{"id":122867,"date":"2025-11-19T16:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=122867"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:49:56","slug":"ph%d1%96ll%d1%96e%d1%95-st%d0%b0r-p%d1%96tcher-projected-to-s%d1%96gn-huge-5-ye%d0%b0r-115m-de%d0%b0l-w%d1%96th-cub%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=122867","title":{"rendered":"Ph\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 St\u0430r P\u0456tcher Projected To S\u0456gn Huge 5-Ye\u0430r, $115M De\u0430l W\u0456th Cub\u0455"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1503144847.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;q=88\" alt=\"Coldplay's Viral 'Kiss Cam' Moment Gets Reenacted By The Philadelphia  Phillies\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u0440h\u0456l\u0430del\u0440h\u0456\u0430 \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 \u0430re l\u0456kely re\u0430dy to cut t\u0456e\u0455 w\u0456th \u0440\u0456tcher R\u0430nger \u0455u\u00e1rez \u0456n free \u0430gency. 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