{"id":428540,"date":"2026-01-21T21:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428540\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:31:07","slug":"cody-bellinger-stays-with-new-york-yankees-on-five-year-deal-worth-162-5m-new-york-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428540\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Bellinger stays with New York Yankees on five-year deal worth $162.5m | New York Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Cody Bellinger became the last of the top free-agent hitters to reach a deal, agreeing Wednesday to stay with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/new-york-yankees\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yankees<\/a> for a $162.5m, five-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful physical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Bellinger gets a $20m signing bonus and a full no-trade provision. He has the right to opt out after the 2027 or 2028 seasons to become a free agent again, but if there is a work stoppage that leads to no games being played in 2027, the agreement specifies the opt outs will shift to after the 2027 and 2028 seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A two-time All-Star acquired by the Yankees from the Chicago Cubs in December 2024, Bellinger hit .272 with 29 homers and 98 RBIs last year \u2013 including .302 with 18 homers and 55 RBIs at Yankee Stadium. A left-handed hitter, he played in 149 games in the outfield and seven at first base in his first season since 2022 without a stint on the injured list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He is a son of former Yankee Clay Bellinger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Voted the 2017 National League Rookie of the Year and 2019 NL MVP, Bellinger has a .261 average with 225 homers and 695 RBIs in nine seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017-22), Cubs (2023-24) and the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He earned $57.5m from the $80m, three-year contract he reached with the Cubs before the 2024 season. Bellinger declined a $25m option for 2026 in favor of a $5m buyout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cody Bellinger became the last of the top free-agent hitters to reach a deal, agreeing Wednesday to stay&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-428540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}