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Cody Bellinger

30-Year-Old OutfielderOF
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2025 Stats
AVG
.272
HR
29
RBI
98
R
89
SB
13
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2026 Fantasy Outlook
Bellinger's Bronx debut was solid yet unspectacular given some of the wish-casting related to his possible production moving into a stadium seemingly built for his swing. Bellinger did set a new post-pandemic high for home runs with 29, 18 of which came in Yankee Stadium while also hitting .302. However, a .241 average and 11 home runs on the road capped his overall number. His run production and overall five-category production were still good enough to make him the 10th-most valuable outfielder in standard league formats, and it is not unusual to see free agents take a step forward in their second year in a new market. Bellinger remains one of the tougher players to strike out, which belies what some of his swings looks like. He has an unusual profile for someone ranked so highly, as his several of his StatCast indicators are in the bottom 25th to 50th percentile, which should limit expectations of a 2026 improvement for him. The home park makes anything possible, but improvements away from Yankee Stadium will ultimately determine whether Bellinger can take a step forward in the rankings. Read Past Outlooks
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Bats L
Throws L
40 Man No
Height 6'3"
Weight 204
DOB 7/13/1995
Born Scottsdale, AZ
College None
Drafted 4th Rd 2013 LAD
Signed a one-year, $27.5 million contract with the Cubs in February of 2024. Exercised $25 million player option for 2025 in November of 2024. Traded to the Yankees in December of 2024. Contract includes $22.5 million player option ($5 million buyout) for 2026. Became a free agent after declining his player option for 2026.
Declines player option for 2026
OFFree Agent  
November 3, 2025
Bellinger became a free agent Monday after declining his $25 million player option for 2026, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
Analysis
Bellinger will test out free agency after slashing .272/.334/.480 with 29 home runs, 98 RBI and 13 stolen bases over 152 regular-season games for the Yankees in 2025. The Yankees will likely make an effort to re-sign the 30-year-old, but Bellinger should have a healthy market as a relatively young free agent coming off a nice season who can play multiple positions.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#3
#4
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#9
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10
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42
7
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#2
#3
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#5
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11
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+19%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+37%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+1%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+19%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .917 526 87 22 104 16 .329 .371 .546
Since 2023vs Right .771 1255 169 51 169 26 .260 .324 .447
2025vs Left 1.016 176 30 8 36 5 .353 .415 .601
2025vs Right .741 480 59 21 62 8 .244 .304 .437
2024vs Left .746 167 24 4 32 1 .298 .305 .441
2024vs Right .753 402 48 14 46 8 .251 .333 .420
2023vs Left .984 183 33 10 36 10 .337 .388 .596
2023vs Right .830 373 62 16 61 10 .291 .340 .489
Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+7%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+27%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+14%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+5%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .843 880 133 40 136 20 .285 .342 .501
Since 2023Away .787 901 123 33 137 22 .276 .334 .453
2025Home .909 337 54 18 55 5 .302 .365 .544
2025Away .715 319 35 11 43 8 .241 .301 .414
2024Home .700 266 31 8 32 3 .247 .301 .399
2024Away .797 303 41 10 46 6 .282 .347 .451
2023Home .902 277 48 14 49 12 .302 .354 .548
2023Away .860 279 47 12 48 8 .311 .358 .502
Stat Review
How does Cody Bellinger compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.63
 
