{"id":171039,"date":"2025-11-08T01:19:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/alex-vesias-daughter-sterling-sol-vesia-died-during-world-series-pitcher-announces-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T01:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:19:02","slug":"alex-vesias-daughter-sterling-sol-vesia-died-during-world-series-pitcher-announces-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/alex-vesias-daughter-sterling-sol-vesia-died-during-world-series-pitcher-announces-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Vesia&#039;s daughter, Sterling Sol Vesia, died during World Series, pitcher announces &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/los-angeles-dodgers\/243 target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> pitcher <a href=https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/players\/alex-vesia\/1119454 target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Alex Vesia<\/a> was one of the most trusted relievers in the bullpen this past season and earned two postseason wins for the team in 2025.<br \/>Vesia did not finish out the postseason, missing the World Series against the <a target=_blank href=https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/toronto-blue-jays\/238 data-autotag=7f501204-c32c-4970-b406-b3cd4f4a426b rel=noopener data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> due to the death of his daughter, Sterling Sol Vesia.<br \/>The veteran pitcher and his wife, Kayla, announced the sad news <a href=\/story\/sports\/mlb\/dodgers\/2025\/10\/23\/alex-vesia-update-dodgers-world-series\/86862729007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>on Instagram<\/a> on Friday, Nov. 7.\u00a0<br \/>\u201cOur beautiful daughter went to heaven Sunday, October 26th,\u201d the Vesias&#8217; post said. \u201cThere are no words to describe the pain we\u2019re going through, but we hold her in our hearts and cherish every second we had with her.\u201d<br \/>The couple was seen on the field after the Dodgers won the National League Division Series.<br \/>Alex Vesia made two appearances in the National League Championship Series against the <a target=_blank href=https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/milwaukee-brewers\/232 data-autotag=2e988874-d41e-4a95-b9a5-02e215dd7d41 rel=noopener data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> in Los Angeles on Oct. 16th and 17th. Kayla was expected to be close to her delivery date.<br \/>On Oct. 23, the Dodgers announced that <a href=\/story\/sports\/mlb\/dodgers\/2025\/10\/23\/alex-vesia-update-dodgers-world-series\/86862729007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Vesia would not be with the team<\/a> due to a &#8220;deeply personal family matter.&#8221;<br \/>\u201cThank you Dodger Nation, Blue Jays organization and all baseball fans for your love and support,\u201d the Vesias said in their post. \u201cWe have seen ALL your messages, comments and posts. It\u2019s brought us so much comfort.\u201d<br \/>During the World Series, members of the Dodgers\u2019 and Blue Jays\u2019 pitching staffs were seen with the No. 51 on their hats, in a show of support for Vesia.<br \/>The Dodgers exercised Vesia&#8217;s $3.55 million club option for the 2026 season on Thursday, according to Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNSFRSNDloSkNNLVJwcDZWbmNWdE9hYlRrNlBlMWZpTEV1NTdlUElib0tSd2w1QWJxMVhaMkdDbkJ0N3FucFdqMV9KUU0xTkZCd3hPY3RUZHVvU1JkeTBaRzBLN19CQ0xaOTNsTWRGbHN5cGwtbFZmZ212RjVTLV9pY2N2YUxSWWNsZGt0WkVmNWJlcWdBNVpVby1JdGEzWUt6dXR4dWh0UUV1VmdQMFdMVHJkNU1wcHl1?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia was one of the most trusted relievers in the bullpen this past season and earned two postseason wins for the team in 2025.Vesia did not finish out the postseason, missing the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays due to the death of his daughter, Sterling Sol Vesia.The veteran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}