Alejandro Kirk has withdrawn from the World Baseball Classic, Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider has confirmed.

Kirk was in line to play for Team Mexico, but his arrival at spring training in Dunedin, Florida, has been delayed while he awaits the birth of a child.

"We decided collectively probably best to not to do the WBC. That's the decision that he came to," Schneider said. "As soon as the baby comes, he's coming right to camp and he'll be here."