 24.7 4.9 31.5 40.7 27.8 3.5 35.7 20.8 26.6 5.8 7.5 5.7
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 -0.1 0 199 28.6 38 .281 .313 .333 14.0 15.8 9.0 .252 .356 .333 53.8
2023 Sinker -2.3 -3 134 19.2 36 .214 .321 .336 8.8 5.6 6.7 .275 .382 .376 38.5
2023 Slider -0.2 0 128 18.4 31 .296 .407 .358 12.0 3.2 3.2 .197 .281 .272 23.1
2023 Cutter -4.1 -3 69 9.9 14 .071 .071 .064 24.2 28.6 14.8 .184 .241 .184 30.0
2023 Changeup 7.1 4 59 8.5 15 .538 .923 .633 4.5 0.0 0.0 .425 .786 .538 30.8
2023 Curveball -1.5 -1 58 8.3 23 .261 .304 .250 14.8 21.7 18.5 .183 .270 .196 16.7
2023 Sweeper 0.5 0 36 5.2 6 .200 .200 .267 27.3 16.7 9.1 .227 .246 .288 25.0
2023 Splitter -4.4 -1 14 2.0 5 .000 .000 .000 14.3 20.0 16.7 .075 .080 .062 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 1.1 4 425 19.3 93 .274 .452 .342 22.4 15.1 10.3 .283 .454 .352 40.8
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 -3.7 -3 72 3.3 16 .067 .067 .100 28.0 18.8 13.0 .195 .315 .249 41.7
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 -1.1 -3 263 35.2 62 .189 .321 .316 18.6 14.5 13.2 .218 .455 .341 40.9
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 1.3 2 115 15.4 30 .280 .520 .377 3.7 6.7 7.1 .345 .663 .449 45.8
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 Sweeper 77.3 2 2 2.4 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .633 .699 .574 100.0
2020 Splitter 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 168 697 -9 -5 7 4 -3
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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 697 48.8 57.4 92.3 27.5 74.5 43.5 14.9 42.0 13.7 7.5 59.6
Player 3,730 49.1 60.2 88.7 24.4 72.6 42.0 20.0 42.0 16.1 7.3 68.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 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 92 72 52 95 54 40 78 63 78 98 88 94 80 3
2023 31 32 16 20 64 30 34 7 33 16 95 80 96 49 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 25.3 3 3.5 -1 3 3 1 33.3
Player 25.0 26 23.3 3 17 22 6 23.1

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 3 2 1 2 3 3 4 1 3 3 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 1 5 6 5 5 5 5 1 2 4 4 5 3 3
Player 26 22 15 21 23 21 28 19 18 15 22 31 25 20 27 31 25 19 23 27 25 21 36 26 18 18 26 27 24 23 24
! 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 ↓ 85.9 -4.6 ↓
Launch Angle 5.9 14.7 8.8 ↑ 8.1 -6.6 ↓ 3.5 -4.6 ↓
Barrel % 5.0 11.0 6.0 ↑ 6.7 -4.3 ↓ 6.3 -0.4 ↓
Hard Hit % 50.0 46.9 -3.1 ↓ 45.4 -1.5 ↓ 32.3 -13.1 ↓
Sweet Spot % 25.0 31.0 6.0 ↑ 32.0 1.0 ↑ 33.9 1.9 ↑
xBA .313 .284 -0.029 ↓ .278 -0.006 ↓ .238 -0.040 ↓
BA .375 .242 -0.133 ↓ .285 0.043 ↑ .260 -0.025 ↓
xwOBA .344 .373 0.029 ↑ .351 -0.022 ↓ .309 -0.042 ↓
wOBA .418 .330 -0.088 ↓ .347 0.017 ↑ .317 -0.030 ↓
xSLG .451 .507 0.056 ↑ .431 -0.076 ↓ .349 -0.082 ↓
SLG .583 .436 -0.147 ↓ .415 -0.021 ↓ .349 -0.066 ↓
K% 16.0 11.6 -4.4 ↓ 10.7 -0.9 ↓ 11.8 1.1 ↑
BB% 4.0 10.1 6.1 ↑ 11.6 1.5 ↑ 11.8 0.2 ↑
Swing % 43.5 44.9 1.4 ↑ 41.0 -3.9 ↓ 42.0 1.0 ↑
Whiff% 21.6 19.3 -2.3 ↓ 15.4 -3.9 ↓ 13.7 -1.7 ↓
In Zone % 54.1 50.5 -3.6 ↓ 48.6 -1.9 ↓ 48.8 0.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 45.9 49.5 3.6 ↑ 51.4 1.9 ↑ 51.2 -0.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 30.8 24.1 -6.7 ↓ 23.3 -0.8 ↓ 27.5 4.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 16.0 19.6 3.6 ↑ 21.9 2.3 ↑ 14.9 -7.0 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 64.0 64.6 0.6 ↑ 59.7 -4.9 ↓ 65.5 5.8 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2020 R 25 0 0.0 .418
2021 R 169 2 1.2 .287 .000
2022 R 539 22 4.1 .347 .359
2023 R 168 0 0.0 .317

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 84 14.5 58.3% 0.0% 81 18.7 3.7% 0.0%
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Statcast Rankings