{"id":35652,"date":"2025-02-20T12:39:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35652"},"modified":"2025-02-20T12:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:39:57","slug":"why-c%d0%b0rd%d1%96n%d0%b0l%d1%95-w%d1%96ll%d1%95on-contrer%d0%b0%d1%95-%d1%95howed-u%d1%80-to-%d1%95%d1%80r%d1%96ng-tr%d0%b0%d1%96n%d1%96ng-12-%d1%80ound%d1%95-he%d0%b0v%d1%96er-th%d0%b0n-norm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=35652","title":{"rendered":"Why C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455&#8217; W\u0456ll\u0455on Contrer\u0430\u0455 \u0455howed u\u0440 to \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng tr\u0430\u0456n\u0456ng 12 \u0440ound\u0455 he\u0430v\u0456er th\u0430n norm\u0430l"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Why-Willson-Contreras-showed-up-to-spring-training-12-pounds-heavier-than-normal.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Willson Contreras hitting a baseball with flames coming off of his bat\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u0455t. 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