Off the market: Justin Verlander and Kate Upton are engaged

(Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) Baseball’s favorite real-life couple is ready to say “I do.” Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander and model Kate Upton are engaged, according to E! News.

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Upton was spotted on the red carpet at the 2016 Met Gala rocking a giant engagement ring on her finger. She told E! News that Verlander proposed before the start of the season, but that the two had been keeping things quiet.

“I’m really excited, he asked me right before season started so we’ve been keeping it on the down low for quite a while,” she told E! News exclusively. “So I’m excited to finally be able to share it with the world!”

Upton added that the two haven’t set a date for the wedding just yet. She also said that Verlander helped design the engagement ring.

Over the three years that they’ve been together, Verlander and Upton have become one of the more popular baseball couples. Upton routinely appears at games to support Verlander, and the two have teamed up to host adoption events for puppies during spring training.

That popularity is probably fueled by the fact that both of them constantly push out pictures of each other with dogs on Instagram. Hey, that’s just a smart use of social media.

Congrats to the happy couple on the engagement. And to Verlander for actually designing the ring. That was probably a daunting task, but she said yes, so he clearly did something right.

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Jewelry design is also a pretty good skill to have in Verlander’s line of work. If the Tigers season goes the way they expect, we’re guessing the club wouldn’t mind consulting with Verlander about designing a different type of ring.

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