Overview
- Reports indicate the Yankees have a firm five-year offer around $155–160 million with two opt-outs for Cody Bellinger and do not plan to enter a bidding war.
- The Mets remain engaged on Bellinger with a preference for a shorter, higher-AAV arrangement, and they are also exploring a frontline starter such as Framber Valdez in free agency or Freddy Peralta via trade.
- Toronto is evaluating a pivot to Bellinger after missing on Kyle Tucker and Bo Bichette, with some analysis suggesting they still need a middle-of-the-order bat.
- Kyle Tucker’s four-year, $240 million Dodgers contract includes a $64 million signing bonus, opt-outs after years two and three, and $30 million deferred, setting a present-day AAV record near $57.1 million and heightening Los Angeles’s luxury-tax exposure.
- Bo Bichette has reportedly agreed to a three-year, $126 million deal with the Mets that includes annual opt-outs, reshaping New York’s infield and the remaining market for bats.