Chicago Cubs’ Cody Bellinger Bets On Himself As A Free Agent

Chicago Cubs outfielder/first baseman, Cody Bellinger, has become one of the most attractive Major League Baseball players in the 2023 free-agent market.

The left-handed hitting Bellinger, still only 28, has declined his part of a Chicago Cubs mutual team/player option.

A confident Bellinger will leave $25 million on the table, hoping to increase both the length and annual value of a new contract.

Bellinger was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2013.

Bellinger made his big league debut in 2017, at the age of 21. He was an All Star that season.

Bellinger was the Rookie of the Year that year with the Dodgers, when he hit .267, with 39 homers and 97 RBIs. He scored 87 runs.

Bellinger began his career with three outstanding, award winning seasons.

Even though his team made it to the World Series, a bit of a decline in Bellinger’s performance began to show in 2020, when he hit just .239 in the pandemic shortened season.

Bellinger dislocated his shoulder in a home plate celebration after hitting a game-winning home run in the 2020 National League Championship Series.

Bellinger played in all six World Series games that season, but he underwent shoulder surgery in the offseason.