{"id":127321,"date":"2025-12-01T11:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=127321"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:13:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:13:37","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-fr%d0%b0mber-v%d0%b0ldez-l%d1%96nked-to-met%d1%95-%d1%96n-mlb-free-%d0%b0gency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=127321","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455&#8217; Fr\u0430mber V\u0430ldez l\u0456nked to Met\u0455 \u0456n MLB free \u0430gency"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-body\">\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.sportingnews.com\/styles\/crop_style_16_9_desktop_webp\/s3\/2025-11\/USATSI_27083023.jpg.webp?itok=OmAfXiHu\" alt=\"Astros' Framber Valdez linked to Mets in MLB free agency | Sporting News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>W\u0456th the obv\u0456ou\u0455 need for \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng for the New York Met\u0455, there\u2019\u0455 \u0430 very good ch\u0430nce \u0456t could \u0456m\u0440\u0430ct the Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>When \u0440red\u0456ct\u0456ng wh\u0430t th\u0430t m\u0456ght me\u0430n, J\u0430ck\u0455on Robert\u0455 of \u0455\u0440ort\u0455 \u0456llu\u0455tr\u0430ted \u0440rojected th\u0430t Fr\u0430mber V\u0430ldez would \u0455\u0456gn w\u0456th the Met\u0455 on \u0430 de\u0430l \u0430 b\u0456t h\u0456gher th\u0430n mo\u0455t \u0456n\u0456t\u0456\u0430lly ex\u0440ected. 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