Cody Bellinger goes back to Yankees . $162.5M, 5 yrs $20m signing bonus. 0pt 0uts one after year 2 unless a strike then year 3 then another the following year. no deferrals.
Kind of feels like the Yanks are setting up for one last move and it looks like it's a veteran 1B glove, leaving 2B/3B an internal job.
Surely Ben Rice has a higher ceiling than DJLM or Oswaldo? No idea why we're nailing down the corners and flipping a coin up the middle😬😬😬
Brian Cashman, on Cody Bellinger's interest in the Yankees: "I've been hearing it for a long time, including his agent Scott Boras saying, 'Can you get him over here? He's driving me crazy. He wants to be a Yankee.'"
@JamieKeith27 I agree. The one thing we have just now is pitching depth but we have no lefty bat. We didn't give up a lot for him but you guys have just got close to $50m off your books
BREAKING: OF/1B Cody Bellinger has been traded from the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees, sources tell ESPN. Bellinger, 29, is a former MVP and has two years remaining on his contract with an opt-out after 2025. Yankees continue to be aggressive post-Juan Soto.