Alex Vesia has missed the entirety of the World Series due to a “deeply personal family matter.”
Key Points
- The Dodgers trail the Blue Jays 3-2 in the World Series without Alex Vesia.
- Teammates honor Vesia, absent for a “deeply personal family matter,” by wearing his number.
- The team’s emotions have been high after learning what happened with Vesia and his wife.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have lost back-to-back games against the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series, with the Jays now leading the series 3-2. Through it all, the Dodgers have been without their relief pitcher, Alex Vesia, who is away due to an undisclosed “deeply personal family matter.”
The team and baseball fans alike have been keeping Vesia and his wife Kayla in their thoughts and prayers. And while the Dodgers are still hopeful they can get things done in the best of seven series, it’s clear that Vesia’s situation is weighing heavily on them.
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“It’s been pretty emotional down there recently, with everything that’s going on with Ves,” Dodgers pitcher Emmet Sheehan told The New York Times’ The Athletic after the team’s game three win on Oct. 27. “We were thinking of him all night.”
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Indeed, the team has kept Vesia close to their hearts over the past several days. In fact, many of his teammates wore his number (51) on their hats during recent games.
“With him not being here, I think it was just a matter of showing that we’re united with him and Kayla at this time,” pitcher Jack Dreyer recently said, via Newsweek. “It’s just the little thing that we could do to show him that we care and we’re thinking about him. We could really use him here, but at the end of the day, we’re a family. So we’re going to help support him however we can.”
Prior to the team’s announcement, Vesia and his wife Kayla were excited for the arrival of their first child — a baby girl who was due any day.
