Cody James Bellinger is an American baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball (MLB), as of February 2025. Also called Cody Bellinger, he is an eight-year veteran of the league having played for franchises like the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs from 2017 to 2024. He was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB Draft and he finally arrived in the MLB with the team on April 25, 2017.
Cody Bellinger is already notable for winning his first MLB World Series with his first former team, the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020. He has also participated in two MLB All-Star games and has earned two NL All-Star awards in the process. His other notable achievements include awards like the Rawlings NL Gold Glove Award, NL Silver Slugger Award and NLCS MVP among others, as of February 2025.
Cody Bellinger's contract breakdown
Cody Bellinger had originally signed a three-year contract worth $80 million along with two player opt-outs with the Chicago Cubs on February 25, 2024, as per Spotrac. However, ther team traded him to the New York Yankees on December 17, 2024 in return for Cody Poteet. The following table is an account of his contract breakdown, as of February 2025 -
| Year | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Cap Hit | Dead Cap | Yearly Cash |
| 2024 | $27,500,000 | - | $27,500,000 | - | $27,500,000 |
| 2025 | $25,000,000 | - | $25,000,000 | - | $25,000,000 |
| 2026 (Player) | $22,500,000 | - | $22,500,000 | - | $22,500,000 |
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How much is Cody Bellinger getting paid in 2025?
Cody Bellinger will be earning a base salary of $25,000,000 while having a total salary of $27,500,000 from the 2025 MLB season, as per Spotrac. His total salary is due to the $2,500,000 that he retained from the Chicago Cubs in 2025. He originally signed a three year $80,000,000 contract with the Chicago Cubs, which also included two player opt-outs on February 25, 2024. Based on the contract, he will earn the full amount from the tenure while his average annual salary will be $26,666,667. However, he was then traded to the New York Yankees on December 17, 2024 in exchange for Cody Poteet.
How much does Cody Bellinger make in a minute?
Cody Bellinger will get a base salary of $25,000,000 from the 2025 MLB season. One year is notable for having 525,600 total minutes in it. If his salary from the 2025 season is divided by the total number of minutes in a year, then Cody Bellinger will be earning $47.56 per minute in 2025.
Cody Bellinger's career earnings
Cody Bellinger has made career earnings of $84,784,259 as of 2025 in nine years in MLB as per Spotrac. This includes his salary of $39,784,259 from the Los Angeles Dodgers and $45,000,000 from the Chicago Cubs. According to Spotrac, his total base salary of $84,084,259 along with his total signing bonus of $700,000 makes his total earnings at $84,784,259, as of February 2025.
Cody Bellinger has earned $27,500,000 from the 2024 MLB season. Before that, he earned $12,500,000 from the 2025 MLB season and $17,000,000 from the 2022 MLB season.
What are the terms of Cody Bellinger Contract?
Cody Bellinger had originally signed a three-year contract worth $80 million with the Chicago Cubs along with two player opt-outs on February 25, 2025 as per Spotrac. According to the contract, he will earn the same amount from the tenure with his average annual salary being $26,666,667. However, the team traded him to the New York Yankees on December 17, 2024 in return for Cody Poteet. His unrestricted free agency is all scheduled to start in 2027. The following are some of the other terms of Cody Bellinger's contract, as per Spotrac:
- Player Opt-out available after 2024 & 2025
- 2025 opt-out contains a $2.5M buyout
- 2026 opt-out contains a $5M buyout
How much of Cody Bellinger’s contract is guaranteed?
Cody Bellinger's most recent contract is of $80 million for three-years along with two player opt-outs on February 25, 2024, as per Spotrac. Based on this contract, he will earn the full amount throughout this time along with his average annual salary of $26,666,667. However, he has since then been traded to the New York Yankees on December 17, 2024.
Cody Bellinger’s contract history
The following are all the contracts that Cody Bellinger had signed in his career as of January 2021 as per Spotrac-
(Los Angeles Dodgers- 2013)
Cody Bellinger first signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 07, 2013 for a signing bonus of $700,000.
(Los Angeles Dodgers- 2017)
Cody Bellinger signed a one-year $535,000 contract with the team in 2017.
(Los Angeles Dodgers- 2018)
Cody Bellinger signed another one-year contract worth $585,000 with the team on March 18, 2018.
(Los Angeles Dodgers- 2019)
Cody Bellinger signed a one-year $605,000 contract with the team on March 5, 2019.
(Los Angeles Dodgers- 2020)
Cody Bellinger then signed a $11.5 million contract with the team by avoiding arbitration on January 10, 2020.
(Los Angeles Dodgers- 2021)
Cody Bellinger avoided arbitration and signed a one-year $16.1 million contract with the team by avoiding arbitration on January 15, 2021. Next, he signed a one-year $17 million contract with the team and avoided arbitration for the 2022 season on December 1, 2021. He was then non-tendered by the team on November 18, 2022.
(Chicago Cubs- 2023)
Cody Bellinger signed a one-year $17.5 million contract with the Chicago Cubs for the 2023 season along with a club option for 2024 by avoiding arbitration on December 6, 2022. He was then declined a $12 million club option for 2024 by the team with a buyout of $5.5 million on November 3, 2023. He was then extended a qualifying offer of $20,325 million by the team on November 6, 2023, which he declined on November 14, 2023.
(Chicago Cubs- 2024)
2024 - Cody Bellinger signed a three year $80,000,000 contract with the Chicago Cubs, which also included two player opt-outs on February 25, 2024. The team then declined him an early termination option on November 2, 2024. However, he was traded to the New York Yankees on December 17, 2024 in return for Cody Poteet.
FAQs on Cody Bellinger Contract
A. Cody Bellinger’s contract with the Chicago Cubs is three years long, as of February 2025. However, he has been traded to the New York Yankees on December 17, 2024.
A. After finalizing the deal with Chicago Cubs, The star announced his farewell in his Instagram in 2022. Cody bid goodbye to his previous team Los Angeles Dodgers on December 15th, 2022.
A. Cody Bellinger has been playing in the MLB for the last nine years, as of February 2025.
A. Cody Bellinger had spent six years with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2017 to 2022.
