Christian

So...

Cody Bellinger being back is just running back in 26 with a healthy Garrett Cole.

So it's a scary proposition.

The team will be entertaining.

The team will be good.

The team will be a playoff team, and that will carry you into September.

But we as Yankee fans are looking for one thing, number 28.

And Cody Bellinger coming back really doesn't do anything to get the Yankees any closer to another world championship.

Now you take a look at the contract here.

The Yankees gave him five years, $162.5 million, which is an AAV a little bit over $32 million.

A lot of people felt that's an overpay for Cody Bellinger.

Even the Yankees said,

felt that was an overpay for Cody Bellinger because there was reporting a day or two before the contract was signed that the Yankees felt the 5-for-160 that they offered Cody Bellinger was a bit of an overpay, but they felt comfortable going there to get a player that they wanted.

So they paid him $162.5 million.

I like the contract and the way that it's set up because...

The Yankees, with the signing bonus, are paying Cody Bellinger $84 million over the course of the first two seasons of this contract.

Contract is for five years.

He's got opt-outs after years two and three.

So you are paying the bulk of the contract for what you're hoping are Cody Bellinger's best years to try to help this team win a title.

And if he's good and if he's replicated the season that he had in 25 and 2026 and 2027, maybe he'll opt down, test the market again, where then you can now say, all right, we can walk away from Cody Bellinger.