Yankees’ two-player trade proposal sends their $80 million centerfielder to New York. With a 54-33 record, the New York Yankees are among the top teams in baseball. In the American League East, they trail the Baltimore Orioles by one game. Before the trade deadline on July 30, the club is probably going to add a bat to their lineup. Zachary D. Rymer of Bleacher Report reports that the Yankees may be interested in Chicago Cubs player Cody Bellinger.
Bellinger ends up in New York thanks to a player trade that Rymer suggested:
First baseman/centerfielder acquired by the Yankees Bellinger Cody
Cubs acquire Agustin Ramirez, a catcher
The Yankees farm system ranks Ramirez as their twenty-first prospect. This season, 22-year-old Ramirez got called up to Triple-A. At Double-A, he had an OPS of.942 in 58 games this season.
Interest in Cody Bellinger by the Yankees
Will Sammon, Katie Woo, and Patrick Mooney of The Athletic have reported that Bellinger, 28, and the Yankees were parties to trade speculations in the previous season
The Yankees have expressed interest in Bellinger, according to Levi Weaver of The Athletic. In a July 2 article summarizing trade deadline information.
