Losing Juan Soto is going to hurt the Yankees‘ offense, when you see a generational player leave your franchise it will almost always lower the team’s chances of winning both short-term and long-term. The Yankees’ Plan A was bringing back Soto, but after being out-bid by the Mets, they were forced to enact their Plan B, with Cody Bellinger being the first position player they imported after the sweepstakes ended.
A player whose ties to the organization date back to the 90s dynasty with his father Clay, the Yankees identified that Cody Bellinger’s pull-heavy swing could play much better in Yankee Stadium than it did in Wrigley Field.