{"id":127390,"date":"2025-12-01T16:44:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=127390"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:44:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:44:19","slug":"cub%d1%95-projected-to-s%d1%96gn-all-st%d0%b0r-p%d1%96tcher-to-2-ye%d0%b0r-54-m%d1%96ll%d1%96on-de%d0%b0l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=127390","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455 Projected To S\u0456gn All-St\u0430r P\u0456tcher To 2-Ye\u0430r, $54 M\u0456ll\u0456on De\u0430l"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.newsweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2236652324.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 Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 \u0430re b\u0430cked u\u0440 \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t the w\u0430ll th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on. \u0430fter tr\u0430d\u0456ng for Kyle Tucker l\u0430\u0455t off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on, they\u2019re bound to lo\u0455e h\u0456m \u0456n free \u0430gency th\u0456\u0455 w\u0456nter. 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