Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk named to MLB All-World roster
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Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk earns a spot on MLB's All-World roster.
Alejandro Kirk is one of the great discoveries in Blue Jays history, hidden away in Tijuana, Mexico, until all of the right people ended up in just the right place at just the right time.
He's a reminder that this game, so carefully projected and so obsessed with the probabilities of what should happen, can still surprise us with something we never expected. He's an enigma.
It's a great scouting story, but it's also a great story about a guy like him who got a chance.
He was overlooked by prospect rankings, but he got a chance and he made the most of it. He's a two-time All-Star and he'll probably make a few more.
2026 will mark the return of the World Baseball Classic and with some of the rosters already revealed, this tournament could be the most stacked of any of it's iterations.
In honor of the tournament returning in a few months, MLB.com recently released it's own "All-World" roster that plucks players from various countries and puts them onto one team.
Kirk's excellent season earns him a nod on MLB's All-World roster
Representing the Blue Jays, and his native country of Mexico, Kirk was selected as the teams catcher, a very fitting recognition for a player who put together a great season for the AL Champions.
On the defensive side it was once again another spectacular season behind the dish for Kirk.
He was worth 24.9 defensive fWAR, which led the league at that position, produced a +22 in fielding run value and +9 in Defensive Runs Saved, although he did not receive the 2025 Gold Glove award.
Let's start here: Kirk is one of the most valuable defensive players in baseball, and one of the reasons for that is that his throwing was much improved in 2024 & the early part of 2025.
By offensive fWAR Kirk ranked second in all of MLB with a 4.7 mark, behind Cal Raleigh's absured 9.1 fWAR - leading the league with 60 home runs.
But Kirk also had the best K% among all qualified catchers with an 11.7% rate and the best batting average at .282.
He was also first with a .299 BABIP among American League catchers and third overall with a .348 OBP.
Kirk also became the first player from Mexico to hit a home run in a World Series game.
ALEJANDRO KIRK GO-AHEAD THREE-RUN HOMER!
Kirk also came up with some huge clutch hits for the Blue Jays throughout the season.
He was worth 1.1 WPA, which was fourth on the team behind Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer, and third on the team with a clutch rating of 0.8.
He also had the fifth highest average exit velocity on the team at 91.1 mph.
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