Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Two homers in four-hit attack
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Bellinger went 4-for-5 with two home runs, three RBI and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 13-3 win over the Rays.
Tuesday marked Bellinger's 17th career multi-homer game and his second of the year. The veteran outfielder also registered his first four-hit performance of the campaign, and he remains a steady producer in the heart of the Yankees' lineup. Over his last 39 contests (158 at-bats), Bellinger is batting .278 with 19 extra-base hits, 32 RBI, 28 runs scored and two stolen bases.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Rejoining lineup Sunday
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Bellinger (illness) is starting in right field and batting cleanup Sunday against the Cardinals.
Bellinger was held out of Saturday's lineup due to an illness but is ready to go for the series finale in St. Louis. The 30-year-old has yet to get on track at the plate through 13 games in August with a .140/.218/.260 slash line and two homers in 50 at-bats.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Dealing with illness
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Bellinger isn't starting Saturday against St. Louis due to an illness, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.
Bellinger's absence from the lineup turns out to be due to him being sick rather than simply getting a day off his feet. At this point, it's unclear if the veteran slugger will be available in any capacity off the bench, or if he'll need to sit out Sunday as well.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Sitting out to begin Saturday
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Bellinger isn't in Saturday's starting lineup against the Cardinals.
Bellinger is batting just .140 (albeit with two homers and six RBI) through 13 games in August, and he'll get a chance to reset Saturday. In his stead, Jasson Dominguez is playing left field while Ben Rice is getting a start at first base.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Swats 22nd long ball
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Bellinger went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk Wednesday in a loss to Minnesota.
Bellinger accounted for the Yankees' only run of the game with a solo shot off Joe Ryan in the third inning. The long ball was Bellinger's second in his past three games, though those are the only two hits he has across 11 at-bats in that span. Bellinger is putting together a solid campaign in his first season in the Bronx, slashing .270/.325/.491 with 22 home runs, 69 RBI, 66 runs and 10 stolen bases through 112 contests spanning 477 plate appearances.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Goes deep Monday
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Bellinger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 6-2 win against the Twins on Monday.
Bellinger got the scoring started for New York, swatting a solo shot in the first inning. It was his first long ball in a tough beginning to August, as the slugger is batting just .158 (6-for-38) through 10 contests this month. Despite the rough patch, Bellinger still holds a healthy .814 OPS on the campaign, and he's recorded 21 homers, 67 RBI, 65 runs and 10 stolen bases over 110 games.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Swats three-run homer
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Bellinger went 1-for-3 with a three-run homer and a walk in Tuesday's win over the Rays.
Bellinger got the Yankees on the board in the third with a three-run blast to right to bring him up to 20 home runs this season. He's hit safely in all but three games in July and is tied for third with Steven Kwan for the lowest strikeout percentage among qualified hitters this month (8.5 percent). Bellinger has been fantastic at the dish after a slow opening month of the year. Since April 28, he's slashing .309/.361/.574 with 18 homers, 48 RBI, 48 runs, six steals and a 23:33 BB:K in 316 plate appearances.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Racks up three XBH in win Tuesday
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Bellinger went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and two total runs scored in a 5-4 victory versus Toronto on Tuesday.
Bellinger accounted for three of New York's five extra-base hits in the win, and among those knocks was a 405-foot solo homer in the fifth inning. The slugger has picked up his power output of late, going deep five times in his past seven games. In fact, Bellinger has been swinging a hot bat for over a month -- since and including June 18, he's slashing .369/.381/.685 with nine home runs, 21 RBI, 22 runs and two stolen bases over 26 contests.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Three homers against former club
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Bellinger went 3-for-5 with three home runs and six total RBI in a victory over the Cubs on Friday.
In his first game against the Cubs since being traded from Chicago to New York, Bellinger made sure to remind his former team of what it gave away. His two-run blasts in the third, fifth and eighth innings propelled the Yankees to an 11-0 blowout. The 29-year-old outfielder also came close to sending another ball over the fence in the seventh, but Kyle Tucker managed to bring that one back with a leaping catch at the wall. With two games left before the All-Star break, Bellinger now owns an .838 OPS with 16 homers, nine steals, 54 RBI and 53 runs scored on the year.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Extends hitting streak with homer
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Bellinger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-5 loss to the Mets.
