{"id":576375,"date":"2026-02-16T23:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/576375\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T23:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:24:16","slug":"aaron-judge-makes-candid-three-word-admission-on-ny-yankees-cody-bellinger-offseason-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/576375\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Judge makes candid three-word admission on NY Yankees, Cody Bellinger offseason drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Judge<\/a> and the New York Yankees are ready to put the drama behind them in the 2026 MLB<\/a> season. However, the organization in the Bronx knows that\u2019s much easier said than done\u2014if it\u2019s even possible. Still, the Bronx Bombers won\u2019t ever stop trying to quiet the buzz around Yankee Stadium. That mission became even tougher after Judge\u2019s latest statement on Cody Bellinger\u2019s re-signing drama during the winter.<\/p>\n

It was the story that kept fans and the Yankees<\/a>\u2019 front office wide awake during the offseason. In particular, it\u2019s not hard for an organization in the City That Never Sleeps to do so. Still, Bellinger and the Pinstripers managed to overachieve in that regard, driving Judge and the rest of the team crazy. In that context, the National League MVP voiced a vivid confession.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was brutal,\u201d Judge opened up about the offseason suspense, during which Bellinger<\/a>\u2018s future was at stake, via @snyyankees on X. \u201cI\u2019m seeing other teams around the league get better. They\u2019re making trades, they\u2019re signing big prospects or big players and we kind of were sitting there for a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly on, it was pretty tough to watch. I\u2019m like, \u2018man, we\u2019re the New York Yankees, let\u2019s go out there and get the right people and finish this thing off. It was frustrating, but I think we\u2019re right where we need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\" Cody Bellinger #35 of the New York Yankees. Re-signing Bellinger made everything easier <\/p>\n

As Judge commented, the frustration vanished once the Yankees reached an agreement with Bellinger for the 2026 MLB season and beyond. Recently, Bellinger opened up about his Yankees\u2019 return amid Mets\u2019 pursuit<\/a>. He made it clear re-signing was a no-brainer for him. <\/p>\n

However, Judge and company were on the edge of their seats until Bellinger put pen to paper on a new deal. Now, as the star outfielder is signed to a five-year, $162.5 million contract with the Bronx Bombers, Judge and company can leave the drama and suspense in the rearview mirror. <\/p>\n

Perhaps that\u2019s wishful thinking for the organization in the Big Apple, where trouble is always looming around the corner and, when one focal point is put out, three more surface across the street. Still, the Yankees will vie to do so, just as they won\u2019t stop chasing their first World Series title since 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees are ready to put the drama behind them in the 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2376],"tags":[106,5,1365,4,1690,62,2548,2547,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-576375","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-yankees","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-cody-bellinger","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-yankees","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkyankees","16":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116082892108177400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}