KANSAS CITY, Mo. β Thereβs a reason Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has more than half a million Instagram followers, and itβs because of videos like the oneΒ he posted onΒ Tuesday.
The heartwarming clip shows his son, Salvador Jr., opening a door and instantly gasping, βIs that you?β as he takes a few steps toward his father. Then, just as the word βpapaβ begins to leave his lips, he leaps into his fatherβsΒ arms andΒ the tears start to flow.
The 26-year-old hugs his son tight for a few minutes then putsΒ Salvador Jr. down so the boy can check out some awesome new toys lying on the floor. Salvador Jr. doesnβt appear to be too interested in the toys because he jumps right back into his fatherβs arms for another giant hug.
βI love you son with all my life !!! These are the things of life that are priceless,β wrote Perez βwho is know by friends and fans as Salvy β in the Instagram caption.
The video was posted just a few days after Salvy and teammate Lorenzo Cain were back to being silly on social media over the weekend.