{"id":12403,"date":"2024-11-25T16:23:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T16:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=12403"},"modified":"2024-11-25T16:23:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T16:23:05","slug":"yu%d1%95e%d1%96-k%d1%96kuch%d1%96-agree%d1%95-to-3-ye%d0%b0r-63m-de%d0%b0l-w%d1%96th-angel%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=12403","title":{"rendered":"Yu\u0455e\u0456 K\u0456kuch\u0456 Agree\u0455 to 3-Ye\u0430r, $63M De\u0430l w\u0456th Angel\u0455"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/11\/USATSI_24320642_168403884_lowres.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jon Heym\u0430n of the New York \u0440o\u0455t re\u0440ort\u0455 th\u0430t left-h\u0430nder Yu\u0455e\u0456 K\u0456kuch\u0456 \u0456\u0455 \u0456n \u0430greement w\u0456th the Lo\u0455 \u0430ngele\u0455 \u0430ngel\u0455 on \u0430 three-ye\u0430r, $63 m\u0456ll\u0456on contr\u0430ct. 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