BB Rate
8.7%
 
K Rate
13.7%
 
BABIP
.274
 
ISO
.207
 
AVG
.272
 
OBP
.334
 
SLG
.480
 
OPS
.813
 
wOBA
.352
 
Exit Velocity
88.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.3%
 
Barrels/PA
5.8%
 
Expected BA
.254
 
Expected SLG
.416
 
Sprint Speed
21.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
32.0%
 
Line Drive %
20.0%
 
Fly Ball %
48.0%
 
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Either advanced metrics aren't capturing what drives Bellinger's success, or he's been fortunate for three seasons. Since 2022, Bellinger has outperformed his xwOBA. Two years ago, it was by a whopping 53 points, then last season the delta fell to 21 points. Bellinger sports the combination of mediocre quality of contact with a low strikeout rate, leading to variance. If true, the regression monster and Lady Luck will have words, so don't be surprised if Bellinger's numbers tumble. Durability is also an issue with 130 games played each of the past two seasons, and an average of 125 spanning the past four years. Bellinger's stolen bases dropped last season, though his 82 percent success rate (9-for-11) bodes well for a return to double digits. He could also see a power boost thanks to the short porch in right field at Yankee Stadium after he was traded to the Bronx. Someone is likely to draft Bellinger's name brand and inflated stats. Don't get in their way.
The 2019 National League MVP was non-tendered by the Dodgers after the 2022 season and subsequently joined the Cubs on a one-year, $17.5 million deal, and he revitalized his career in the Windy City. Bellinger missed a month during the first half with a knee issue but still played in 130 games, making 81 starts in center field and 44 at first base. He delivered strong counting stats with 26 homers, 20 steals, 97 RBI, 95 runs and a .307/.356/.525 slash line while cutting his strikeout rate nearly 12 percentage points to 15.6 percent. However, he had a career-best .319 BABIP to go along with career worsts in barrel rate (6.1 percent) and hard-hit rate (31.4 percent), which led to a .270 xBA and .437 xSLG, all of which indicates some fortunate results for Bellinger in 2023. That being said, those expected figures would still be significant improvements on his ugly numbers from the previous two years. He'll turn 29 years old in July and should be a solid middle-of-the-order bat in 2024, but fantasy managers shouldn't expect a repeat of 2023 given his underlying numbers.
While his 2022 constituted a bounce-back to a degree, it wasn't enough as Bellinger was non-tendered by the Dodgers in November just three years after he won National League MVP. It's a dramatic fall from grace but should also serve as a reminder of just how incredibly difficult it is to not only achieve success but sustain success at the highest level of professional baseball. His strikeout rate was high when he first broke into the majors (when he won NL Rookie of the Year), but he's been unable to overcome the swing-and-miss in recent seasons. Bellinger lost patience as his struggles mounted and failed to hit for the kind of rate power we saw earlier in his career. Still just 27 years old, Bellinger can run (14 steals last season) but has to be considered a laborious reclamation project at this point since even the Dodgers -- the best team in the game in terms of development -- weren't able to fix him. The Cubs brought him in on a one-year, $17.5 million deal to open the year as their starting center fielder.
Bellinger has had a unique career trajectory to date. He was worth 15.3 fWAR, hit 111 home runs, stole 39 bases and won an NL MVP by the end of his age-23/24 season. Since then, he has hit .195/.278/.364 with 22 home runs and nine steals while being worth 0.4 fWAR over his last 151 games (2020-2021). He dealt with rib and hamstring injuries late last season and dealt with a calf injury in the spring that ended up getting re-diagnosed as a fractured fibula, which sidelined him for almost two months from early April to late May. Even prior to the calf/fibula injury, Bellinger was returning from November 2020 surgery to repair a dislocated right shoulder. There's no sugarcoating how bad Bellinger was in 2021, but it's hard to say what percentage of that poor performance can simply be blamed on the injuries he dealt with. Bellinger no longer carries first-base eligibility and doesn't turn 27 until July. He has gone outside the first 100 picks in many early NFBC drafts, which could end up looking like a massive bargain, although it requires a small leap of faith to make that pick on draft day.
Bellinger's first three seasons at the big-league level were statistically marvelous, and his 2019 MVP campaign set high expectations for his 2020 season. Fantasy veterans know that what goes up must come down a bit, but nobody projected the type of performance Bellinger posted in 2020 as his actual outcomes at the plate severely lagged his expected ones. His xBA was 45 points better than his actual one while his xSLG was 43 points better than his actual SLG. Bellinger was still accepting of his walks and kept his strikeouts in check, but he surprisingly struggled against fastballs with a .236 BA and .358 SLG. When we look to where the expected stats see a rebound, it is against the fastball as he had a .290 xBA and .471 xSLG on fastballs. Expecting a repeat of 2019 is aiming too high, but getting close to what he did in 2017 is not out of reach with his talents. Dual eligibility is a bonus too.
In his third season, Bellinger patched up some of the holes in his batting profile that had surfaced in 2018 and made the leap to superstardom. The NL MVP's production was mostly front-loaded -- he slashed .336/.432/.692 and slugged 30 of his homers in the first half -- but a refined plate approach was evident throughout. After posting an 0.45 BB/K between 2017 and 2018, Bellinger raised that mark to 0.88 in 2019, good for sixth among qualified hitters. He also turned in a .982 OPS versus lefties, a 200-point jump from his first two years. As if the big power numbers and improved contact rate weren't already enough, Bellinger added value by chipping in 15 steals and playing Gold Glove defense in right field. Bellinger's peak fantasy season might have already arrived, but since he won't turn 25 until July and is the centerpiece of a stacked Dodgers lineup, he'll be a reasonable top-five selection in drafts.
