By Jon VankinShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberThe New York Yankees are quietly dealing with an injury to their $162.5 million free agent signing, Cody Bellinger, as the baseball world's attention shifts from spring training camp to the World Baseball Classic, which officially got underway Thursday with Australia's 3-0 victory over Chinese Taipei.Bellinger spent last season with the Yankees, then opted out of his contract, eventually being lured back to the Bronx by a five-year, nine-figure contract. But after just three Grapefruit League games and nine plate appearances, Bellinger was forced to sit out with what New York manager Aaron Boone described as a "stiff" lower back.
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