Overview
- Kate Upton and Justin Verlander welcomed their second child, son Bellamy Brooks Verlander, on June 19.
- The San Francisco Giants placed Verlander on paternity leave on June 20 under MLB’s standard parental policy.
- The newborn joins six-year-old daughter Genevieve as the couple balances parenthood with their prominent careers.
- Upton and Verlander married in Tuscany in November 2017 and have kept their children largely out of the public eye.
- Verlander, drafted second overall in the 2004 MLB Draft, is in his 20th major league season after signing a one-year deal with the Giants this January.