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Javier Báez, Wife Irmarie Expecting 2nd Child, Couple Announces in Adorable Social Media Post

PEORIA, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 24: Javier Baez #9 of the Chicago Cubs watches from the duogut during the MLB spring training game against the Seattle Mariners at Peoria Stadium on February 24, 2020 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

PEORIA, ARIZONA – FEBRUARY 24: Javier Baez #9 of the Chicago Cubs watches from the duogut during the MLB spring training game against the Seattle Mariners at Peoria Stadium on February 24, 2020 in Peoria, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Báez and his wife Irmarie announced Monday that they are expecting their second child.

The couple, who have a son named Adrián, made the announcement on social media with a little bit of help from their firstborn child:

“With all the ups and downs, my family will always be my present and my future,” Baez said. ‘Thank you God for another blessing.”

The couple was engaged in 2018, shortly before the birth of their son Adrián. The couple then married in Puerto Rico in Jan. 2019.

The announcement prompted an outpouring of congratulatory messages from the Cubs, fellow major leaguers like Marcel Ozuna, and even from the city of Chicago’s official Instagram account.

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