{"id":503474,"date":"2026-01-09T10:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503474\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T10:04:25","slug":"cody-bellinger-rumors-reveal-yankees-latest-contract-offer-amid-bo-bichette-buzz-in-mlb-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503474\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Bellinger Rumors Reveal Yankees&#8217; Latest Contract Offer Amid Bo Bichette Buzz in MLB Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The New York Yankees&#8217; latest contract offer to outfielder Cody Bellinger in free agency has reportedly been revealed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">According to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6956135\/2026\/01\/08\/yankees-cody-bellinger-offer-30-million-aav\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brendan Kuty<\/a> of The Athletic, New York has offered Bellinger a multi-year contract worth &#8220;more than $30 million per year.&#8221; Meanwhile, Bellinger&#8217;s camp has &#8220;continued to push for seven years&#8221; on a potential deal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\"><a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25353601-bo-bichette-rumors-reveal-yankees-phillies-latest-efforts-land-contract-mlb-free-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jon Heyman<\/a> of the New York Post previously reported that the Yankees have started to look &#8220;more seriously&#8221; at free-agent shortstop Bo Bichette while negotiating with Bellinger. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Heyman noted that Bellinger remains New York&#8217;s top target in free agency, though.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While the amount of years on the contract that the Yankees recently offered Bellinger is unknown, an average annual salary of $30 million would rank No. 4 among all outfielders in 2026 while only trailing Juan Soto, Aaron Judge and Mike Trout (via\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/rankings\/player\/_\/year\/2026\/position\/of\/sort\/contract_average\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotrac<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">New York has already made at least two offers to Bellinger prior to its latest proposal, per\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/04\/sports\/yankees-have-edward-cabrera-trade-talks-make-new-cody-bellinger-offer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Sherman<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0New York Post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 2019 National League MVP suited up for the Bronx Bombers in 2025 after playing for the Chicago Cubs from 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Bellinger&#8217;s first year in pinstripes was a success, hitting .272 with 25 doubles and 29 home runs to go along with 98 RBI. He also posted an OPS of .813 while appearing in 152 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Bellinger served as a key piece of a Yankees lineup that helped them finish with a 94-68 record, advancing to the American League Division Series before falling to the Toronto Blue Jays in four games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">If talks with Bellinger break down, New York could turn its full attention towards Bichette. The two-time All-Star racked up 18 homers and 44 doubles while compiling a .311\/.357\/.483 slash line during his 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Yankees&#8217; latest contract offer to outfielder Cody Bellinger in free agency has reportedly been revealed.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":503475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1266,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-503474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115864578510173385","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}