Kate Upton gives birth to second child with husband Justin Verlander

Kate Upton andJustin Verlanderare celebrating the arrival of their second child as the actress gave birth this week. The 33 year old model gave birth to a baby boy, Bellamy Brooks Verlander, on Thursday (19.06. 25), as confirmed by her representative to TMZ.

Following the birth, 42 year old baseball starJustin was granted paternity leave by his team, the San Francisco Giants. Under the MLB's paternity leave policy, players can take up to three games off, unless there are complications requiring a longer absence.

Kate and Justin are already proud parents to their six year old daughter Genevieve, affectionately known as 'Vivi'. The couple tied the knot in 2017, just days after Verlander clinched the World Series with the Houston Astros.

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In 2019, he spoke about how fatherhood had impacted his career.He told PEOPLE: "I would like to be able to play long enough that my daughter can see me and remember me playing baseball when she grows older," he explained.

"Maybe if anything, it's going to push me to stay in shape and stay healthy, and be a good pitcher as long as I possibly can. I want her to be able to remember me on the field."

In 2018 - the pair welcomed their first child and at the time,Kate shared a sweet "daddy-daughter" moment of Justin cradling the couple's newborn. Kate gave birth to Genevieve Upton Verlander on November 7, and announced the new arrival on Instagram.

Days after, the star shared another cute snap of Genevieve, this time being held by Justin. She captioned the image: "Daddy daughter snuggles beat everything." Justin, who on Wednesday missed out on an annual award handed to the the best pitcher in US baseball, had earlier posted the same image.

Alongside the snap, the Houston Astros star wrote: "Didn't win #cyyoungaward , but I can't be too upset when I have this little girl waiting for her daddy off camera!"

The couple announced their engagement when Kate showed off a ring on the red carpet at the Met Gala in 2016 and they got married in Italy in November 2017.

In 2023, the New York Mets traded right-hander Justin to the Houston Astros, marking the end of the pitcher's brief tenure after he signed a two-year, $86.7 million contract with the organisation last offseason. New York received top prospect Drew Gilbert and minor leaguer Ryan Clifford in return.

Despite Verlander's impressive 3.15 ERA entering Tuesday's trade deadline, he endured a rocky relationship with Mets fans. He took about a month to find a groove with the team — and the response was unforgiving.

A Citi Field crowd booed him during a May outing with his wife, Kate Upton, in attendance. He told reporters he played "like s***" in that game.

"Not a lot of positives to take out of it," he said. "I guess the only positive is that I know I got some work to do. "I already started looking at some video trying to find. I think there's a little something off of my mechanics. I need to fix it, and I need to fix it in a hurry."

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