{"id":126691,"date":"2025-11-29T21:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=126691"},"modified":"2025-11-29T21:33:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T21:33:44","slug":"%f0%9f%94%a5-massive-turnaround-in-the-bronx-yankees-poised-to-lock-down-slugger-with-6%e2%80%91year-150m-deal-that-could-reshape-their-lineup-forever-%f0%9f%91%87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=126691","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 MASSIVE TURNAROUND IN THE BRONX: Yankees Poised To Lock Down Slugger With 6\u2011Year, $150M Deal That Could Reshape Their Lineup Forever! \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>The New York Yankees must do everything in their power to retain Cody Bellinger this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees added Bellinger in a trade with the Chicago Cubs last winter, and he was better than advertised in his one season in the Bronx. After opting out of his contract, he&#8217;s a free agent, and the Yankees can&#8217;t afford to lose him.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Finkelstein of Just Baseball recently projected Bellinger would sign a massive six-year, $150 million deal with the Yankees in free agency this winter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"11128241\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239445092.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 1536px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239445092.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 640w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239445092.jpg?w=750&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 750w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239445092.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 1000w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239445092.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 1200w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239445092.jpg?w=1360&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 1360w, https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2239445092.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=80&amp;webp=1 1600w\" alt=\"Yankees projected to re-sign slugger on huge 6-year, $150 million deal\" width=\"8046\" height=\"5364\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he wants years, at 30 years old, he can probably still get six or seven, assuming he is willing to take a lower AAV. If he\u2019s willing to beat on himself on another three-year deal, he could easily find a deal worth $30 million per season,&#8221; Finkelstein wrote. &#8220;If he wants years, at 30 years old, he can probably still get six or seven, assuming he is willing to take a lower AAV. If he\u2019s willing to beat on himself on another three-year deal, he could easily find a deal worth $30 million per season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees are reportedly chasing Kyle Tucker in free agency, but they&#8217;d be smarter to go after Bellinger for less than half the price.<\/p>\n<p>Signing him to a deal like this would allow the Yankees to also target stars like Tatsuya Imai, Bo Bichette, and Edwin Diaz. If they sign Tucker, their offseason is practically over. But if they sign Bellinger, the opportunities are endless.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>More MLB: Yankees All-Star Projected To Sign 3-Year, $51 Million Deal After Down Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees should prioritize re-signing slugger Cody Bellinger to a huge new deal this offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":126692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126691","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>\ud83d\udd25 MASSIVE TURNAROUND IN THE BRONX: Yankees Poised To Lock Down Slugger With 6\u2011Year, $150M Deal That Could Reshape Their Lineup Forever! \ud83d\udc47 - 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=126691\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udd25 MASSIVE TURNAROUND IN THE BRONX: Yankees Poised To Lock Down Slugger With 6\u2011Year, $150M Deal That Could Reshape Their Lineup Forever! 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