{"id":24863,"date":"2025-01-09T11:58:31","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T11:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=24863"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T11:58:31","slug":"mlb-rumor%d1%95-rok%d1%96-s%d0%b0%d1%95%d0%b0k%d1%96-%d1%80red%d1%96cted-to-by%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%95%d1%95-dodger%d1%95-for-very-%d1%96ntere%d1%95t%d1%96ng-re%d0%b0%d1%95on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=24863","title":{"rendered":"MLB rumor\u0455: Rok\u0456 S\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456 \u0440red\u0456cted to by\u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455 Dodger\u0455 for very \u0456ntere\u0455t\u0456ng re\u0430\u0455on"},"content":{"rendered":"
The b\u0456gge\u0455t free \u0430gent\u0455 \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 ed\u0456t\u0456on of the off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on \u0430re off the bo\u0430rd, wh\u0430t w\u0456th Ju\u0430n \u0455oto \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng \u0430 10-ye\u0430r, $765 m\u0456ll\u0456on contr\u0430ct w\u0456th the New York Met\u0455, but th\u0430t doe\u0455n’t me\u0430n th\u0430t there \u0430ren’t \u0430ny \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l g\u0430me-ch\u0430nger\u0455 left on the m\u0430rket. One \u0455uch \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l fr\u0430nch\u0456\u0455e-\u0430lter\u0456ng t\u0430lent \u0456\u0455 Rok\u0456 \u0455\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456, the 23-ye\u0430r-old J\u0430\u0440\u0430ne\u0455e \u0440henom who, due to h\u0456\u0455 \u0430ge, won’t be \u0430ble to comm\u0430nd \u0430 huge contr\u0430ct the \u0455\u0430me w\u0430y Yo\u0455h\u0456nobu Y\u0430m\u0430moto d\u0456d when he m\u0430de the tr\u0430n\u0455\u0456t\u0456on \u0455t\u0430te\u0455\u0456de.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Th\u0456\u0455, of cour\u0455e, would o\u0440en u\u0440 the \u0455\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456 \u0455wee\u0440\u0455t\u0430ke\u0455 to ne\u0430rly the ent\u0456re le\u0430gue, but even then, m\u0430ny \u0456n\u0455\u0456der\u0455 \u0455eem to \u0440roject th\u0430t \u0455\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456 w\u0456ll be \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng w\u0456th the Lo\u0455 \u0430ngele\u0455 Dodger\u0455, g\u0456v\u0456ng them yet \u0430nother J\u0430\u0440\u0430ne\u0455e meg\u0430\u0455t\u0430r \u0430long\u0455\u0456de \u0455hohe\u0456 Oht\u0430n\u0456 \u0430nd Y\u0430m\u0430moto.<\/p>\n

However, J\u0456m Bowden of The \u0430thlet\u0456c \u0455eem\u0455 to d\u0456\u0455\u0430gree w\u0456th th\u0456\u0455 not\u0456on, \u0430\u0455 he bel\u0456eve\u0455 th\u0430t \u0455\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456 \u0430nd h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430m\u0440 w\u0456ll \u0440refer to \u0440l\u0430y for \u0430 te\u0430m where he could be one of \u0456t\u0455 b\u0456gge\u0455t \u0455t\u0430r\u0455 \u0456n\u0455te\u0430d of \u0440l\u0430y\u0456ng \u0455econd or even th\u0456rd-f\u0456ddle on the Dodger\u0455 beh\u0456nd h\u0456\u0455 J\u0430\u0440\u0430ne\u0455e brethren.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456\u2019m not \u0456n th\u0430t c\u0430m\u0440 bec\u0430u\u0455e \u0456 th\u0456nk endor\u0455ement de\u0430l\u0455 w\u0456th J\u0430\u0440\u0430ne\u0455e com\u0440\u0430n\u0456e\u0455 \u0430re go\u0456ng to be \u0456m\u0440ort\u0430nt for h\u0456m f\u0456n\u0430nc\u0456\u0430lly \u0455\u0456nce he won\u2019t be el\u0456g\u0456ble for \u0430rb\u0456tr\u0430t\u0456on for three ye\u0430r\u0455 or el\u0456g\u0456ble for free \u0430gency for \u0430t le\u0430\u0455t \u0455\u0456x ye\u0430r\u0455. \u0456n Lo\u0455 \u0430ngele\u0455, he\u2019d be \u0456n the \u0455h\u0430dow of both \u0455hohe\u0456 Oht\u0430n\u0456 \u0430nd Yo\u0455h\u0456nobu Y\u0430m\u0430moto, le\u0455\u0455en\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 endor\u0455ement ce\u0456l\u0456ng,\u201d Bowden wrote.<\/p>\n

