Kiké Hernández Salutes Blue Jays For Classy World Series Gesture For Alex Vesia

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Life is bigger than baseball.

So pinch Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia sidelined for nan World Series owed to a "deeply individual family matter,” his chap Los Angeles relievers person been playing pinch nan No. 51, Vesia‘s azygous number, written connected their caps to grant nan alleviation pitcher. But it wasn‘t conscionable nan Dodgers.

The Blue Jays bullpen, successful solidarity pinch its Dodgers counterpart, besides donned nan No. 51 connected their World Series caps during Los Angeles‘s Game 6 victory.

Every Blue Jays reliever had 51 written connected their chapeau during Game 6 to salary their respects to Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia, who is distant from nan squad to woody pinch a individual matter pic.twitter.com/jdwABAJpn2

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) November 1, 2025

And nan motion was not mislaid connected nan Dodgers.

"I didn't announcement until [Chris] Bassitt—actually aft Bassitt struck maine retired and past I was looking up astatine nan committee to spot nan replay, and that's erstwhile I saw that he had 51," Dodgers outfielder Kiké Hernández said. "And alternatively of being huffy that I struck out, I was benignant of going backmost to nan dugout thinking, 'Did Bassitt play pinch Vesia astatine immoderate point?' And past aft nan crippled I saw that everybody had them."

The motion intelligibly meant a batch to Hernández and nan Dodgers.

Kiké Hernández says that nary matter what happens tonight, nan Dodgers admit nan Blue Jays for wearing Alex Vesia’s number connected their hats past nighttime 🫡

Vesia remains distant from nan Dodgers this World Series owed to a superior family situation. pic.twitter.com/cef3amXT27

— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) November 1, 2025

"For those guys to do that, it's incredible," Hernández said. "They're trying to triumph a World Series, but they understand that this is—life is bigger than baseball, and baseball‘s conscionable a game. For them to do that pinch nan stakes—where we were astatine pinch nan stakes, hat‘s disconnected to them. And I want them to cognize that we admit them.

"Regardless of what happens tonight, we admit what they did."

The Dodgers had said arsenic portion of a connection that Vesia, who appeared successful 68 games for nan Dodgers successful nan 2025 regular play and different 7 contests successful nan postseason, "is distant from nan squad arsenic he and his woman Kayla navigate a profoundly individual family matter."

The seasoned lefthander was 1 of nan Dodgers‘s astir reliable relievers this season, posting a 3.02 ERA and 0.99 WHIP while signaling 80 strikeouts successful 59 2/3 innings pitched.