{"id":10172,"date":"2024-11-19T08:44:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T08:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=10172"},"modified":"2024-11-19T08:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T08:51:07","slug":"proposed-blockbuster-mlb-trade-has-yankees-land-80-million-former-mvp-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=10172","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Blockbuster MLB Trade Has Yankees Land $80 Million Former MVP Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bellinger-Yankees.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bellinger-Yankees.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bellinger-Yankees.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Bellinger-Yankees.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Proposed Blockbuster MLB Trade Has Yankees Land $80 Million Former MVP Star\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Heavy on Yankees The New York Yankees are being pushed to trade for Chicago Cubs star Cody Bellinger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All eyes have been on Juan Soto\u2019s future, but the New York Yankees have other roster holes to fill this offseason as well. Yankees radio analyst Emmanuel Berbari floated a wild blockbuster trade propsal that has New York getting some hitting and fielding help from the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees land former NL MVP winner Cody Bellinger and former gold glover Nico Hoerner in the proposed trade. New York sends the following trio to Chicago as part of the deal: outfield prospect Spencer Jones, pitcher Will Warren and two-time All-Star pitcher Marcus Stroman.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago nets pitching help while New York adds some bats. Here\u2019s why Berbari believes this blockbuster trade pitch makes sense for the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYankees address two of their major needs,\u201d Berbari explained in a November 14, 2024, edition of \u201cSNY: Baseball Night in New York.\u201dBellinger, plug him right in that first base, maybe you have an injury in the outfield. \u2026That\u2019s a perfect [Anthony] Rizzo replacement in Bellinger who could just be a rental, but he also could exercise the [player] option after this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Hoerner, I love the fit. The Yankees need more bat to ball guys, top of the order type. Still [a] young talent, middle infielder. It\u2019s the perfect blockbuster trade, and the money sort of works out, too. The Yankees won\u2019t have to add too much payroll with Bellinger.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Would the Yankees Be Willing to Take on Cody Bellinger\u2019s 3-Year, $80 Million Contract While Re-Signing Juan Soto?<\/h2>\n<p>It is not exactly a bargain deal for Bellinger, as the star has two seasons remaining on a three-year, $80 million contract with the Cubs. Bellinger has a $27.5 million salary for 2025 and a player option of $25 million for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Hoerner comes with a more reasonable three-year, $35 million deal. The infielder can play both second base and shortstop. Hoerner is slated to have an $11.5 million salary for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees would be getting rid of Stroman\u2019s two-year, $37 million contract. It is easy to see why the deal would be appealing for the Yankees, but this trade could be a hard sell for the Cubs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Yankees Are in a Fight With Rivals Like the Red Sox &amp; Mets to Re-Sign Juan Soto<\/h2>\n<p>As for Soto, the Yankees are facing a fierce competition for the superstar in MLB free agency. New York\u2019s main competition may be coming from the team\u2019s biggest rivals in the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets. New York Post\u2019s Jon Heyman reported that the Mets are optimistic about the team\u2019s chances to sign Soto after meeting with the slugger in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMets owner Steve Cohen led a contingent of high-ranking club officials to meet with coveted free agent superstar Juan Soto on Saturday in Orange County, Calif., The Post has learned,\u201d Heyman wrote in a November 16, story titled, \u201cSteve Cohen, Mets have \u2018very detailed\u2019 meeting with Juan Soto in California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll signs suggest the meeting went extremely well, and the Mets remain viewed as one of the favorites for the services of the 26-year-old Soto, who helped the Yankees reach the World Series in his initial season in The Bronx in 2024 and is the top winter priority of both New York teams. Word is the Mets presentation was a \u201cbig production\u201d and \u2018very detailed.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Adams is a veteran sports contributor covering the NFL, NBA and golf for Heavy.com. His work has been prominently featured on NFL.com, Yahoo Sports, Pro Football Talk, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and Sports Illustrated. More about Jonathan Adams<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Yankees News<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees are being pushed to explore a wild blockbuster MLB trade with the Chicago Cubs for a former NL MVP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Proposed Blockbuster MLB Trade Has Yankees Land $80 Million Former MVP Star - NEWS USA<\/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:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=10172\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Proposed Blockbuster MLB Trade Has Yankees Land $80 Million Former MVP Star - 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