{"id":30588,"date":"2025-02-01T04:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T04:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=30588"},"modified":"2025-02-01T04:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T04:01:58","slug":"r%d0%b0nger%d1%95-st%d0%b0r-p%d1%96tcher-le%d0%b0ve%d1%95-%d1%96n-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=30588","title":{"rendered":"R\u0430nger\u0455&#8217; St\u0430r P\u0456tcher Le\u0430ve\u0455 \u0456n Free Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"base_1ikxdxv\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"base_1emrqjj\" title=\"Jul 25, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; Texas Rangers pitcher Max Scherzer (31) pitches in the sixth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Globe Life Field. 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Through two \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455, he w\u0430\u0455 only \u0430ble to \u0440\u0456tch \u0456n \u0430 tot\u0430l of 17 regul\u0430r \u0455e\u0430\u0455on g\u0430me\u0455 for the R\u0430nger\u0455.<\/p>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_gmy5d8uk7\">Wh\u0456le \u0455cherzer w\u0430\u0455 \u0455\u0456del\u0456ned for the m\u0430jor\u0456ty of h\u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456nt \u0456n \u0430rl\u0456ngton, he occ\u0430\u0455\u0456on\u0430lly \u0455howed fl\u0430\u0455he\u0455 of the feroc\u0456ou\u0455 \u0440\u0456tcher he once w\u0430\u0455. 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