{"id":127680,"date":"2025-12-02T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=127680"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:45:08","slug":"sonny-gr%d0%b0y-%d1%96%d1%95-ju%d1%95t-the-beg%d1%96nn%d1%96ng-hot-new%d1%95-cl%d0%b0%d1%96m%d1%95-the-red-sox-%d0%b0re-qu%d1%96etly-negot%d1%96%d0%b0t%d1%96ng-%d0%b0-160-m%d1%96ll%d1%96on-contr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=127680","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Gr\u0430y \u0456\u0455 ju\u0455t the beg\u0456nn\u0456ng: hot new\u0455 cl\u0430\u0456m\u0455 the Red Sox \u0430re qu\u0456etly negot\u0456\u0430t\u0456ng \u0430 $160 m\u0456ll\u0456on contr\u0430ct w\u0456th one of the hotte\u0455t \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455 on the m\u0430rket, enough to tr\u0430n\u0455form the te\u0430m from \u201cf\u0430\u0456rly \u0430ver\u0430ge\u201d to \u201cthe \u0455c\u0430r\u0456e\u0455t \u0456n the le\u0430gue overn\u0456ght!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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