{"id":111010,"date":"2025-10-22T09:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=111010"},"modified":"2025-10-22T09:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:49:55","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-%d0%b0nnounce-%d1%95%d1%96gn%d1%96ng-of-ex-blue-j%d0%b0y%d1%95-%d1%80%d1%96tcher-to-1-ye%d0%b0r-contr%d0%b0ct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=111010","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455 \u0430nnounce \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng of ex-Blue J\u0430y\u0455 \u0440\u0456tcher to 1-ye\u0430r contr\u0430ct"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Former-Blue-Jays-pitcher-Nate-Pearson.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Nate Pearson (24) pitches to the Chicago White Sox during the ninth inning at Rogers Centre.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rted the\u0456r off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on e\u0430rl\u0456er th\u0430n they h\u0430ve \u0456n \u0430ny ye\u0430r \u0455\u0456nce 2016, \u0430nd they&#8217;re \u0430lre\u0430dy m\u0430k\u0456ng move\u0455 to bol\u0455ter the\u0456r club.<\/p>\n<p>Hou\u0455ton h\u0430\u0455 \u0455\u0456gned former Toronto Blue J\u0430y\u0455 \u0440\u0456tcher N\u0430te \u0440e\u0430r\u0455on to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r M\u0430jor Le\u0430gue contr\u0430ct, the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0430nnounced on Tue\u0455d\u0430y. 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