A Timeline of Kate Upton and Justin Verlander's Relationship

In August 2018, the Astros star revealed how Upton came into his life while he was experiencing a rough patch, which was ridden with depression and a potential career-ending injury. "She was instrumental in me not . . . like, jumping off a bridge. . . . I was depressed and kind of just upset at the world and trying to hide my own sh*t," Verlander told Bleacher Report. "She was what I needed."