{"id":138335,"date":"2024-12-18T08:14:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T01:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138335"},"modified":"2024-12-18T08:14:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T01:14:49","slug":"yankees-acquire-cody-bellinger-in-blockbuster-trade-after-losing-juan-soto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138335","title":{"rendered":"Yankees acquire Cody Bellinger in blockbuster trade after losing Juan Soto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The remodeling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/12\/sports\/juan-soto-reveals-why-he-chose-mets-in-first-comments-after-rejecting-yankees\/\">post-Juan Soto Yankees<\/a> took another important step Tuesday, when they acquired former MVP Cody Bellinger from the Cubs, The Post confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The long-anticipated trade gives the Yankees potential replacements in the outfield and infield. Bellinger can play center \u2014 allowing the Yankees to move Aaron Judge back to right if they wish \u2014 and he can play first base, where there\u2019s a vacancy following Anthony Rizzo\u2019s departure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger, 29, has two years and $52.5 million remaining on his contract, which comes with a $25 million player option for 2026 that can be bought out for $5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cody Bellinger is headed to The Bronx. <span class=\"credit\">Kyle Ross-Imagn Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In exchange for Bellinger and $5 million to offset his price tag, the Yankees sent right-hander Cody Poteet to Chicago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move came after Soto, the Yankees\u2019 No. 1 priority of the offseason, spurned them and signed a 15-year, $765 million deal with the Mets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Yankees finally got Bellinger, the 2019 NL MVP with the Dodgers, after the Cubs landed Kyle Tucker \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/13\/sports\/kyle-tucker-traded-to-cubs-as-yankees-juan-soto-void-remains\/\">another Yankee target<\/a> \u2014 from Houston in a deal last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger\u2019s father, Clay, played parts of three seasons for the Yankees, including for the World Series title teams in 1999 and 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Since losing out on Soto, the Yankees have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/11\/sports\/yankees-werent-max-frieds-top-choice-heres-how-they-got-him\/\">added Max Fried<\/a> on an eight-year, $218 million free agent deal, traded with Milwaukee <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/13\/sports\/yankees-trade-for-closer-devin-williams-in-stunner\/\">for closer Devin Williams<\/a> and now picked up Bellinger, whose defensive versatility allows them to either go after another outfielder or first baseman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/10\/sports\/yankees-making-christian-walker-push-as-post-juan-soto-pivot-begins\/\">shown interest in free-agent options at first base<\/a>, including Pete Alonso, Christian Walker and Carlos Santana, while Josh Bell and Paul Goldschmidt also remain available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Given the wealth of available first basemen \u2014 a list that also includes potential trade targets such as Cleveland\u2019s Josh Naylor, Texas\u2019 Nathaniel Lowe and Tampa Bay\u2019s Yandy Diaz \u2014 Bellinger seems more likely to play center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Bellinger ends up in the outfield, Judge could move back to right, but even with Bellinger\u2019s power from the left side, there\u2019s no way he and Judge can replicate the once-in-a-generation 1-2 punch Judge and Soto did this past season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the acquisition of Bellinger, the Yankees are betting on him going back to his 2023 production, when he had an .881 OPS and 139 OPS-plus with the Cubs, his best marks since the \u201919 MVP season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yankees trade for star Cody Bellinger! | Emergency Pinstripe Post Ep. 39\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fb5iRDkpKtQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>His numbers slipped last year, as part of what\u2019s been an up-and-down career, which began with a 39-homer, Rookie of the Year campaign in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bellinger underwent shoulder surgery after the 2020 season and struggled through a horrific 2021 and an ugly \u201922 before being non-tendered by the Dodgers and signing with the Cubs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now he\u2019ll join a Yankee team that rode a lineup led by Judge and Soto to the AL East title and their first World Series appearance since 2009.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cody\u2019s father, Clay Bellinger (r), during the 2000 Subway Series. <span class=\"credit\">New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Juan Soto\u2019s exit meant the Yankees had to pursue a replacement. <span class=\"credit\">George Napolitano \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once Soto departed for Queens, it was clear the Yankees would look much different moving forward, especially with the departures of Rizzo, Gleyber Torres and Alex Verdugo, as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As GM Brian Cashman noted last week, the Yankees had yet to pick up a position player.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That changed Tuesday, but second base also still needs to be addressed \u2014 unless Jazz Chisholm Jr. moves over to the right side of the infield, which opens up third base \u2014 and Jasson Dominguez figures to get his first shot at earning an everyday job in the outfield after a disappointing 2023 season coming off Tommy John surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe job isn\u2019t finished here,\u201d Cashman said last week. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to move forward and figure out a way to put the best team on paper that we can. Now\u2019s the time to strike in the wintertime with the inventory we have via trades or free agency. Eventually that inventory is going to get a lot smaller. \u2026 We want to take advantage of that opportunity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Additional reporting by Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/17\/sports\/yankees-acquire-cody-bellinger-in-blockbuster-trade-after-losing-juan-soto\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The remodeling of the post-Juan Soto Yankees took another important step Tuesday, when they acquired former MVP Cody Bellinger from the Cubs, The Post confirmed.\u00a0 The long-anticipated trade gives the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138335\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}