Outfielder Cody Bellinger was acquired by the New York Yankees from the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday for right-hander Cody Poteet.

Chicago will send the Yankees $5 million as part of the trade.

The 29-year-old Bellinger, whose father Clay helped the Yankees win World Series titles in 1999 and 2000, is owed $27.5 million in 2025 under the first of two player options as part of an $80 million, three-year contract. The two-time All-Star also has a $25 million player option for 2026 with a $5 million buyout that would be payable in equal installments on Jan. 15, 2026, and Jan. 15, 2027.

Bellinger batted .266 with 18 home runs and 78 RBIs in 130 games this year. He was on the injured list from April 24 to May 7 with a broken right rib.

He drove in 33 runs in his last 39 games of the season, but Chicago finished with an 83-79 record.

Bellinger, who plays first base and center field, made his major league debut in 2017 and spent his first six seasons with the Dodgers. He was the NL Rookie of the Year in 2017, when he had 39 home runs and 97 RBIS, and was the NL MVP in 2019, batting .305 with 47 homers and 115 RBIs in 156 games. He also helped the Dodgers win the World Series in 2020.

He was cut by the Dodgers in November 2022 and signed a $17.5 million, one-year deal with Chicago a month later. He regained his form with the Cubs, hitting a career-best .307 with 26 homers, 97 RBIs and 20 steals in 130 games in 2023.

Bellinger is a .259 career hitter with 196 homers and 597 RBIs in 1,005 games. He turns 30 in July.

Poteet, 30, made his major league debut with Miami in 2021, had Tommy John surgery on Aug. 17, 2022, returned to the mound with Kansas City’s Triple-A Omaha farm team on Sept. 23, 2023, was released by the Royals and signed with the Yankees last January. He went 3-0 with a 2.22 ERA in four starts and one relief appearance during a season in which he was sidelined between June 12 and Sept. 25 by a strained right triceps.

MEN’S basketball

NO. 1 TENNESSEE 84, WESTERN CAROLINA 36: Chaz Lanier scored 19 points to lead the Volunteers at home over the Catamounts (3-7).

Tennessee (11-0) tied for the third-best start in program history. Jordan Gainey scored 17 and Zakai Zeigler just missed a triple-double with 10 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.

NO. 2 AUBURN 100, GEORGIA ST. 59: Chaney Johnson had a career-high 26 points with eight rebounds and four assists as the Tigers (10-1) beat the visiting Panthers after losing center Johni Broome to an apparent shoulder injury.

Broome, who entered averaging 19.7 points and a Division I-leading 12.7 rebounds, left the game and went to the locker room just 2:17 into the game.

Nick McMullen had 15 points and 16 rebounds to lead Georgia State (4-7).

NO. 5 DUKE 68, GEORGE MASON 47: Freshman star Cooper Flagg had 24 points and nine rebounds as the host Blue Devils (9-2) held the Patriots to just 29.4% shooting.

Jalen Haynes scored 18 points to lead the Patriots (7-4), but only one teammate hit more than two shots.

NO. 7 FLORIDA 90, NORTH CAROLINA 84: Will Richard scored 22 points, Alijah Martin added 19 points and the Gators (11-0) held off the Tar Heels to remain unbeaten with a win in the Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte.

R.J. Davis had 29 points and eight rebounds for UNC (6-5).

golf

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy never trailed and needed only 14 holes to beat Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau of LIV Golf in a made-for-TV exhibition Tuesday night in North Las Vegas that gave fans a chance to see PGA Tour and LIV stars together for the first time outside the majors.

Chalk one up for the PGA Tour, although it was hard to take this seriously because it was more about the show, under the lights at Shadow Creek.

The format was one point for a six-hole fourballs match, one point for a six-hole foursomes match and one point each for singles over the last six holes.

McIlroy came out firing and delivered the shot of the match with a 40-foot eagle putt on the par-5 fourth hole with DeChambeau already in tight in two. But then DeChambeau missed his eagle try and the PGA Tour side was on its way, winning in four holes.

The foursomes was tight and the match looked as though it might end in a draw until DeChambeau sent a long birdie putt on the last hole about 10 feet by, and Koepka missed it coming back for a three-putt bogey that gave the PGA Tour the point it needed.

Scheffler and McIlroy never trailed in singles and the match ended on the 16th hole without viewers getting a chance to see the signature par-3 17th at Shadow Creek.

What it proved was nothing more than the rich getting richer. Scheffler and McIlroy each won $5 million paid in cryptocurrency, adding to Scheffler’s amazing year in which he won just over $62 million.

SOCCER

Becky Sauerbrunn, a former captain of the U.S. women’s team who played in three Olympics and three Women’s World Cups, announced her retirement from pro soccer after a 16-year international career.

Sauerbrunn, 39, also played in the National Women’s Soccer League for every year it has existed and was a four-time league Defender of the Year. She won two championships with FC Kansas City and another with the Portland Thorns.

Sauerbrunn became a consistent starter for the national team, starting 167 of her 182 games between 2013 and 2024. She ends her international career with 219 caps, good for 10th all-time in national team history.

She was a key player in the United States’ runs to World Cup titles in 2015 in Canada and 2019 in France. The U.S. allowed just three goals during each of those tournaments.

Sauerbrunn earned a bronze medal with the team at the Olympics in 2021.