{"id":108599,"date":"2026-01-22T14:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/108599\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:56:25","slug":"cody-bellingers-wife-celebrates-yankees-return-after-162-million-free-agency-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/108599\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Bellinger\u2019s wife celebrates Yankees return after $162 million free agency signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yankees star Cody Bellinger\u2019s wife, Chase Carter, is thrilled that he\u2019s staying in the Bronx after agreeing to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/21\/sports\/cody-bellinger-re-signs-with-yankees-for-162-5-million\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">five-year, $162.5 million\u00a0deal Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so excited\ud83e\udef6\ud83c\udffd,\u201d Chase wrote in an Instagram post, including a snapshot of them with their two daughters, Caiden and Cy, taking in fireworks at Yankee Stadium. <\/p>\n<p>Her post was set to the song, \u201cNew York, New York\u201d by Frank Sinatra. <\/p>\n<p>Yankees star Cody Bellinger\u2019s wife, Chase Carter, said their family is so excited after he agreed to a five-year, $162.5 million\u00a0deal to remain in the Bronx on Wednesday, January 21, 2026.  Instagram\/Chase Carter Bellinger<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York Baby,\u201d Chase added in an Instagram Story post. <\/p>\n<p>She also reposted a snapshot by Amy Cole, the wife of Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole, which shows them at a Yankees game with Ashley Rod\u00f3n, the wife of Carlos Rod\u00f3n, and Reni Meyer-Whalley,\u00a0the girlfriend of Max Fried. <\/p>\n<p>(L-R) Chase Carter Bellinger, Amy Cole, Ashley Rod\u00f3n and  Reni Meyer-Whalley at a Yankees game.  Instagram\/Amy Cole<\/p>\n<p>Yankees star Cody Bellinger and his wife Chase Carter.  Instagram\/Chase Carter Bellinger<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJan 21st keeps delivering,\u201d Amy wrote. <\/p>\n<p>The Bellinger deal got done after the Yankees made it clear that retaining the 30-year-old was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/15\/sports\/yankees-willing-to-add-multiple-opt-outs-in-their-cody-bellinger-pursuit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their top priority<\/a>\u00a0after he declined a $25 million player option.<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger will return to the outfield with Aaron Judge in right field and Trent Grisham in center field. Grisham is back the Yankees after accepting the $22 million qualifying offer earlier this offseason. <\/p>\n<p>Cody Bellinger swings through and strikes out for the final out against the against the Toronto Blue Jays as they celebrate their win in Game four of the ALDS in the Bronx, New York, October 8, 2025.   JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees may now look to trade Jasson Dom\u00ednguez or Spencer Jones, who would have been competing for the starting job in left field had Bellinger not returned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yankees star Cody Bellinger\u2019s wife, Chase Carter, is thrilled that he\u2019s staying in the Bronx after agreeing to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,13917,20,9,24,321,63,319,2085,129,131,130,2088],"class_list":["post-108599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-cody-bellinger","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-nyc","tag-sports","tag-sports-entertainment","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-wags"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108599","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=108599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}