Mets, Yankees and Cody Bellinger
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When Aaron Judge signed a nine-year, $360 million contract to stay with the New York Yankees in December 2022, he was under the impression that the Yankees would do everything in their power to win World Series championships. But are the Yankees actually holding up their end of the bargain?
Either way, the Yankees will need Doval to be his best self in 2026, as he is poised to take on greater responsibility in the bullpen. He has shown that he can do that in the past, as Doval had a 2.77 ERA from 2021-2023.
But when the Yankees re-signed Amed Rosario earlier this month, Aaron Boone asked the right-handed-hitting utilityman if he had his first-base glove ready. Rosario has played a total of 7,718 innings in the field throughout his big league career across seven different positions — every one except catcher and first base.
The New York Yankees reportedly want Cody Bellinger back, but are checking in on backup plans in case they lose him.
The Yankees watched last offseason as one superstar free agent outfielder left for the crosstown Mets. But they are reportedly “pretty confident” that another star “won’t skip to Queens.” One year after Juan Soto left The Bronx for Queens, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports the Yankees believe Cody Bellinger won’t follow suit.
Former Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw took a subtle shot at the Yankees while defending the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The New York Mets have had a lot of success signing former New York Yankees players over the past few offseasons. The most notable example of this is when Juan