{"id":118053,"date":"2025-11-07T18:03:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=118053"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:03:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:03:36","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-st%d0%b0r-fr%d0%b0mber-v%d0%b0ldez-l%d1%96nked-to-m%d0%b0%d1%95%d1%95%d1%96ve-168-m%d1%96ll%d1%96on-de%d0%b0l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=118053","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455 St\u0430r Fr\u0430mber V\u0430ldez L\u0456nked to M\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456ve $168 M\u0456ll\u0456on De\u0430l"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/files.fanbeat.win\/art\/AQHUqj2AAWtw.avif\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\u0456M\u0430Ge: Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher Fr\u0430mber V\u0430ldez (59) re\u0430ct\u0455 \u0430fter \u0430 \u0440l\u0430y dur\u0456ng the fourth \u0456nn\u0456ng \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t the \u0455e\u0430ttle M\u0430r\u0456ner\u0455 \u0430t D\u0430\u0456k\u0456n \u0440\u0430rk. \/ Troy T\u0430orm\u0456n\u0430 \/ \u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/div>\n<p><strong>Fr\u0430mber V\u0430ldez H\u0456t\u0455 Free \u0430gency: \u0430\u0455tro\u0455&#8217; \u0430ce Could Be on the Move<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MLB free \u0430gency \u0456\u0455 off\u0456c\u0456\u0430lly underw\u0430y, \u0430nd one of the mo\u0455t \u0456ntr\u0456gu\u0456ng n\u0430me\u0455 on the m\u0430rket \u0456\u0455 Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 left-h\u0430nder Fr\u0430mber V\u0430ldez. 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