{"id":383986,"date":"2026-01-02T18:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/383986\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T18:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T18:07:11","slug":"mlb-rumors-yankees-make-offer-to-cody-bellinger-more-teams-in-on-bo-bichette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/383986\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB rumors: Yankees make offer to Cody Bellinger, more teams in on Bo Bichette"},"content":{"rendered":"

The holiday season is now in the rearview mirror, meaning that Major League Baseball’s offseason should start to ramp up again. It’ll need to: teams have only seven weeks until the beginning of spring training, yet the top four free agents on the market remain unsigned<\/a>. Might that change on Friday? Below, CBS Sports has compiled all of the day’s most notable moves and murmurs in one handy spot.<\/p>\n

Yankees<\/a> have made offer to Bellinger<\/p>\n

The Yankees have submitted a formal proposal to outfielder Cody Bellinger<\/a>, according to the New York Post<\/a>. Specific parameters of the Yankees’ offer are unknown, but it’s the latest sign that New York is serious about retaining Bellinger, one of the top free-agent hitters on the market.<\/p>\n

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Bellinger, 30, spent last season with the Yankees after being obtained in a trade from the Cubs<\/a>. He batted .272\/.334\/.480 (125 OPS+) with 29 home runs and 13 stolen bases. His contributions were worth an estimated 5.1 Wins Above Replacement, per the calculations housed at Baseball Reference.<\/p>\n

Throughout the winter, Bellinger has been rumored to be the Yankees’ No. 1 priority, with fellow free-agent outfielder Kyle Tucker<\/a> painted as a fallback option.<\/p>\n

Dodgers<\/a>, Yankees, Cubs check on Bichette<\/p>\n

Some of MLB’s<\/a> highest rollers — the Dodgers, Yankees, and Cubs — have at least checked in with free-agent infielder Bo Bichette’s<\/a> camp, per the New York Post<\/a>. Bichette has previously been connected in rumors with the Blue Jays<\/a>, the only team he’s played for as a professional, and the Red Sox<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Bichette, 28 in March, enjoyed a rebound season that saw him bat .311\/.357\/.483 (129 OPS+) with 18 home runs and four stolen bases. His contributions were worth an estimated 3.5 Wins Above Replacement, according to Baseball Reference.<\/p>\n

Bichette has publicly signaled a willingness to move to second base to facilitate a signing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Angels<\/a> interested in Arenado<\/p>\n

The Cardinals<\/a> have already traded right-hander Sonny Gray<\/a> and first baseman Willson Contreras<\/a> this winter. Third baseman Nolan Arenado<\/a> might join those ranks at some point before Opening Day, with The Athletic<\/a> reporting that the Angels have interest in adding him to their lineup.<\/p>\n

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Arenado, 34, hit just .237\/.289\/.377 (87 OPS+) in what served as the worst offensive season of his career. He remains a strong defensive presence at the hot corner, however, it’s likely that the Cardinals will need to pay down much of the $42 million that remains on his contract. The Cardinals, to their credit, have shown a willingness to send money over in both the aforementioned trades.<\/p>\n

The Angels have an opening at third base after buying out Anthony Rendon’s<\/a> contract and seeing Yo\u00e1n Moncada reach free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The holiday season is now in the rearview mirror, meaning that Major League Baseball’s offseason should start to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[95200,26724,7203,163385,3959,49,48,508,8298,163384,510,3962,487,462,127451,3958,3956,3980,13055,13988,82,3982,507,13989],"class_list":["post-383986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-anthony-rendon","tag-baseball-rumors","tag-bo-bichette","tag-bo-bichette-dodgers","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-cody-bellinger","tag-cody-bellinger-yankees","tag-kyle-tucker","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-hot-stove","tag-mlb-rumors","tag-mlb-trade-rumors","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-nolan-arenado","tag-sonny-gray","tag-sports","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-willson-contreras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}