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New York Yankees trade for Cubs of Cody Bellinger as former MVP’s career takes another turn one year after returning to the Cubs in free agency Bellinger is on the move again this time to the Yankees the New York Yankees have their Wan sto replacement or at least a guy who can take one sto’s place on the field the team swung a trade with the Chicago Cubs for 2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger it announced Tuesday betting on a talented player to bounce back from a rough couple of years the Cubs are also sending $5 million to the Yankees and will receive right-handed reliever Cody potit in return the cash will reportedly cover $2.5 million of Bellinger’s $27.5 million salary in 2025 and $2.5 million of either his 2026 salary or the buyout if he doesn’t exercise his player option per USA today’s Bob Nightingale Bellinger has been informed that he will play center field for the Yankees with Aaron judge moving to right after covering Center for all of 2024 do Bellinger’s father clay was part of the Yankees organization from 1999 to 2001 he’ll also be working with his wife’s ex as Chase Carter the mother of his two children dated Yankees Slugger John Carlos Stanton in 2018 and 2019 Soto’s record setting contract with the New York Mets left the Yankees in dire need of a corner outfielder with enough pop to slide into the middle of the order Bellinger could fit that bill and was available via trade due to his contract with the Cubs which gives him player options for 2025 and 2026 that pay him a total of $52.50 million. the move ends a 2-year tenure for Bellinger with the Cubs and it’s not a big surprise given that the team was rumored to be shopping him even before it acquired Houston Astro Star Kyle Tucker who fills a similar role in a blockbuster trade 2 years after starting with a clean slate in Chicago Bellinger will once again try to reestablish his start him with a new team Cody Bellinger’s career has been chaotic Bellinger is one of many people for whom 2019 feels like a very long time ago by his third season in the majors Bellinger was a 23-year-old MVP with the Los Angeles Dodgers and on track to sign the kind of Mega deal that young offensively dominant outfielders are prone to Landing per baseball references calculations he was worth 8.6 wins above replacement in his MVP season in 2019 a large number than the career highs of Soto and Tucker then he performed perhaps the costliest high five in the history of baseball after hitting a game-winning home run in game seven of the 2020 NLCS Bellinger dislocated his right shoulder while celebrating with Kik Hernandez and was never the same after that he dealt with shoulder injuries earlier in his career but this one required surgery and pressed the worst year of his professional career Bellinger was legitimately unplayable in 2021 and only a little better in 2022 with his swing continuing to look off rather than pay him an arbitration salary likely in excess of $7 million the Dodgers non-tendered him and let him hit free agency a year earlier than expected the Cubs opted to buy low on Bellinger with a pillow contract and were rewarded with a 2023 season that won him NL comeback Player of the Year his shoulder finally appeared to be healthy or he at least found a way to work around the issue as he hit 307 356/5 25 for his new team Bellinger then opted to test free agency with his value partially reestablished but suitors were slow to meet his asking price he was one of four notable clients of me agent Scott Boris to have his free agency stretch into spring training and the result was a lower than expected three-year $80 million deal to return to the Cubs the deal has opt outs after both the first and second years so Bellinger was effectively setting himself up up for another free agency as soon as he had another good season that didn’t happen in 2024 with his numbers regressing across the board Bellinger opting into the second year of his deal and his contract becoming a small Albatross for the northsiders and so they decided to get off Cody Bellinger’s Wild Ride by trading him at 29 years old Bellinger should theoretically still have a few more years to ReDiscover his swing but it’s worth wondering how old his shoulder really feels at this point what what to make of this trade for the Yankees and cubs New York expressed interest in Bellinger early last off season when he was a much hotter commodity on the free agent Market but the Yankees instead addressed their Outfield needs by acquiring one Soo Alex Verdugo via trade in December that took one obvious Suitor out of the mix for Bellinger and ultimately paved the way for him to return to the Cubs on a three-year $80 million deal that didn’t come together until the end of February do fast forward a year and Bellinger once again in emerged as a logical Target for New York this time via trade especially once Soto made his Monumental decision to depart the Yankees Outfield in favor of a historic contract with the Mets until Tuesday the Yankees had responded to Soto’s departure by adding impact on the mound rather than attempting to replace Soto’s contributions in the lineup that first came in the form of left-hander Max Fried who signed an 8-year $218 million contract the largest ever for a Southpaw to join the Yankees rotation Brian Cashman and Company followed with the acquisition of closer Devin Williams from Milwaukee to bolster the bullpen in a big way that at some point though New York was going to need to start rebuilding its offense it wasn’t just Soto’s massive presence the Yankees needed to replace either left fielder Alex Verdugo second baseman glaver Torres and first baseman Anthony Rizzo were all 2024 regulars who hit free agency with none of them seemingly slated to return there was no shortage of spots on the New York roster to address but Bellinger’s addition is a solid first step
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