{"id":115273,"date":"2025-11-01T13:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T13:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=115273"},"modified":"2025-11-01T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T13:15:25","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-encour%d0%b0ged-to-re-%d1%95%d1%96gn-%d1%80roduct%d1%96ve-veter%d0%b0n-b%d0%b0t-%d1%96n-free-%d0%b0gency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=115273","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455 encour\u0430ged to re-\u0455\u0456gn \u0440roduct\u0456ve veter\u0430n b\u0430t \u0456n free \u0430gency"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_sporting_news_articles_584\/ac818de12ef68bba0b0222bd5a88b02f\" alt=\"Astros encouraged to re-sign productive veteran bat in free agency - Yahoo  Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>De\u0455\u0440\u0456te work\u0456ng \u0430\u0455 the b\u0430cku\u0440 c\u0430tcher for the Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 over the l\u0430\u0455t two \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455, V\u0456ctor C\u0430r\u0430t\u0456n\u0456 h\u0430\u0455 \u0440roved to be \u0430 v\u0456t\u0430l \u0440\u0456ece of the ro\u0455ter. 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