Alex Rodriguez's most important accomplishment in life was never his record-breaking professional baseball career - it was raising his two daughters, Natasha and Ella. The New York Yankees legend welcomed his daughters during his six-year marriage to their mother, Cynthia Scurtis Rodriguez. While the former couple split in July 2008, they have remained united in coparenting their daughters over the years. In June 2025, Alex discussed the challenging adjustment he was facing as his daughters transitioned from adolescence into young adulthood. "They're so busy that when I get a little date for like an awesome dinner, I'm so fired up," he told Parents.com. "It's just amazing to see them develop with high self-esteem, good purpose, and good intention in their life. And it's great to see them strive to reach their goals." Keep scrolling for a look at A-Rod's parenting journey with his daughters Natasha and Ella. Natasha Alexander Rodriguez Alex and Cynthia welcomed their first baby, daughter Natasha, on November 18, 2004. The family affectionately refers to Natasha by the nickname "Tashi." Cynthia revealed to the YES Network's YESterdays that Alex was even more nervous for their daughter's birth than she was. "The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure [cuff] on his arm. And my mother was like rubbing his back. And he is passed out on a couch. And I am there, in the middle of labor," she recalled. "And really, I am not being paid much attention to besides the doctor and a couple of nurses. And he is there, moaning. In between pushing, I am going, 'Honey, are you OK?' and 'Are you breathing? Are you OK?'" Cynthia quipped that she should have anticipated Alex's reaction to her labor since he was always nervous in medical situations. "As tough and big as he seems, he is real wimpy around doctors or any type of medical situation," she revealed. "I don't know why I thought the birth of our child would be different. In the middle of the night, I realized that I needed to go to the hospital. I wake him up. The first thing that comes out of his mouth, 'Can we call your mother?' ... A few hours later, I said, 'I think you can call my mom now.' Uh, and the color came back to his face when I told him he could call my mom." As Natasha grew up, she pursued a passion for music and even wore her dad's jersey as she sang the national anthem at an MLB game between the Miami Marlins and the Philadelphia Phillies at LoanDepot Park in Miami in September 2022. A-Rod Shares Emotional Tribute After Dropping Daughter Natasha at College A-Rod reunited with his ex-wife, Cynthia, at their daughter's high school graduation in May 2023. Natasha enrolled at the University of Michigan later that year to study musical theater. "My only condition [for her studying musical theatre] is because all these young actors want to bypass college and I'm always saying, like, 'You can [study] drama, you can do whatever you want, but as long as you're taking your business classes at Michigan; they have a great business school,'" Rodriguez exclusively told Us Weekly in August 2023. "And that was [the] deal." Following Natasha's high school graduation, the Minnesota Timberwolves co-owner confessed to feeling nervous about his eldest daughter going off to college. "I can't believe it. I'm gonna drop her off in a few weeks in Ann Arbor, and I'm both incredibly proud of Natasha but also incredibly sad that my first baby is leaving us," Rodriguez told Us at the time. "And you know, for us dads, they're always our babies - even if they're 30 years old." In September 2023, Alex admitted to Us that his ex-wife, Cynthia, worried that he was texting Natasha "too much" during her freshman year. "It's hard. For the first time in 18 years, I don't have my two girls with me at dinner," he acknowledged. "The good news is I get to spend more time with [younger daughter], Ella. I guess there's a silver lining everywhere." Natasha pulled off the ultimate surprise in May 2024 when she visited Alex courtside at a Minnesota Timberwolves game in Dallas after wrapping up her freshman year. A-Rod shared a video of him giving Natasha a huge hug during a break in the action between the Timberwolves and the Dallas Mavericks. "I could not believe it!" he wrote via Instagram. "Ella and @thenatasharodriguez you two got me so good." Ella Alexander Rodriguez Alex and Cynthia welcomed their youngest daughter, Ella, in April 2008. "We are thrilled with the birth of our second daughter and the blessing of having two beautiful, healthy daughters in our lives," Alex said in a statement at the time. As his daughter entered middle school, Alex acknowledged the ways Ella "continue[d] to amaze me and fill me with so much pride." "You're not just a sixth-grader now, you're a beautiful young woman who's already on her way to taking the world by storm," he wrote via Instagram in June 2019. "You make me strive to be a better father every day and it is a privilege