Five current and recent members of the Los Angeles Dodgers will have children born in the span of just a few months after these back-to-back championship seasons.
Three current and former players have had children born in the past three months.
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Newly retired pitcher Clayton Kershaw and his wife, Ellen, welcomed their fifth child, Chloe Peach Kershaw, late last year.
Jun 9, 2022; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw plays with his children after the game against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports
Next, third baseman Max Muncy and his wife, Kellie, announced the birth of their daughter, Macie Grace Muncy, in January.
Fan favorite Kike Hernandez and his wife, Mariana Vicente Hernandez, welcomed their second child, a boy named Santiago Jose Hernandez, in February.
As if that wasn’t enough, two other Dodgers are expecting their families to grow soon.
Newly signed outfielder Kyle Tucker is away from the team this spring training as he and his wife, Samantha Tucker, are expecting their first child in the near future.
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First baseman Freddie Freeman and his wife, Chelsea Freeman, are also expecting a child, which will be their fourth.
There’s no word yet on when exactly the Tucker or Freeman families will be welcoming a new member.
Dodgers Revving up for Run at History
While there’s a lot of excitement off the field for the Dodgers, there will be plenty on the field as well.
The Boys in Blue are back-to-back World Series champions, and they enter 2026 as the clear favorites to take home the title again.
Jeff Passan of ESPN noted those big expectations Thursday morning.
“I’ve been covering baseball for almost 25 years now and I don’t know if there’s a team that I have covered that has been as distinct a favorite to win the World Series as the Dodgers are this year,” Passan said
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Whether the Dodgers can keep up the championship-level baseball is yet to be seen, but if they pull off the three-peat, they’ll be doing something baseball hasn’t seen since the year 2000.
That season, the New York Yankees won their third straight World Series and fourth of the previous five, cementing themselves as one of the greatest sports dynasties in history.
The Dodgers can’t quite match that, with the 2024 and 2025 titles joined by 2020, but hey, four out of seven years would be nothing to sneeze at.
Do you think the Dodgers can pull off the three-peat?