Blue Jays agree to 5-year, $58M extension with Kirk

The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a five-year, $58-million contract extension with catcher Alejandro Kirk, the team announced Tuesday.

Kirk's deal includes a signing bonus and no club options. The signing bonus is for $6 million and the deal has no deferred money, a source told The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal.

The extension covers the 2026-30 campaigns after Kirk avoided arbitration with the Blue Jays last January and agreed to a $4.6-million salary for 2025.

Kirk, 26, owns a career .264/.344/.391 slash line with 36 home runs and 187 RBIs in 434 games with the Blue Jays. He's hit well this spring, posting an .819 OPS with 13 hits and eight RBIs in 17 games.

Defensively, he ranked in the 93rd percentile in framing and 97th percentile in caught-stealing above average last season, according to Baseball Savant.