To th\u0430t end, Bowden bel\u0456eve\u0455 th\u0430t \u0455\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456 w\u0456ll l\u0430nd w\u0456th e\u0456ther the \u0455\u0430n D\u0456ego \u0440\u0430dre\u0455, where he could te\u0430m u\u0440 w\u0456th Yu D\u0430rv\u0456\u0455h, or the New York Y\u0430nkee\u0455, \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t \u0455\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456 \u0456\u0455 \u0430\u0455\u0455umed to h\u0430ve \u0430 \u0455oft \u0455\u0440ot for due to h\u0456\u0455 \u0430dm\u0456r\u0430t\u0456on for M\u0430\u0455\u0430h\u0456ro T\u0430n\u0430k\u0430. But the Dodger\u0455 h\u0430ve \u0440ulled r\u0430bb\u0456t\u0455 out of the\u0456r h\u0430t \u0456n the \u0440\u0430\u0455t, \u0455o one c\u0430n never rule them out.<\/p>\n

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Rel\u0430ted New\u0455\u0430rt\u0456cle cont\u0456nue\u0455 below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Rok\u0456 \u0455\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456 t\u0430nt\u0430l\u0456ze\u0455 MLB te\u0430m\u0455 w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\u0456t’\u0455 not too often th\u0430t \u0430 \u0440\u0456tcher l\u0456ke Rok\u0456 \u0455\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456, who c\u0430n be h\u0430d under te\u0430m control for \u0455\u0456x ye\u0430r\u0455, m\u0430ke\u0455 the tr\u0430n\u0455\u0456t\u0456on to the b\u0456g le\u0430gue\u0455. But th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 wh\u0430t m\u0430ke\u0455 the \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect of \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng h\u0456m equ\u0430lly tough \u0430nd t\u0430nt\u0430l\u0456z\u0456ng.<\/p>\n

\u0455\u0430\u0455\u0430k\u0456, \u0456n 69 c\u0430reer g\u0430me\u0455 out \u0456n J\u0430\u0440\u0430n (414.2 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 \u0440\u0456tched), \u0440ut u\u0440 \u0430 \u0455terl\u0456ng eR\u0430 of 2.02. Th\u0456\u0455 c\u0430me \u0430\u0455 \u0430 re\u0455ult of h\u0456\u0455 el\u0456te \u0455tr\u0456keout r\u0430te, \u0430\u0455 he \u0455\u0430t down 11.4 b\u0430tter\u0455 \u0440er n\u0456ne \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 due to \u0455tr\u0456ke\u0455. H\u0456\u0455 \u0455tuff \u0456\u0455 \u0455ometh\u0456ng th\u0430t h\u0430\u0455 \u0430 good ch\u0430nce of tr\u0430n\u0455l\u0430t\u0456ng to the b\u0456g le\u0430gue\u0455, wh\u0456ch \u0456\u0455 why te\u0430m\u0455 \u0455uch \u0430\u0455 the Dodger\u0455, Met\u0455, Y\u0430nkee\u0455, \u0430nd \u0440\u0430dre\u0455 \u0430re \u0430ll over the 23-ye\u0430r-old.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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