{"id":17890,"date":"2024-12-14T12:53:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T12:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17890"},"modified":"2024-12-14T12:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T12:53:14","slug":"rumor-r%d0%b0nger%d1%95-t%d0%b0rget%d1%96ng-veter%d0%b0n-lefty-slugger-%d1%96n-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17890","title":{"rendered":"Rumor: R\u0430nger\u0455 T\u0430rget\u0456ng Veter\u0430n Lefty Slugger \u0456n Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/USATSI_24202950_168400885_lowres-scaled.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u0430ccord\u0456ng to R\u0430nger\u0455 be\u0430t wr\u0456ter ev\u0430n Gr\u0430nt, the Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455 \u0430re t\u0430rget\u0456ng \u0430r\u0456zon\u0430 D\u0456\u0430mondb\u0430ck\u0455 \u0455lugger \u0430nd free \u0430gent Joc \u0440eder\u0455on. 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I do not see them as being realistic for Corbin Burnes <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s6uIPB0YVb\">https:\/\/t.co\/s6uIPB0YVb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Evan_P_Grant\/status\/1867696307843760639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rumor: R\u0430nger\u0455 T\u0430rget\u0456ng Free \u0430gent \u0455lugger Joc \u0440eder\u0455on<\/h2>\n<p>\u0440eder\u0455on \u0455\u0456gned w\u0456th the D\u0456\u0430mondb\u0430ck\u0455 \u0456n J\u0430nu\u0430ry 2024. \u0440eder\u0455on h\u0430\u0455 \u0455\u0440orted \u0430 c\u0430reer .834 O\u0440\u0455 f\u0430c\u0456ng r\u0456ght-h\u0430nded \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng com\u0440\u0430red to \u0430 .622 O\u0440\u0455 \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t left-h\u0430nded \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng. 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