How About A Game Of Catch, Son?

This Sunday is Father's Day. As a father of four, I'm looking forward to a little extra attention on that day. A couple of years ago, I did a Father's Day post listing all of the sons of former major league players currently in the MLB. Since this year's Topps Heritage set included a subset of Father and Sons, and I thought it would be a good excuse to update the list.

 

2025 Topps Heritage
#69 Vladimir/Vladimir Jr. Guerrero (FS)

 

Did you know there are 32 guys who have played a game this year who are second-generation players? That includes two who made their debut this year - Jack Dreyer and Logan Davidson! Also, we have 3 current players who have dads in the Hall of Fame - Vlad Guerrero Jr., Cavan Biggio, and Will Wagner. 

 

2025 Topps Heritage
#66 Matt/Jackson Holliday (FS)

  

The Heritage subset only features 5 father-son combos, featuring the two cards above as well as representatives of the Clemens, Biggio, and Baker families. If Topps wanted to really expand on the concept, they have the following pairs to choose from:

• Clay and Cody Bellinger
• Dante and Bo Bichette
• Craig and Cavan Biggio
• Mike and Daz Cameron
• Roger and Kody Clemens
• Jeff and Griffin Conine
• Mark and Logan Davidson
• Steve and Jack Dreyer
• Mike and Tyler Fitzgerald
• Luis and Luis (Jr.) Garcia
• Vladimir and Vladimir (Jr.) Guerrero
• Bryan and Hunter Harvey
• Charlie and Ke'Bryan Hayes
• Matt and Jackson Holliday
• Kevin and Bryce Jarvis
• Al and Jack Leiter
• Mark and Mark (Jr.) Leiter
• Sandy and Angel Martinez
• Lance and Lance (Jr.) McCullers
• Brian and Hoby Milner
• Stu and Joc Pederson
• Geronimo and Jeremy Pena
• Paul and Cal Quantrill
• Larry and Gavin Sheets
• Steve and Tyler Soderstrom
• Fernando and Fernando (Jr.) Tatis
• Brian and Brice Turang
• Gary and Daulton Varsho
• Billy and Will Wagner
• David and Ryan Weathers
• Jack and Jacob Wilson
• Bobby and Bobby (Jr.) Witt

Plus their are a good number of players who played last year but haven't had a chance to take an MLB at-bat this year, including Dusty Baker's son Darren.

 

2025 Topps Heritage
#70 Dusty/Darren Baker (FS)

 

Of course, I'd also have to mention the legendary grandfather-grandson pairing of Carl and Mike Yastrzemski! (Bonus Happy Father's Day to you grandfathers out there!)

 

2020 Stadium Club #197 Mike Yastrzemski

 

An early Happy Father's Day to those of you with kids. Enjoy your day gentleman!