Alejandro Kirk's excellent season earns him a nod on MLB.com's All-World roster

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.

Representing the Blue Jays, and his native country of Mexico, Alejandro Kirk was selected as the teams catcher - a very fitting recognition for a player who put together a great season for the AL Champions.

Alejandro Kirk's excellent season earns him a nod on MLB.com's All-World roster

Michael Claire put this fictional team together, using very real world stats and facts. He writes, "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."

Kirk also became the first player from Mexico to hit a home run in a World Series 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 first with a .299 BABIP among American League catchers and third overall with a .348 OBP.

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.

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.

The 27-year-old Kirk seems to continue to get better year-by-year and prove he was worth the investment of a five-year $58 million contract which keeps him signed with the Blue Jays through 2030.