Dodgers’ Mookie Betts Unveils New Member of Family

Oct 9, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts (50) celebrates with his family after winning the NLDS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs against the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

“I can’t now,” he said. “My wife, we’re having the kid. The baby’s due right in the middle of the WBC. She said she would divorce me if I wasn’t there for the kid.”

Betts also has two other children, a girl and a boy, Kynlee Ivory Betts and Kaj Lyn Betts. Knylee, his daughter, is seven years old, while Kaj is only two years old.

The shortstop has been open about how his kids inspire him on the field and add an extra level of motivation to his game.

“It was a little bit easier to go to work and know that you have something to play for, someone that’s really depending on you outside of you and your wife,” Betts said in the past about his children.

The Dodgers are having a lot of children

Over the offseason and Spring, Kike Hernandez, Max Muncy, Clayton Kershaw, and Kyle Tucker all welcomed new children into their families, making the clubhouse appear like a de facto daycare for the players.

“We’ve got a lot of little ones running around the clubhouse and everyone right now,” Tucker said about all of the new kids being around the team.

“It’s fun to see and share this experience with everyone, and have them come out to BP and the clubhouse and everything, it’s really cool to see all of that. It’s a lot of fun.”

For the Dodgers, winning back-to-back titles seems to lead to growing families.