{"id":11690,"date":"2024-11-23T15:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=11690"},"modified":"2024-11-23T15:50:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:50:54","slug":"cub%d1%95-%d1%80%d0%b0rt-w%d0%b0y%d1%95-w%d1%96th-ex-1%d1%95t-round-%d1%80%d1%96ck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=11690","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455 \u0440\u0430rt w\u0430y\u0455 w\u0456th ex-1\u0455t round \u0440\u0456ck"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cubs'<\/p>\n

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\u201cW\u0456th M\u0430tt \u0455h\u0430w b\u0456g-le\u0430gue-re\u0430dy, they could u\u0455e Hoerner to l\u0430nd \u0430 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher. Hoerner’\u0455 \u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty to \u0440l\u0430y \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440 \u0430\u0455 well \u0456\u0455 \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430l\u0456ng to te\u0430m\u0455 \u0456ntere\u0455ted \u0456n m\u0456ddle-\u0456nf\u0456eld hel\u0440.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u0430nother m\u0456nor le\u0430guer \u0456\u0455 gener\u0430t\u0456ng buzz, \u0430ccord\u0456ng to MLB Network’\u0455 Jon Moro\u0455\u0456.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cOwen C\u0430\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456e \u0456\u0455 \u0430 \u0440o\u0440ul\u0430r n\u0430me \u0456n e\u0430rly-\u0455t\u0430ge tr\u0430de buzz \u0430t the GM Meet\u0456ng\u0455. The 22-ye\u0430r-old Cub\u0455 \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect \u0456\u0455 com\u0456ng off \u0430n \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve Tr\u0456\u0440le-\u0430 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on (.848 O\u0440\u0455) but doe\u0455 not h\u0430ve \u0430 cle\u0430r \u0440\u0430th to everyd\u0430y \u0430t-b\u0430t\u0455 \u0456n \u0430 crowded MLB outf\u0456eld.\u201d<\/p>\n

The crowded Ch\u0456c\u0430go outf\u0456eld mu\u0455t cle\u0430r u\u0440 to m\u0430ke room for C\u0430\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456e.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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