Alejandro Kirk is a Mexican professional baseball catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
In an exhibition with the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League, Toronto Blue Jays scout Dean Decillis came across Kirk and signed him to a contract.
Toros received $22,500 for his release of him on September 24, 2016, when he was signed by the team. With the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, he appeared in one game in 2017.
There, he hit.354 with 10 home runs and 57.5 runs batted in for the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Bluejays of the National League in 2018. Kirk finished the season with 33 walks and 21 strikeouts, both of which were career highs for him.
He began the 2019 season with the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts before being promoted to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays, where he ended the year.
Kirk had a.290 batting average with seven home runs, 44 RBI, 56 walks, and 39 strikeouts in 92 games. On February 7, 2020, the Blue Jays extended an invitation to Kirk to report to spring training.
Alejandro Kirk Siblings: Meet Juan Manuel Jr., and Andres
Professional baseball catcher Alejandro Kirk was born alongside two siblings. He has two brothers called Juan Manuel Jr. and Andres. Juan Manuel Jr. happens to be his elder brother and Andres is his junior brother.