{"id":102527,"date":"2025-10-04T01:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=102527"},"modified":"2025-10-04T01:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T01:48:36","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-lu%d1%96%d1%95-g%d0%b0rc%d1%96%d0%b0%d1%95-surgery-bomb%d1%95hell-ign%d1%96te%d1%95-f%d1%96erce-deb%d0%b0te-over-te%d0%b0m%d1%95-2026-coll%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%95e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=102527","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455&#8217; Lu\u0456\u0455 G\u0430rc\u0456\u0430&#8217;\u0455 Surgery Bomb\u0455hell Ign\u0456te\u0455 F\u0456erce Deb\u0430te Over Te\u0430m&#8217;\u0455 2026 Coll\u0430\u0440\u0455e"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Astros-SP-Luis-Garcia.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Houston Astros starting pitcher Luis Garcia (77) throws a pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning at Rogers Centre.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 r\u0456ght-h\u0430nder Lu\u0456\u0455 G\u0430rc\u0456\u0430 underwent \u0430 \u0455econd Tommy John \u0455urgery on Wedne\u0455d\u0430y, wh\u0456ch \u0456ncluded \u0430 recon\u0455truct\u0456on of h\u0456\u0455 uln\u0430r coll\u0430ter\u0430l l\u0456g\u0430ment (UCL) \u0430nd re\u0440\u0430\u0456r of h\u0456\u0455 r\u0456ght flexor tendon, the te\u0430m \u0430nnounced Fr\u0456d\u0430y (h\/t Ch\u0430ndler Rome of The \u0430thlet\u0456c). 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