Everybody loves Alejandro Kirk
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Where would the Toronto Blue Jays be without Alejandro Kirk? Can you picture Danny Jansen in the situations Kirk has been in this season? Ya me either.
Everybody loves Alejandro Kirk
Kirk has two walk of wins this season already and against the Cardinals he smoked a homer earlier in the game, a rocket to center that looked more like one of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s classic line drives.
Blue Jays Alejandro Kirk leads MLB in: AVG: .354. Slugging %: .495.OPS: .893
With 2 strikes this season
With 2 strikes this season
That gave the Blue Jays some breathing room at the time, 3-0, which felt like it would be enough, but Kirk came right back around to break the game open again in the 10th with a double to left field.
Alejandro Kirk ties Ernie Whitt for the most 4-hit games in Blue Jays history by a catcher (7). - Sportsnet Stats
«You'll have to ask Kirky. He's full of words,» Schneider said, breaking into a grin. «Cast your votes for him for the All-Star Game. His numbers with two strikes and late in games are ridiculous. I go back to him being even keeled. The best way to say it is that he's just Kirky. That's all I've got. It's just Kirky.»
The meaning runs a little deeper, though. Kirk isn't just the quirky catcher, the contact machine who doesn't look like your average ballplayer. He really means something to this clubhouse and it's starting to show.
«I think he's really taking a step forward in understanding how important he is to this team,» Schneider said. «We can say, 'It's just Kirky,' but he understands that he's a big part of it. He's running the pitching staff. He's getting big hits. Guys really feed off of that, too. He's leaning into that. I love it.»
Even the stoic Kirk cracked a smile when he spoke about Clase's first home run of 2025.
«It's part of the growth from last year,» Kirk said through a club interpreter. «You don't want to be in that position all the time, but when you come back like that, you can enjoy that as a team. It's great, all of these comebacks.»
.Are you going to vote for Alejandro Kirk to get into the 2025 All-Star game?
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JUIN 10 | 120 ANSWERS Everybody loves Alejandro Kirk Are you going to vote for Alejandro Kirk to get into the 2025 All-Star game? | ||
| Yes | 113 | 94.2 % |
| No | 7 | 5.8 % |
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