Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia steps away before World Series, misses parade

The Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays in an exhilarating seven-game World Sequence that led to a number of additional innings.

Two days after the Dodgers’ 5-4 Sport 7 victory clinched back-to-back titles, the crew celebrated with a championship parade in Los Angeles, however one participant was noticeably absent.

Aid pitcher Alex Vesia left the crew shortly earlier than the beginning of the World Sequence and didn’t return to pitch in any of the video games.

The Dodgers just lately revealed that Vesia and his spouse, Kayla, have been coping with a “very private matter” that might require him to spend an undisclosed period of time away from the crew.

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia walks to the dugout throughout Sport 3 of the Nationwide League Championship Sequence at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 16 in Los Angeles. (Mary DeCicco/MLB Pictures by way of Getty Photos)

“The complete Dodgers group is sending ideas to the Vesia household, and we are going to present an replace at a later date,” the spokesperson mentioned. team said in a statement October 23.

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In April, the couple shared the information of Kayla’s being pregnant and confirmed they have been anticipating a child woman. Within the months that adopted, they posted a number of photographs document social media the being pregnant.

October 18 marked the latest submit from the 29-year-old MLB participant or his spouse. Each shared photographs celebrating the lead-up to the World Sequence.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia reacts after recording an out throughout Sport 4 of a divisional sequence towards the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on Oct. 9 in San Diego. (Harry Hoe/Getty Photos)

Vesia’s teammate, Will Klein, talked about Alex and Kayla after the Dodgers gained back-to-back World Sequence titles.

“All of us messaged him,” Klein mentioned, referring to teammates who contacted Vesia. “We simply need him to know that he’s in our hearts, and we did all this for him.

Alex Vesia walks to the dugout throughout Sport 3 of the Nationwide League Championship Sequence at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 16 in Los Angeles. (Mary DeCicco/MLB Pictures by way of Getty Photos)

“He performs such an enormous function in why we’re right here within the first place, and so, simply to have the ability to get this for them — there are harder locations to be than on a World Sequence mound,” Klein added. “And so it is not nice what they are going by way of.”

Klein additionally famous that the Blue Jays paid tribute to Vesia.

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“It is greater than baseball,” he mentioned. “And it was actually nice for him to be part of it.”

Vesia appeared in 68 common season video games and 7 postseason video games this season.

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