PHOENIX -- Alex Vesia looked down, wiped his eyes, then handed a box of tissues to a nearby Dodgers staff member. For the first time since losing his newborn daughter, Sterling Sol, last October, and subsequently missing the World Series as he and his wife, Kayla, mourned her death, the Dodgers reliever was about to discuss the tragedy publicly with reporters.

PHOENIX -- Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia spoke publicly for the first time since losing a newborn daughter in the middle of last year's World Series on Friday, reading from an emotionally charged statement for a little more than six minutes.

PHOENIX -- Alex Vesia trembled before he spoke Friday morning. "Bear with me," the Los Angeles Dodgers reliever said as he looked down at his phone for words he never expected to read.