What was a strong possibility is now a reality, because the Mexican catcher Alejandro Kirk will participate in the All Star Game 2022 from Major League Baseball (MLB).
The player of the Blue Jays of Toronto he will be the 14th Mexican player to play the Mid-Season Classic, but he will mark history being the first national catcher to be part of the Major League All-Star Game.
It was this Friday when the MLB made it official that Kirk has been chosen by the fans to occupy the catcher position in the representative team of the American League, which will face the ninth team of the National League on July 19 at the Dodger Stadium of The Angels.
With the inclusion of Kirk in the All-Star Game, a five-year absence without Mexican players in the All-Star Game will be broken, since the last one who was part of it was Roberto Osuna in 2017, a pitcher who was also a Blue Jays player that year. .
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