Big things were expected from Bellinger in his second season after he ran away with the NL Rookie of the Year award. He did steal four more bases than he did in 2017 -- albeit in 30 more games -- but his numbers declined in the other standard fantasy categories and all three rates in his slash line, even as he lowered his strikeout rate and improved his BB:K. Those improvements helped him hit .285 and post a .369 OBP after the All-Star break, but that came at the expense of even more power. He also struggled quite a bit against southpaws in year two, as his OPS dipped from .903 to just .681. Despite the overall decline, Bellinger is still a versatile fantasy option, able to play two positions and contribute across the board. The increases in the second half suggest some improvement in plate selection, and there’s plenty of reason to expect Bellinger -- who won’t turn 24 until July 13 -- to bounce back if he can find his power stroke again.
An injury to Adrian Gonzalez opened the door for Bellinger sooner than expected and Bellinger made the most of the opportunity. He finished second in the National League in home runs and tied for 13th in RBI despite spending the first three weeks of the season in the minors and later making a trip to the disabled list. He finished inside the top six in both ISO (.315) and hard-hit rate (43 percent), utilizing a violent uppercut swing to generate immense power. The 22-year-old endured some struggles in the postseason, finishing 4-for-28 with 17 strikeouts in the World Series, and there may be something to those struggles: Bellinger was routinely exploited on inside breaking balls. Perhaps that is a hole that will be exposed more moving forward, but we'll bet on Bellinger's talent and say he figures it out. Look for him to bat cleanup every day after posting a .903 OPS against left-handed pitching as a rookie.
With Corey Seager and Julio Urias both graduating last year, Bellinger now stands as the top prospect in the Dodgers' system. After getting off to a slow start in 2016, the 21-year-old first baseman finished with 26 home runs, slugging 19 of them from July 1 on. Bellinger ended the season with a surge, playing three games at Triple-A where he tallied three home runs and six RBI. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound Bellinger has a sweet left-handed power stroke, and he is athletic enough to play first base or the outfield. His final slash line for the 2016 campaign shows his impressive combination of power and plate discipline. Bellinger will begin the 2017 campaign at Triple-A. Adrian Gonzalez is signed through the 2018 season, so Bellinger's path would appear to be blocked in the short term, though his athleticism could allow him to get some at-bats in the outfield.
Though Corey Seager may have a beef with the voting, Bellinger was named the organization's Minor League Hitter of the Year. The 20-year-old batted .264/.336/.538 for High-A Rancho Cucamonga, a line that included 30 home runs and 103 RBI in addition to 10 stolen bases. As one can imagine by the relatively low batting average, Bellinger swung and missed a lot, fanning 150 times for a 27.6% K-rate, though he did draw a decent number of walks (52 in 128 games). Bellinger hit just three home runs in 51 games in 2014, so while the power spike is due in part to a very favorable hitting environment in the Cal League, the first baseman is clearly one of the organization's top prospects. He will be challenged by a promotion to Double-A this year where he'll be one of the league's younger players. Should Bellinger handle that level of pitching, we should see him on plenty of midseason top-100 prospect lists.
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Will opt out, become free agent
OFNew York Yankees  
October 10, 2025
Bellinger plans to decline his $25 million player option for 2026 and become a free agent, Jorge Castillo of ESPN.com reports.
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In Game 1 lineup
OFNew York Yankees  
October 4, 2025
Bellinger (foot) will start in left field and bat third Saturday against the Blue Jays.
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Dealing with minor foot injury
OFNew York Yankees  
Foot
October 2, 2025
Bellinger was spotted limping after Thursday's game against the Red Sox due to a left foot injury, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.
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Clubs 29th homer
OFNew York Yankees  
September 17, 2025
Bellinger went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in Wednesday's 10-5 win over the Twins.
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Closing in on 30 homers
OFNew York Yankees  
September 10, 2025
Bellinger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 12-2 loss to the Tigers.
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Unaffected by Grisham decision
OFFree Agent  
November 18, 2025
The Yankees still want to re-sign Bellinger even after Trent Grisham accepted the team's one-year, $22.025 million qualifying offer, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
Analysis
Grisham is back as the Yankees' primary center fielder, but there is still room for Bellinger in left field, if the team isn't committed to using Jasson Dominguez there on an everyday basis. Bellinger will be sought after by many teams, however, after slashing .272/.334/.480 with 29 home runs, 98 RBI and 13 stolen bases over 152 regular-season games in 2025.
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