HEARTBREAKING: MLB player bursts into tears after being picked No. 2 just one month after his mother passed away from breast cancer.y1

New York, that fateful day. Millions watched the 2025 MLB Draft live, but no one expected the most harrowing moment to come not from a surprise pick or a blockbuster trade. Instead, it was when a young man looked up at the camera, his name called, and said, choking back tears:

“Rest easy, my angel.”

In that moment, the room fell silent.

Just a month ago…
Tyler Bremner, a promising pitcher from UC San Diego, lost his mother to breast cancer. The woman who had been with him every step of his baseball career, who had braved the sun and rain in the stands for every game, big and small, was no longer there to see her son picked No. 2 overall by the Los Angeles Angels.

“She said she would always be watching me from the stands,” Bremner sobbed. “I wish today… she was still here to see this.”

When Bremner’s name was picked as the second pick in the MLB Draft—a coveted spot that many players dream of—he didn’t celebrate. He covered his face and cried, then walked to the podium with a small, trembling letter in his hand.

He didn’t talk about the million-dollar contract, he didn’t talk about his career.

He talked about his mother.

“I remember my mom saying, ‘You don’t need to be great. You just need to be nice.’ I hope you’re proud of me today.”

The room applauded, but many … shed tears.

The Angels didn’t just pick a talent. They picked a warrior—a guy who threw 97 mph while caring for his sick mother, a guy who never missed a practice despite spending several nights in the hospital.

They picked a heart.

“We didn’t just pick a pitcher. We picked a great person,” the team said. “And his mom is smiling in heaven.”

The Tyler Bremner story went viral within minutes of being selected. Not because of his stats, not because of his ranking.

But because of the honesty that is rare in the modern sports world – where a young man dares to cry, dares to hurt, dares to say: “I owe my success to my mother.”

That night, many said they saw their mothers in Bremner’s words.

A draft pick becomes an icon.
A name etched into MLB history – not just for his speed, but for his loving heart.

And an angel above…
surely heard.