Alejandro Kirk hit a two-run double with no outs in the ninth inning for the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, who stopped a season-worst five-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night.
We have several players underperforming. I thought I’d ask who’s slow start disappoints you the most: Alejandro Kirk is hitting .234/.275/.313 with 1 home run.
Mets 2 Blue Jays 1 I don’t know. We just aren’t hitting. Just 4 hits on the day, with 5 walks. One extra base hit. Alejandro Kirk had two of the hits. Tyler Heineman and Myles Straw had the other two.
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk agreed to a five-year, $58 million contract extension with a $6 million signing bonus, multiple media outlets reported.
The Toronto Blue Jays have secured their starting catcher for the rest of the decade. On Saturday, several reporters confirmed that the Blue Jays were signing All-Star catcher Alejandro Kirk to a five-year contract worth $58 million.
The Toronto Blue Jays have some contract stability behind the plate, with FanSided’s Robert Murray reporting that the Toronto Blue Jays have extended backstop Alejandro Kirk to a five-year extension worth $58 million.
The Blue Jays and catcher Alejandro Kirk are in agreement on a five-year extension worth $58MM, according to a report from Robert Murray of FanSided. The deal includes a signing bonus and no club options according to Murray.
Catching depth hasn’t been a problem in Toronto for quite some time. The Blue Jays had some combination of Danny Jansen, Alejandro Kirk, and Gabriel Moreno at or at least pushing the majors for the last five seasons.
Alejandro Kirk’s strong spring continued Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Toronto Blue Jays starting catcher went deep for his first home run of the spring while facing Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller in the second inning, destroying a first-pitch, middle-middle slider that hit off the batter’s eye beyond the centre-field wall.
While the Blue Jays were able to bring in one impact bat over the winter with Anthony Santander joining the team, most of us would agree that they could really use at least one more offensive upgrade.
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk is set to be the team's full-time catcher in 2025, no longer operating a split role alongside Danny Jansen. Jansen was traded last season to the Boston Red Sox and signed with the Tampa Bay Rays this offseason, leaving entire catching situation to Kirk.
For the third year in a row, Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk has once again cemented himself as one of the best backstops in the sport. MLB Network continued its annual "Top 10 Players Right Now" series on Thursday, moving on to catchers.
Alejandro Kirk needs to build off the end of his 2024 season. This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual 40-man Roster Review, where we look at the players on the Blue Jays’ 40-man roster.
TORONTO — Perhaps it was a bit ironic, and also apropos, that catcher Alejandro Kirk had arguably the best overall game of his season on the same night his backstop counterpart, Danny Jansen, was finally reinstated from the injured list.
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