Phillies' Bryce Harper Reveals Baby No. 4's Sex With a Major League Swing

It was a home run kind of day for Bryce Harper and his growing family of soon-to-be six!

The Philadelphia Phillies star stepped up to the plate for a sex reveal that had the entire stadium cheering—complete with teammate Trea Turner pitching in for the big moment. The eight-time All-Star asked Turner before the game to help with the reveal by handing him either a pink bat or a blue one before his first-inning at-bat.

“I was confused at first, but I think he wanted to share that moment with us,” the shortstop told MLB.com. “I think it was pretty cool. He’s a pretty creative guy. He let us know in our team meeting. He kind of wanted to share the moment with everybody. He was nice enough to ask me to do it. I thought it was a nice moment for him and his family. I think they were all watching here from up top.”

Turner, who had gotten a text confirming it was a boy, took some extra time to play around with Harper—picking up a pink bat and swinging it a bit before setting it back down. Harper, convinced baby no. 4 was going to be a girl, didn’t see it coming.

“So when I was messing with him, he was like, ‘I knew it was a girl.’ Then, I handed him the blue one. I said, ‘You’re not going to need that pink one.’ He was just excited. I think he would have been excited either way, but now, he’s got two of each. Kind of a complete family already, but like I said, anytime you can add another person to the family, I think it’s special. I think he was super excited.”

Harper and Kayla, high-school sweethearts, married in December 2016 before welcoming their first child, son Krew, in August 2019. The two also share daughters Brooklyn and Kamryn.