A day after San Francisco Giants’ reliever Sean Hjelle’s wife, Caroline, accused him of infidelity, family abandonment, and abuse in a viral TikTok, posted Friday, June 20, the team released a statement on the matter.
‘We are aware of these serious allegations,’ the statement read. ‘We have been in contact with MLB. These type of allegations fall under their jurisdiction and we won’t be commenting further.’
The TikTok, which has garnered more than 3.5 million views and over 230,000 likes in less than 24 hours since it was posted, includes a caption that says, ‘When my MLB husband abandons us on Mothers Day a week after this (video was taken) once I finally found about his affairs and stopped putting up with his abuse, so I’ve been raising two boys alone.’
Before the game, Giants manager Bob Melvin said Hjelle was available to pitch on Saturday. Melvin acknowledged he was aware of the accusations.
‘He told me about it last night,’ Melvin told reporters. ‘We’ve talked to MLB and at this point, it’s in their jurisdiction so we can’t comment on it any further.’
What else has Caroline Hjelle said on the matter?
The San Jose Mercury News cited a Giants spokesperson, who said the couple is divorced.
It is unclear when the couple officially ended their marriage, but Caroline has several posts on her TikTok alluding to her struggles as a solo parent, dating back to October 2024, when she posted this video for the ’17 Diapers’ trend, meant to detail the struggles of early parenthood.
On April 8 of this year, Hjelle posted another TikTok with the hashtag ‘divorce’, claiming she was ‘devastated’ after ‘finding out all the lies.’
Has Hjelle been important to the Giants’ success?
The Giants have been one of the surprise teams of 2025 with a 42-34 record while sitting in second-place in the NL West. A large reason for that success has been their bullpen, which has posted an MLB-best 2.60 ERA.
Hjelle played a sizable role in the Giants’ bullpen in 2024, when he recorded a 3.90 ERA across 80⅔ innings. However, he’s taken a large step back in 2025, with his ERA ballooning to 4.66, while his BB/9 has increased massively from 1.6 in 2024 to 6.5 this year. Hjelle has pitched only 9⅔ innings this season.
