{"id":9185,"date":"2024-11-16T21:54:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T21:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=9185"},"modified":"2024-11-16T21:54:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T21:54:14","slug":"insider-links-yankees-to-trading-for-star-80-million-outfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=9185","title":{"rendered":"Insider Links Yankees to Trading For Star $80 Million Outfielder"},"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\/GettyImages-2171579925-e1731779294383.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\/GettyImages-2171579925-e1731779294383.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2171579925-e1731779294383.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2171579925-e1731779294383.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Insider Links Yankees to Trading For Star $80 Million Outfielder\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Getty Yankees linked to trading for Cody Bellinger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees could have a hole in the outfield as Juan Soto and Alex Verdugo are both free agents.<\/p>\n<p>If the Yankees lose both Soto and Verdugo, New York will be aggressive in free agency to land an outfielder to replace them. However, MLB insider Joel Sherman did an article that mentioned three potential trade candidates for the Yankees and listed Cody Bellinger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a feeling among executives with whom I spoke at the GM meetings that the Cubs, who nudged above the lowest luxury-tax threshold of $237 million last season, would like to fall below the low bar of $241 million in 2025,\u201d Sherman wrote. \u201cAnd the ability to have maneuverability and still do that was greatly impacted by Bellinger not opting out of his contract\u00a0for $27.5 million in 2025, which will count for $26.7 million toward the luxury tax.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScott Boras\u2019 clients almost always will use whatever mechanism they have available to get into free agency and let the market dictate their salary,\u201d Sheman added. \u201cThat Bellinger did not opt-out. Therefore, should be a signal of doubt about whether Bellinger clearly could do better than $52.5 million for two years. Which Bellinger is assured if he picks up his $25 million 2026 player option after next season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger is a former MVP winner and would add some offense to the Yankees lineup, especially if they lose Soto in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger has two years left on his three-year $80 million deal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Insider Has Concerns About Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>Although Sherman did link Bellinger to the Yankees, he\u2019s uncertain if he makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger\u2019s defensive play has struggled this season, but Sherman still thinks his bat could be enough to entice New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe industry had lots of concerns about underlying metrics that showed Bellinger did not hit the ball consistently hard,\u201d Sherman wrote. \u201cAnd he dropped 130 OPS points from 2023 (.881) to 2024 (.751). His WAR (Baseball Reference) was halved from 4.4 to 2.2. Scouts will tell you he still can play the outfield. But he is not special out there anymore. And, that his best position by far is first base, where he is very good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs there still enough here in age (Bellinger doesn\u2019t turn 30 until July). Limited strikeouts (15.6 percent the past two years. A good mark similar to Arenado\u2019s 15.5 percent over the same period), still some defensive versatility and good speed (though his steals dropped from 20 in 2023 to nine last year)?,\u201d Sherman added.<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger hit .266 with 18 home runs and 78 RBIs last season with the Cubs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Yankees Focused on Re-Signing Soto<\/h2>\n<p>Although Sherman linked the Yankees to Bellinger, the team\u2019s focus is on re-signing Soto.<\/p>\n<p>At the GM Meetings, Brian Cashman said New York will do whatever it takes to bring Soto back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a conversation with (agent) Scott Boras yesterday,\u201d Cashman\u00a0said\u2026 \u201cWe certainly have an interest in retaining him and we\u2019ll put our best foot forward there. But at the same time, that\u2019ll either lead to us retaining him and signing him back. Or we\u2019ll be forced to go in a different direction if we can\u2019t. If we can\u2019t, there\u2019s a lot of different players in this marketplace that can positively impact this roster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soto\u00a0hit .327 with 4 home runs and 9 RBIs in the playoffs with the Yankees. In the regular season, he hit .288 with 41 home runs and 109 RBIs in 157 games.<\/p>\n<p>Cole Shelton Cole Shelton covers the NHL and MLB for Heavy.com. He has covered pro and college sports since 2016, including bylines at BJ Penn, USA Today, SB Nation, Rotowire, Canadian Baseball Network and more. More about Cole Shelton<\/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 could have a need in the outfielder and MLB insider Joel Sherman linked them to trading for Cody Bellinger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9185","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>Insider Links Yankees to Trading For Star $80 Million Outfielder - 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=9185\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Insider Links Yankees to Trading For Star $80 Million Outfielder - 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