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What Should We Expect from Alejandro Kirk in the 2025 Season?

 February is here and after a long offseason that means just one thing, spring training is here. Players start to report to camp and get back into the swing of things. However one Blue Jay spent the majority of his offseason at the Blue Jays player development complex in Dunedin. That player? Alejandro Kirk who usually spends the offseason at home in Mexico.  Alejandro Kirk had an all star season in 2022, a season in which he would also win the silver slugger for catchers and cement himself as a key part in a Blue Jay catching duo of himself and Danny Jansen. However Kirk has struggled since the 2022 season and hasn't posted an OPS over 700 since his breakout season. However with Danny Jansen getting traded at the 2024 deadline and the Blue Jays not signing another catcher in free agency Kirk finds himself in a position to start 120+ games behind the plate.  Kirk has always been a great defensive catcher, in the 2022 and 2023 seasons Kirk was above the 90th percentile on ...