It appears that it's now getting to crunch time when it comes to MLB free agency. With Alex Bregman having signed a deal with the Chicago Cubs earlier this wee

They’ve offered about $155M over five years and would increase the money too. But Bellinger has been looking for seven years.

The ink is barely dry on Alex Bregman’s blockbuster contract, but the Cubs aren’t acting like a team that’s finished shopping. Jed Hoyer just signaled that Chicago still has more boxes to check, and it’s the kind of comment that usually comes right before another big move drops.

Amid intense negotiations, an MLB analyst is warning the New York Yankees about their pursuit of star outfielder Cody Bellinger.

Cody Bellinger hitting free agency again isn’t the surprising part. The surprising part is the audacity - because the current buzz is that Bellinger (via Scott Boras, naturally) is chasing seven years while the Yankees have been sitting around five years and roughly $155 million and basically saying,

When the offseason ends, everybody is going remember the Cody Bellinger saga. Everybody is going to remember how Scott Boras and Cody Bellinger were playing with the market, asking for an insane price.

The wounds were still fresh at the conclusion of the American League Division Series when Cody Bellinger unbuttoned his pinstriped Yankees jersey and said he’d “absolutely” be interested in putting it back on.