With his 13th homer of the season, Bellinger extended his hitting streak to 10 games. The veteran outfielder has recovered well from a miserable start to the year, which saw him post a .198 batting average through May 3. Over his last 221 plate appearances (50 games), Bellinger has slashed .305/.357/.527 with 23 extra-base hits, 29 RBI, 30 runs scored and six stolen bases.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Three hits, homer in win
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Bellinger went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer, a double and three total runs scored in Sunday's 12-5 win over the A's.
Bellinger extended the Yankees' lead to 10-1 in the fifth inning with his home run off lefty Hogan Harris, his 11th of the year and just his second in 19 games. While he hadn't been hitting for much power, Bellinger has certainly been productive at the plate, going 17-for-42 (.405) in his last 10 games. Overall, he's slashing .270/.332/.460 with 42 RBI, 40 runs scored and eight stolen bases through 319 plate appearances this season.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Getting day off Wednesday
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Bellinger is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game in Cincinnati.
Bellinger's playing time has been affected less than others in the New York lineup since Giancarlo Stanton returned, but he will be sitting for the second time in 10 games since Stanton was activated. Jasson Dominguez, Trent Grisham and Aaron Judge will form the Yankees' outfield trio Wednesday.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Sitting Friday
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Bellinger is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Orioles.
Bellinger will get the night off Friday after making five consecutive starts. In his place, Jasson Dominguez will man left field while Trent Grisham and Aaron Judge patrol center and left, respectively.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Getting rest Saturday
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Bellinger isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Boston.
Bellinger will take a day to regroup Saturday after going 0-for-8 over his last two contests. Jasson Dominguez will start in left field instead and bat seventh.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Swipes two bags in loss
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Bellinger went 2-for-3 with a walk, three runs and two stolen bases in a loss to the Red Sox on Saturday.
Bellinger made things happen when he got on base, notching his first multi-steal performance of the campaign. The veteran outfielder is enjoying a strong start to June, reaching base in all six of his games so far and slashing .350/.435/.600 with a home run, three RBI, five runs and three thefts during that stretch. Bellinger had a slow start to the campaign but has since pushed his OPS up to .793, which would be his second-highest mark since his NL MVP campaign with the Dodgers in 2019.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Plates three Thursday
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Bellinger went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and an RBI single during Thursday's 4-0 win over Cleveland.
His fourth-inning homer off Slade Cecconi was his ninth of 2025, driving in Aaron Judge to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. Bellinger provided an insurance run in the seventh by driving in Trent Grisham on a single. In his last 11 games, Bellinger has gone 10-for-39 (.256) with six RBI and five runs scored.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Getting Sunday night off
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Bellinger is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers.
Bellinger had started in each of the Yankees' last seven games, but he went just 6-for-27 (.222 average) during that stretch and now finds himself on the bench Sunday. With Bellinger sitting, the Yankees will roll out a starting outfield of Jasson Dominguez, Trent Grisham and Aaron Judge from left to right.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Smacks three hits Saturday
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Bellinger went 3-for-6 with a sac fly, a triple, a double and a run scored in Saturday's 13-1 win over the Rockies.
Bellinger joined Paul Goldschmidt, Anthony Volpe and DJ LeMahieu as the four Yankee hitters to log three hits in Saturday's blowout. Bellinger gave the Yankees a three-run lead in the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly to left field, and he came around to score in the eighth on an RBI double by Volpe. Seven of Bellinger's 11 multi-hit games have come since the beginning of May, and over that span he has slashed .351/.402/.649 with one steal, five home runs and 14 RBI in 82 plate appearances.
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Yankees' Cody Bellinger: Getting rest Friday
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Bellinger isn't in the lineup for Friday's game against the Rockies.
An 0-for-4 performance Thursday put an end to Bellinger's 15-game hitting streak, and he'll now get a chance to catch his breath while Jasson Dominguez starts in left field Friday against Rockies starter Tanner Gordon.
Bellinger went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 4-3 win over Texas.
Bellinger began a late Yankees comeback with a solo blast to right-center field in the seventh inning. The veteran slugger went 0-for-4 in his first game in May but has collected at least one knock in each contest since then, stringing together a 15-game hitting streak during which he's slashing .377/.441/.689 with five home runs, 13 RBI, 12 runs, a stolen base and a 7:10 BB:K. Three of those long balls have come in Bellinger's past four games.
