Dodgers pitcher's wife lives through 'bitter sweet' opening day months after infant daughter's death

The Los Angeles Dodgers' opening to the 2026 play was expected to beryllium Alex Vesia's archetypal arsenic a father, but the unimaginable happened.

Before the World Series, the alleviation pitcher near the squad to woody with a "deeply idiosyncratic matter" and did not transportation successful the Fall Classic. 

Days aft the Dodgers won the World Series, helium and his woman announced their babe girl had died.

Vesia was backmost successful Chavez Ravine Thursday for opening day, which his woman said was "very bitter sweet."

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Alex Vesia of the Los Angeles Dodgers walks backmost to the dugout during Game 3 of the National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers astatine Dodger Stadium Oct. 16, 2025, successful Los Angeles.   (Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

"What I would springiness to person my Sterling miss here, carrying her successful my bosom always," Vesia's wife, Kayla, said successful an Instagram post.

In his archetypal quality league of the twelvemonth successful outpouring training, Vesia called his woman "the strongest idiosyncratic that I know" and "a enactment strategy for maine each spot arsenic overmuch arsenic I americium for her."

"Life tin alteration successful an instant. For us, 10 minutes is each it took," Vesia said successful February. "Sterling Sol was the astir beauteous miss successful the world. We got to clasp her, alteration her diaper, work to her and emotion her. Our clip unneurotic was acold excessively short. Kay and I volition support those precious moments and memories to ourselves.

Alex Vesia of the Los Angeles Dodgers during the eighth inning against the Cleveland Guardians astatine Progressive Field May 28, 2025, successful Cleveland.  (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)

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"Stepping distant from the team, the brothers that I spell to warfare with each day, was difficult, but it was besides an casual determination due to the fact that my household needed me. We inactive watched each transportation of the World Series, and for america successful truthful galore ways, that was a airy successful our darkness.

"I was not prepared to not bring my babe miss home, but we're carrying her with america each day. It's been hard, but we're doing OK."

Sterling died betwixt Game 2 and Game 3 erstwhile the bid was tied astatine 1 crippled apiece. During the Fall Classic, relievers from the Toronto Blue Jays wrote Vesia's jersey number, 51, connected their hats.

Kayla Vesia and Alex Vesia be Netflix Is A Joke Festival Presents: Dodgers Comedy Night astatine The Orpheum Theatre May 8, 2024, successful Los Angeles.  (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)

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Vesia did not transportation successful the Dodgers' 8-2 triumph implicit the Arizona Diamondbacks to unfastened the season, but he'll person a accidental to get connected the bump connected Friday successful Los Angeles.

Vesia has a 2.36 ERA implicit his past 2 seasons.

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