Bellinger is set to make $27.5 million in 2025 and $25 million in 2026, although he has an opt-out available after the '25 season. The Yankees want the Cubs to eat part of the salary, something that Chicago is unwilling to do, Heyman reports.

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At the start of this year, the Chicago Cubs held their annual fan event — Cubs Convention — at the city’s Sheraton Grand, and if team chairman Tom Ricketts somehow went into the event unsure of how fans felt about slugger Cody Bellinger,