Yankees Re-Sign INF/OF Cody Bellinger

JANUARY 26, 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

YANKEES RE-SIGN INF/OF CODY BELLINGER

The New York Yankees today announced that they have re-signed infielder/outfielder Cody Bellinger to a five-year Major League contract with two player opt-outs.

Bellinger, 30, batted .272/.334/.480 (160-for-588) with 89R, 25 doubles, 5 triples, 29HR, 98RBI, 57BB/1IBB, 2HP, 9SF and 13SB in 152 games with the Yankees in 2025. He appeared defensively at all three outfield positions (85G/59GS in left field, 52G/48GS in right field and 41G/38GS in centerfield) and at first base (7G/3GS). Bellinger was named to the All-MLB Second Team.

Last season, he hit .348/.409/.567 (49-for-141) with 8 doubles, 1 triple, 7HR, 70RBI, 21BB/1IBB and 9SF with runners in scoring position. Bellinger was tied for seventh among Major Leaguers in hits with RISP (tied for third in AL) and ranked ninth in batting average with RISP (fifth in AL).

In 2025, he hit .353/.415/.601 (54-for-153) with 10 doubles, 2 triples, 8HR and 18BB vs. left-handed pitching. Among Major League batters vs. lefties last year, he ranked third in batting average (second in AL), slugging percentage (third in AL) and OPS (1.016, third in AL), and sixth in on-base percentage (fifth in AL). He also batted .302/.365/.544 (90-for-298) with 54R, 12 doubles, 3 triples, 18HR, 55RBI, 33BB, 6SF and 5SB in 80 home games.

Over nine Major League seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2017-22), Chicago Cubs (2023-24) and Yankees (2025), the left-handed batter has hit .261/.334/.483 (1,102-for-4,230) with 690R, 211 doubles, 28 triples, 225HR, 695RBI, 469BB and 104SB in 1,157 games. He has reached the 25HR-plateau five times in his career (39HR in 2017, 25HR in 2018, 47HR in 2019, 26HR in 2023 and 29HR in 2025).

Bellinger has made the postseason seven times in his career with the Dodgers (2017-22) and Yankees (2025), winning the World Series with the Dodgers in 2020. In 2018, he was named the NLCS MVP after delivering two game-winning hits during the series. Since 2020, he has hit .351/.468/.676 (13-for-37) with 1 double, 1 triple, 3HR, 20RBI, 9BB and 1SF with runners in scoring position during the postseason.

A two-time All-Star (2017, ’19) and two-time Silver Slugger Award winner (2019, ’23), Bellinger was named the 2019 National League Most Valuable Player after hitting a career-high 47 home runs. He finished in the top-10 of National League MVP voting three times (ninth in 2017, first in 2019 and 10th in 2023). Additionally, he was also the 2017 National League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year and the 2023 National League Comeback Player of the Year.

Bellinger has appeared at first base (350G/274GS) and all three outfield positions in his career, playing 550 games (487 starts) in centerfield, 234 games (203 starts) in right field and 126 games (96 starts) in left field. In 2019, he won a Gold Glove Award in right field.

With Cody’s father, Clay, playing for the Yankees from 1999-2001, the Bellingers were the fourth father/son duo in Yankees history to both play for the club, joining Mark Leiter and Mark Leiter Jr., Ron Davis and Ike Davis, and Yogi Berra and Dale Berra (David Weathers and Ryan Weathers are expected to join the group in 2026).

The Scottsdale, Ariz., native was originally selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft. He was non-tendered by the Dodgers on November 18, 2022. He signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs on December 14, 2022 and re-signed with the club to a three-year contract on February 27, 2024. Bellinger was acquired by the Yankees along with cash considerations from the Cubs in exchange for RHP Cody Poteet on December 17, 2024. He exercised his player opt-out on November 3, 2025.

—nyy—