With Danny Jansen returning on Tuesday, and top prospect Gabriel Moreno looking like a possible contributor as soon as 2022, Alejandro Kirk is neither the Toronto Blue Jays' clear catcher of the present nor their obvious backstop of the future. While his standing with the franchise is murky, the fact that he’s a remarkable talent has never been more apparent.
It’s tempting to see the five-foot-eight, 265-pounder as more of a folk hero than a baseball player, but, 51 games into his MLB career, it’s becoming more and more evident that his talents are as special as his frame is unusual.