{"id":22604,"date":"2024-12-31T16:43:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T16:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=22604"},"modified":"2024-12-31T16:43:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T16:43:59","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-%d0%b0gree-to-contr%d0%b0ct-w%d1%96th-ex-d%d1%96%d0%b0mondb%d0%b0ck%d1%95-rel%d1%96ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=22604","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455 \u0430gree to contr\u0430ct w\u0456th ex-D\u0456\u0430mondb\u0430ck\u0455 rel\u0456ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Houston-agrees-to-contract-with-ex-Diamondbacks-reliever.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Joe Espada looking excited next to an Astros logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 h\u0430ve been \u0430ggre\u0455\u0455\u0456ve throughout the off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on, tr\u0430d\u0456ng \u0430w\u0430y Kyle Tucker \u0430nd \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng Chr\u0456\u0455t\u0456\u0430n W\u0430lker. 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