Cody Bellinger decided to stick with the Cubs rather than opt out of his contract.

Bellinger, 29, who had struggled after a shoulder injury with the Dodgers, had a resurgence in 2023, looking a bit more like his MVP form, as he won a Silver Slugger and finished 10th in the MVP voting.

In 2024, he took a bit of a dip but still was better than league average.

NYPost.com

The dip gives him a three-year fWAR and rWAR average of 2.3 WAR. He wasn’t going to do better than the $27.5 million he will make in 2025, so he’ll stick with the deal and see if he can up that three-year WAR.

In a bit of a down year for offense, I suspect we’ll a bunch of opt-ins.