Chase Utley got an up-close look at Cody Bellinger during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Those two years spent together as Los Angeles Dodgers teammates marked Bellinger’s arrival in the Major Leagues and the close of Utley’s career.
Utley retired after 2018 but remains with the Dodgers in a special assistant role. He has been praised by several the organization’s younger players for setting an example for them, and enjoys particularly close relationships with Kiké Hernandez and Corey Seager.
Additionally, Utley and Bellinger are now tied together in the MLB record books thanks to the latter’s white-hot start to the 2019 season.