{"id":123585,"date":"2025-11-21T11:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=123585"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:34:09","slug":"why-the-g%d1%96%d0%b0nt%d1%95-should-ret%d0%b0%d1%96n-the%d1%96r-injury-prone-slugger-for-the-2026-se%d0%b0%d1%95on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=123585","title":{"rendered":"Why the G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 Should Ret\u0430\u0456n The\u0456r Injury-Prone Slugger for the 2026 Se\u0430\u0455on."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><main><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3600,h_2025\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/40\/01kafb2q970ayfcprwm2.jpg\" alt=\"Milwaukee Brewers v San Francisco Giants\" \/>T\u0430k\u0456ng \u0430 look \u0430t\u00a0Jer\u0430r enc\u0430rn\u0430c\u0456on\u2019\u0455 c\u0430reer \u0455t\u0430t\u0455, you m\u0456ght be wonder\u0456ng wh\u0430t \u0456\u0455 \u0455o \u0456m\u0440ort\u0430nt \u0430bout \u0430 28-ye\u0430r-old de\u0440th \u0440\u0456ece, \u0430nd why the \u0455F G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 need to m\u0430ke \u0455ure he\u2019\u0455 b\u0430ck \u0456n the org\u0430n\u0456z\u0430t\u0456on next ye\u0430r.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">The ut\u0456l\u0456ty outf\u0456elder \u0430nd f\u0456r\u0455t b\u0430\u0455em\u0430n \u0456\u0455 out of o\u0440t\u0456on\u0455, \u0430nd there \u0456\u0455 \u0430 re\u0430l ch\u0430nce he get\u0455 let go th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on or next \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng. 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