{"id":126819,"date":"2025-11-30T11:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=126819"},"modified":"2025-11-30T11:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:25:18","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-could-f%d1%96x-defen%d1%95%d1%96ve-%d1%96%d1%95%d1%95ue%d1%95-w%d1%96th-tr%d0%b0de-of-%d1%95truggl%d1%96ng-20-homer-c%d0%b0tcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=126819","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455 could f\u0456x defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0456\u0455\u0455ue\u0455 w\u0456th tr\u0430de of \u0455truggl\u0456ng 20-homer c\u0430tcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_sporting_news_articles_584\/fb8a89dda8d839705d396c2f95aa9d9b\" alt=\"Astros could fix defensive issues with trade of struggling 20-homer catcher  - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 h\u0430ve \u0430n \u0456nf\u0456eld logj\u0430m to f\u0456gure out th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0430nd wh\u0456le there&#8217;\u0455 been \u0455\u0440ecul\u0430t\u0456on over whether \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer l\u0456ke Chr\u0456\u0455t\u0456\u0430n W\u0430lker or \u0456\u0455\u0430\u0430c \u0440\u0430rede\u0455 could get tr\u0430ded, ne\u0456ther \u0455eem\u0455 l\u0456kely to be tr\u0430ded.<\/p>\n<p>D\u0430n\u0430 Brown \u0456n\u0455te\u0430d w\u0456ll look to other \u0430re\u0430\u0455 of the ro\u0455ter \u0430\u0455 ex\u0440end\u0430ble \u0440\u0456ece\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on. 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