New York Yankees acquire Cody Bellinger in trade with Chicago Cubs | Breaking News
๐ Published on: 2024-12-17 22:12:29
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JIm Bowden joins CBS Sports HQ to break down the New York Yankees trade for Cody Bellinger.
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all right we have some breaking news in baseball where the New York Yankees have acquired Cody Bellinger in a trade with the Chicago Cubs that has been confirmed by our MLB Insider Jim Bowden Bellinger is a former NL MVP who has played the past two years in Chicago and it’s yet another big move for the Yankees after losing Juan stto they signed pitcher Max free to a $218 million deal and traded for closer Devin Williams so let’s welcome in our lmb Insider Jim Bowden to more about this Jim Cody Bellinger heading to the Yankees I know you were saying you were just in touch with Brian Cashman so what more can you tell us about this deal and and how it all went down yeah Jacqueline this is a trade that quite frankly the Yankees have been working on since the minute W stto ended up signing with the New York Mets this is one of the players they targeted they got close to doing a deal at the winter meetings but they couldn’t sett on the money coming back the Yankees wanted them to pay down a lot of the contract and it didn’t happen until this afternoon when the Cubs finally agreed to pay 5 million of the 27.5 million that is due uh Cody Bellinger this year and so once they got the financial piece done the rest of the trade was easy relief pitcher Cody potit ends up going to the Cubs who are trying to improve the bullpen and from the Cubs perspective they tell me once they traded for Kyle Tucker they felt the Bellinger was Expendable because they want Pete Crow Armstrong to play center and Michael Bush to play first base so it was only a matter of time before they uh moved him to New York now for the Yankees um they really want Bellinger to play center field he’s an above average defender in Center this moves Aaron judge from Center to right field and more importantly Bellinger gives them that left-handed bat that they’re going to miss after Juan SoDo departed now I know he’s coming off a down year where he hit only 266 with 18 home runs and a 2.2 War for the Cubs but keep in mind the year before in 2023 hit 307 got on base on a 35% clip with 26 homers 97 RBI and 20 stolen bases so this is a huge pickup for the Yankees today um so Jim we saw the you know the projected lineup there and this is just again something to your point they’ve been trying to work on since the whole Juan stto thing when he went to the Mets they do the deal with Max free $218 million deal there now Cody Bellinger do you think this is enough for the Yankees to get back to a World Series and then actually win a World Series this go around you know I think the pickup of Max freed to the rotation um and Devin Williams and impact closer makes this yankee team a better team just from the pitching perspective adding Cody Bellinger means your Outfield defense is going to be better than it was last year so your rotation is better your Bullpen is better and oh by the way your Outfield defense is better but I don’t think they can be done and I think one of the most important things to look at is what they’re going to do with the infield now in particular first base now Anthony Rizzo is a free agent they’re not expected to retain him they really want to get Christian Walker they’ve had a lot of conversations with the free agent who has won three gold gloves in a in a row has 25 to 30 home run power and they would really like to get him to play first they haven’t been able to do that deal so they’re checking other options like Paul gmid and Carlo santner who will be less expensive but that is what’s next on the agenda for the Yankees as first base then they also have to figure out what they want to do at second base and third base they could leave chess Chism at third base or they could move him to second to get a third baseman but the next two infield spots is what’s next on the agenda for New York but I could argue and I mean this sincerely that picking up Max freed Devin Williams and Cody Bellinger now gives the Yankees a better team than the that was in the World Series last year all right Jim we certainly appreciate it I know whenever Wan sto left it kind of felt like okay what now what’s next and uh the Yankees continue to be aggressive and make moves Jim we certainly appreciate it if you’re just joining us here on HQ we’re talking about some breaking news out of baseball where Cody Bellinger is going to be a New York Yankee getting a look at the Yankees in the past eight postseasons uh the postseason has not been kind to them dating all the way back to 2015 a whole lot of L’s all L’s if you will that are on this screen right here so of course the Yankees trying to build trying to get back to the World Series and actually win one and the latest Domino to fall is acquiring Cody Bellinger in a trade from the Chicago Cubs
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