{"id":88913,"date":"2025-08-13T07:43:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=88913"},"modified":"2025-08-13T07:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T07:43:05","slug":"yankees-cody-bellinger-gets-100-million-contract-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=88913","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Cody Bellinger Gets $100 Million Contract Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cody-Bellinger.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cody-Bellinger.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cody-Bellinger.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cody-Bellinger.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees' Cody Bellinger Gets $100 Million Contract Update\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees have tough free agency decisions over the next few months, mainly with outfielder Cody Bellinger. Bellinger has a $25 million player option for the 2026 season, but many don\u2019t expect him to opt into that deal.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Bellinger could look at a multi-year deal for more long-term money, even if the AAV doesn\u2019t come out to $25 million annually. According to Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors, Bellinger can get over $100 million over a six-year contract. For the Yankees, with some of their young talent coming up, it\u2019s something they have to consider giving him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBellinger holds a $25MM player option for the 2026 season. It comes with a $5MM buyout that he\u2019ll receive if he declines. Even if it were a true $25MM decision rather than a net $20MM decision, Bellinger would easily turn the option down. He can\u2019t receive a qualifying offer this time around, and despite how many straight offseasons he\u2019s been a fixture on the free agent market, he\u2019ll play the bulk of next season at just 30 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBellinger would only be 35 at the completion of a five-year deal or 36 after a six-year pact. An annual salary north of $20MM for a 30-year-old corner outfielder who\u2019s posted a .283\/.337\/.481 slash in nearly 1600 plate appearances since 2023 \u2014 particularly one who can capably handle center field or first base \u2014 should be attainable, which means Bellinger has a real chance to sign for more than $100MM on the open market this time around,\u201d he wrote .<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Cody Bellinger Will Have Suitors<\/h2>\n<p>If the New York Yankees let Bellinger walk, many teams around the league will likely compete to sign him. That includes the San Francisco Giants, who have been attempting to find stars over the past few offseasons. They eventually landed on one with Rafael Devers in an in-season trade with the Boston Red Sox. Still, they could be interested in making another move for a player of Bellinger\u2019s caliber. Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report recently predicted that to be the case, but only had him landing a three-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBellinger has a $25M player option for 2026, but he has re-harnessed his slugging well enough that he\u2019ll probably decline it and set his sights upon another 3\/$80M or better type of deal,\u201d he wrote .<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Prediction: Bellinger signs a three-year or four-year deal with the Giants.)\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Will the Yankees let Cody Bellinger Walk?<\/h2>\n<p>Others believe that the New York Yankees will allow Bellinger to walk, regardless of the price.<\/p>\n<p>When examining what could happen over the next few months, Aaliyan Mohammed of Newsweek recently had some interesting thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the Yankees\u2019 decision not to trade Spencer Jones could be a telling sign of what\u2019s to come for Bellinger and his future in New York. If the Yankees don\u2019t trade Jones, he could soon be in the outfield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat decision could speak volumes about the Yankees\u2019 plans with Cody Bellinger. Aaron Judge figures to return to the outfield as soon as he can throw again and will man the position for years to come. Jasson Dom\u00ednguez seems to be regarded highly as a part of the team\u2019s future. As for the third outfield spot, the future is less clear right now,\u201d he wrote .<\/p>\n<p>Jon Conahan covers the NBA and NFL for Heavy.com. Since 2019, his sports coverage has appeared at Sports Illustrated, oddschecker, ClutchPoints and Sportskeeda. More about Jon Conahan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the latest update on New York Yankees\u2019 Cody Bellinger\u2019s $100 million contract and what it means for the team\u2019s future plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":88914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees&#039; Cody Bellinger Gets $100 Million Contract Update - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=88913\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees&#039; 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