Yankees sign All-Star outfielder Cody Bellinger to massive $162.5 million deal: reports

The New York Yankees person taken a large plaything successful escaped agency.

The Yankees and outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger person agreed to a five-year, $162.5 cardinal contract, according to aggregate reports. The woody includes opt-outs aft the 2nd and 3rd seasons, a $20 cardinal signing bonus and a afloat no-trade clause, according to the report.

The Yankees acquired Bellinger from the Chicago Cubs successful a commercialized past offseason, and the 2019 NL MVP was a large fit.

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New York Yankees near fielder Cody Bellinger (35) runs disconnected the tract aft ending the archetypal inning with a sliding drawback against the Toronto Blue Jays during Game 4 of the ALDS circular of the 2025 MLB playoffs astatine Yankee Stadium successful Bronx, New York, connected Oct. 8, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)

Bellinger, 30, deed .272 with 29 location runs and 98 RBI successful 152 games portion playing beardown defence successful near field, wherever helium chiefly played. Bellinger besides played halfway field, close tract and archetypal base.

After his beardown 2025, helium opted retired of the last twelvemonth of his woody and deed escaped agency.

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New York Yankees' Cody Bellinger watches his solo location tally disconnected Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Shane Baz during the archetypal inning of a shot crippled successful Tampa, Florida, connected Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Bellinger began his vocation with the Los Angeles Dodgers successful 2017 and burst onto the scene, winning National League Rookie of the Year and the MVP 2 seasons later. However, Bellinger's play dipped aft winning the World Series successful the 2020 season, and the Dodgers non-tendered him successful 2022.

The two-time All-Star past signed a one-year, $17.5 cardinal woody with a communal enactment for 2024 with the Cubs arsenic helium looked to rebound. In that 2023 season, Bellinger surely bounced back, hitting .307 with 26 location runs and 97, winning a Silver Slugger Award.

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New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge (99) celebrates with Cody Bellinger, right, aft hitting a location tally during the archetypal inning of a shot crippled against the Detroit Tigers successful New York, New York, connected Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Bellinger opted retired aft that season, investigating escaped bureau aft his large play and signed a three-year, $80 cardinal declaration with the Cubs that included 2 opt-outs. In 2024, Bellinger took a measurement backmost and deed .266 with 18 location runs and 78 RBI, truthful helium declined to opt retired of his woody and was past traded to the Yankees.

With Bellinger backmost successful the fold, the Yankees look acceptable successful the outfield. The reigning two-time American League MVP, Aaron Judge, volition beryllium successful close tract portion Trent Grisham, who signed the team's one-year, $22.025 cardinal qualifying offer, volition antheral halfway tract with Bellinger successful left.

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