From MVP to cut free. The Dodgers declined to offer Cody Bellinger a contract for 2023 on Friday, cutting ties with the 2019 NL MVP one year before he was eligible to become a free agent.
But that lofty salary due Bellinger was built on three largely excellent seasons at the start of his career, which included a 39-homer, Rookie of the Year debut in 2017 and a 47-homer MVP effort in 2019, when Bellinger was just in his age-23 season.
The Dodgers would go on to win the World Series within the pandemic-driven bubble, but Bellinger has not been the same since. Bellinger was only nominally better this past season, batting .210 with a .654 OPS and 150 strikeouts in 504 at-bats. Still, Bellinger is one of the game's most athletic players and, through all his offensive woes, provided the Dodgers elite defense in center field.
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