Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia revealed the private matter that brought on him to step away from the workforce forward of the World Collection was the heartbreaking dying of his new child child.
“Sterling Sol Vesia🪽. Our little angel we love you endlessly & you're with us all the time,” Alex and his spouse, Kayla Vesia, wrote through Instagram on Friday, November 7. “Our lovely daughter went to heaven Sunday October twenty sixth. There are not any phrases to explain the ache we're going by way of however we maintain her in our hearts and cherish each second we had together with her.”
Of their private put up, the couple thanked the Dodgers for his or her “understanding and help throughout this time.”
“Our baseball household confirmed up for us and we wouldn't have the ability to do that with out them,” the pair mentioned. “Thanks Dodger Nation, Blue Jays group and all baseball followers to your love and help. Now we have seen ALL your messages, feedback and posts. It's introduced us a lot consolation.”
Their put up concluded with a observe of gratitude to well being care staff who took care of child Sterling and Kayla.
“Lastly, we'd wish to thank Cedars Sinai and all of the medical workers who helped Kayla and Sterling,” the assertion learn. “Each individual we got here throughout was really so unimaginable. With Love, The Vesias.”
The Dodgers introduced Alex's hiatus through the workforce's official Instagram account on October 23. Sport 1 of the 2025 World Collection was October 24.
“It's with a heavy coronary heart that we share that Alex Vesia is away from the workforce as he and his spouse, Kayla, navigate a deeply private household matter,” the put up learn. “The whole Dodgers group is sending our ideas to the Vesia household and we are going to present an replace at a later date.”
Alex and Kayla, each 29, have been married since January 2024. The couple introduced in April that they have been expecting their first baby.
“Child Vesia coming quickly,” they captioned a joint Instagram put up on the time. “We're past excited for this subsequent chapter!”
Within the accompanying photographs, Alex and Kayla held up a customized newspaper that featured their being pregnant announcement and sonogram photos. They sat on a blanket collectively outdoors with child outfits hanging on a clothesline behind them. Kayla additionally confirmed off her rising bump in solo footage from the maternity shoot.
Later that month, Kayla shared a video of the second she and Alex informed their households about her being pregnant. Because the group posed for photographs on the sector at Dodger Stadium, Alex stunned their relations with sonogram footage whereas saying, “Kay's pregnant!” Their members of the family excitedly cheered and hugged the parents-to-be within the candy second.
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In June, Kayla celebrated her baby shower, the theme of which was “a berry candy child woman.”
“THANK YOU to everybody that made this bathe as good as I might have ever dreamed!” she wrote through Instagram. “To my [sister-in-law] that took care of particulars large and small, my [mother-in-law] that hosted us in her lovely residence and to my mother and aunt who prepped all of the meals! Actually really feel so extremely blessed by individuals who got here close to or far! Meant the world and we love you all!”
Alex Vesia and Kayla Vesia. Randy Shropshire/Getty Photos for The 5050 Basis
The next month, Kayla had another baby shower together with her fellow pregnant Dodgers wives.
“Dodger infants are def in bloom … thanks to the unimaginable @ladodgerwives for showering all of us!” she gushed through Instagram. “What a particular evening surrounded by such robust and unimaginable women. You guys imply the world to me!”
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In August, Kayla shared maternity photos from a seaside shoot, writing, “Oh babygirl, the way you're the solar to me! Being your property has been my favourite chapter but.”
Alex commented on the Instagram put up on the time, raving, “So lovely!!!! You're already essentially the most wonderful mommaaaa!!!!”
Simply days earlier than the Dodgers introduced Alex's absence from the World Collection, which started on Friday, October 24, Kayla celebrated her husband's development to the championship.
“AND NOW … ONTO THE WORLD SERIES,” she captioned Saturday, October 18, photos of herself and Alex at Dodger Stadium, by which he excitedly cradled her child bump.
