Field Level Media
04 Apr 2026, 22:10 GMT+10
(Photo credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images)
The Toronto Blue placed catcher Alejandro Kirk on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a fractured left thumb and recalled catcher Brandon Valenzuela from Triple-A Buffalo.
Kirk took a foul ball off his glove during Friday's game against the Chicago White Sox and had to depart. He was 3-for-20 (.150) with a home run and two RBIs in five games to start the season.
In seven major league seasons, all with Toronto, Kirk is a career .267 hitter with 52 home runs and 265 RBIs in 569 games and was an American League All-Star in 2022 and 2025.
Valenzuela, 25, is being called up to the major leagues for the first time.
Acquired in a trade with the San Diego Padres last year, Valenzuela batted .304 with one home run and five RBIs in 11 spring training games for Toronto. He was 3-for-15 with a home run and four RBIs in four games with Buffalo.
--Field Level Media
Get a daily dose of Wisconsin Star news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Wisconsin Star.
More InformationBEIRUT, Lebanon: Iranian intelligence agents have detained leading Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh at her house in Tehran,...
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania: A judge ruled on Friday that an Indian citizen, who was taken into custody by the Immigration and Customs...
DUBAI, U.A.E.: The war in Iran showed no signs of ebbing with Israel saying it faced incoming fire, and Kuwait and Bahrain reporting...
VATICAN CITY: Since he was anointed the first U.S. leader of the global Catholic Church ten months ago, Pope Leo has mostly stayed...
BEIRUT, Lebanon: More than a million people have fled from southern and eastern Lebanon and entered Beirut's southern suburbs since...
LONDON, U.K.: Almost three dozen countries met on April 2 to exert diplomatic and political pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz,...
(Photo credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images) Brooklyn Nets guard Malachi Smith signed a multi-year contract on Saturday. Terms of...
(Photo credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images) The Toronto Blue placed catcher Alejandro Kirk on the 10-day injured list Saturday...
(Photo credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images) As a former catcher, Dan Wilson understands both the hitting and pitching aspects of the...
(Photo credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images) A four-game winless skid has knocked the Anaheim Ducks off the top spot in the Pacific...
(Photo credit: Neville E. Guard-Imagn Images) The New York Mets once again will attempt to show off the depth of their new-look lineup...
(Photo credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images) The Philadelphia Phillies entered the weekend hitting .220 as a team, but their offense got...
