{"id":77966,"date":"2025-08-15T00:36:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T00:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77966"},"modified":"2025-08-15T00:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T00:36:44","slug":"yankees-get-promising-cody-bellinger-free-agency-outlook-from-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=77966","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Get Promising Cody Bellinger Free Agency Outlook From Insider"},"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\/08\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250806_175314_0000.png?w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250806_175314_0000.png?w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250806_175314_0000.png?w=1100&amp;quality=15&amp;strip=all 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Heavy-Thumbnail_20250806_175314_0000.png?w=1350&amp;quality=35&amp;strip=all 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees Get Promising Cody Bellinger Free Agency Outlook From Insider\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees have some tough contract decisions to make over the next few months, with one of them being with Cody Bellinger. The Yankees landed Bellinger in a deal with the Chicago Cubs during the offseason, and he\u2019s been just as good as anybody could\u2019ve expected. Entering the season, there were certainly some questions about Bellinger, as he\u2019s fallen off a bit since his MVP days, but he\u2019s been great in New York.<\/p>\n<p>With a $25 million option, some believe he could opt out of that deal for a few different reasons. While Bellinger might not get $25 million AAV in another deal, he\u2019ll likely secure long-term money.<\/p>\n<p>Randy Miller of NJ.com believes that will be the case. He recently talked about some of Bellinger\u2019s stats and what he expects him to do next winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContract: Making $27.5M in first of two player-option seasons included in a three-year, $80M pact signed with Cubs on 2\/25\/24. Has $25 million player option or $5 million buyout for 2026. 2025 hitting stats: Yankees, .269 average, 431 AB, 65 runs, 116 hits, 21 HR, 68 RBI, 10 SB, .808 OPS, 111 games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2025 fielding stats: 0 errors, 55 games (38 starts) in left field; 0 errors, 36 games (34 starts) in right field; 2 errors, 34 games (33 starts) in center field; 0 errors, 6 games (2 starts) at first base. Prediction: Re-signs with Yankees,\u201d he wrote .<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Cody Bellinger Talks About His Yankees Future<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bellinger understands that he has a tough decision coming up with the New York Yankees. However, this doesn\u2019t have much to do with the Yankees themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old has to ensure that he can get paid moving forward, and after a few streaky years, he\u2019s figured it out two of the past three seasons. When speaking to the New York Post about his expectations for free agency, he didn\u2019t have many comments about it. Instead, he said it\u2019s too far ahead and he\u2019s just worried about the task.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs clich\u00e9 as it sounds, I\u2019m really just taking it day by day,\u201d Bellinger said when asked about his contract before Tuesday\u2019s game against the Twins, per Peter Botte of the Post. \u201cThere\u2019s like 45 games left in the regular season, and obviously we have dreams and aspirations of getting to the postseason and back to the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo for me, it\u2019s too far ahead. I haven\u2019t even talked to my agent about it. I told him I just want to play and focus on the task at hand right now. So that\u2019s what I\u2019ve been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Does Cody Bellinger Want to Stay in New York?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At 64-56, 5.5 games behind the first-place Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East, the New York Yankees have a lot of work to do. Bellinger will play a significant role heading into the back end of the year, and his comments suggest he has enjoyed his time in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that could impact his decision, but he\u2019ll only answer that in a couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been fun. The city is great, the fans have been great to me. Yankee Stadium is a fun place to play, and I think we have a really great group in this clubhouse,\u201d the lefty-swinging Bellinger said. \u201cIt\u2019s been fun to show up to the ballpark every day, and that\u2019s all you can ask for.\u201d<\/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. 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