"Kirk seemed to discover his power stroke in the postseason, smashing five home runs in October after hitting a career-high 15 in the regular season. This season was also a particularly good one for Mexican ballplayers, with Kirk, Mariners reliever Andrés Muñoz, Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda, and 2023 World Baseball Classic star Randy Arozarena all being selected to the All-Star Game."
"So it's a well deserved recognition for Kirk, as per the MLB.com rules, they can only select one player at each position, and one player from each country. 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 f"
The World Baseball Classic returns in 2026 and MLB.com assembled an All-World roster selecting one player per position and one player per country. Alejandro Kirk represented the Blue Jays and Mexico as the team's catcher after a strong 2025 campaign. Kirk hit a career-high 15 regular-season homers and added five in October, became the first Mexican-born player to homer in a World Series game, and ranked second in MLB offensive fWAR (4.7). He posted the best K% among qualified catchers (11.7%) and the highest batting average among catchers (.282). Several Mexican players earned All-Star recognition as well.
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