{"id":415665,"date":"2026-01-18T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/415665\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T22:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:04:07","slug":"report-yankees-wont-engage-in-bidding-war-for-bellinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/415665\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Yankees won&#8217;t engage in bidding war for Bellinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees are unwilling to engage in a bidding war for free-agent outfielder Cody Bellinger and are prepared to let the 30-year-old sign elsewhere, reports the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BobKlap\/status\/2012983714486075861\" rel=\"nofollow\">Newark Star-Ledger&#8217;s Bob Klapisch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New York considers its previous proposal to Bellinger &#8211; a five-year, $160-million contract with two opt-outs &#8211; to be a fair deal, Klapisch adds.<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger and the Yankees have been negotiating a new pact for most of the winter, with the free agent&#8217;s camp reportedly rejecting a five-year, $155-million offer before continuing discussions with New York last week.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides have reportedly explored options in case a deal can&#8217;t be reached. Bellinger has been linked to the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers, though the Dodgers&#8217; reported interest came before they agreed to a deal with outfielder Kyle Tucker.<\/p>\n<p>Klapisch also mentions the New York Mets as a potential option for Bellinger. The Mets are on the hunt for an outfielder after trading Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger entered free agency following a terrific 2025 season with the Bronx Bombers, slashing .272\/.334\/.480 with 29 home runs and 98 RBIs while playing terrific outfield defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees are unwilling to engage in a bidding war for free-agent outfielder Cody Bellinger and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-415665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}