Alex Kirilloff

Alex Kirilloff
Kirilloff in the 2018 All-Star Futures Game
Minnesota Twins
Outfielder
Born: (1997-11-09) November 9, 1997
Plum, Pennsylvania
Bats: Left Throws: Left

Alexander David Kirilloff (born November 9, 1997) is an American baseball outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization.

Career

Kirilloff played baseball at Plum High School in Plum, Pennsylvania, but did not attended classes there. He is a 2016 graduate of The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School[1], which is an online public charter school based out of Midland, Pennsylvania. He played the outfield, first base, and was a pitcher. In only 24 games with Plum High School, Kirilloff batted .563 with 28 runs batted in (RBI's) and 4 home runs. As a pitcher, he was 8-0 with a 0.74 earned run average (ERA) .[2] During the summer of 2015 he played in the Perfect Game All-American Classic at Petco Park and won the event's home run derby.[1] Kirilloff committed to Liberty University to play college baseball, but ultimately ended up choosing to begin his professional baseball career.[3][4]

Kirilloff was drafted 15th overall in the first round by the Minnesota Twins in the 2016 MLB Draft.[5][6][7] Kirilloff spent his first professional season with the Elizabethton Twins where he hit .306/.341/.454 with seven home runs, nine doubles, and 33 RBIs in 55 games[8], which earned him Appalachian League MVP honors. His season was cut short with a partial ligament tear in his elbow, and he tried to avoid surgery, receiving platelet-rich plasma therapy. It was eventually deemed necessary that Kirilloff undergo Tommy John's surgery,[9] forcing him to miss all of 2017. He returned in 2018 with the Cedar Rapids Kernels before being promoted to the Fort Myers Miracle in June. In 130 games between the two clubs, he slashed .348/.392/.578 with twenty home runs and 101 RBIs.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Minnesota Twins first-rounder Alex Kirilloff takes home-school path".
  2. ↑ "MaxPreps Stats - Alex Kirilloff".
  3. ↑ Love, Michael. "Plum senior Kirilloff selected to all-star game".
  4. ↑ Gulasy, Doug. "Plum baseball standout Kirilloff ends wait, joins Liberty".
  5. ↑ "High school baseball: Plum's Alex Kirilloff is a first-round pick in the making".
  6. ↑ "Mike White's Xtra Points: Plum's Kirilloff makes batting practice an event".
  7. ↑ "Plum High School's Alex Kirilloff invited to MLB draft, but will he attend?".
  8. ↑ "Alex Kirilloff Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com.
  9. ↑ "Twins Alex Kirilloff has Tommy John surgery". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  10. ↑ "Alex Kirilloff Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 10, 2018.


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