{"id":107536,"date":"2026-01-21T19:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107536\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T19:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:01:09","slug":"cody-bellinger-re-signs-with-yankees-for-162-5-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/107536\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Bellinger re-signs with Yankees for $162.5 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cody Bellinger isn\u2019t going anywhere.<\/p>\n

The Yankees re-signed the outfielder on Wednesday to a five-year, $162.5 million contract with opt-outs after the second and third seasons, The Post\u2019s Dan Martin confirmed.<\/p>\n

Bellinger was one of the Yankees\u2019 top priorities in free agency, and the Bombers got a deal done after the Mets, Phillies, Angels and Dodgers all had interest in his services throughout the offseason, The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman previously reported.<\/p>\n

\"NewCody Bellinger tosses his bat after hitting a RBI double during the third inning of the Yankees\u2019 4-3 win over the Blue Jays at the Stadium on Sept. 7, 2025. Noah K. Murray-NY Post<\/p>\n

The Dodgers previously signed the top outfielder in free agency<\/a>, Kyle Tucker, to a four-year, $240 million deal on Jan. 15.<\/p>\n

Bellinger thrived in the Big Apple in 2025, hitting 29 homers with a .272\/.334\/.480 slash line.<\/p>\n

He hit particularly well at Yankee Stadium with a .909 OPS in 80 games.<\/p>\n

He was good with the glove, too, ranking in the 93rd percentile in outs above average.<\/p>\n

Bellinger\u2019s 5.1 wins above replacement \u2014 according to Baseball Reference \u2014 was the highest of his career since his National League MVP season in 2019 with the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

With Bellinger back in the fold and Trent Grisham already accepting a $22 million qualifying offer<\/a>, the Yankees should have their starting outfield set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cody Bellinger isn\u2019t going anywhere. The Yankees re-signed the outfielder on Wednesday to a five-year, $162.5 million contract…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[13917,37072,7482,20,3473,21528,9,24,55,54,320,321,56,5389,319],"class_list":["post-107536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-cody-bellinger","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-free-agency","tag-mlb-hot-stove","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-ny","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}