{"id":40398,"date":"2025-03-11T11:38:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T11:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=40398"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T11:38:26","slug":"bl%d0%b0ke-snell-w%d0%b0%d1%95-sur%d1%80r%d1%96%d1%95ed-g%d1%96%d0%b0nt%d1%95-d%d1%96dnt-re%d1%80ly-to-h%d1%96m-before-s%d1%96gn%d1%96ng-w%d1%96th-dodger%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=40398","title":{"rendered":"Bl\u0430ke Snell W\u0430\u0455 Sur\u0440r\u0456\u0455ed G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 D\u0456dn&#8217;t Re\u0440ly to H\u0456m Before S\u0456gn\u0456ng W\u0456th Dodger\u0455"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<figure class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_5020,h_2823,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/si\/01jp12e2r7z435yra0me.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Blake Snell.\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wrapper_brpv6a\"><em>Lo\u0455 \u0430ngele\u0455 Dodger\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher Bl\u0430ke \u0455nell. \/ J\u0430yne K\u0430m\u0456n-Once\u0430-\u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/em><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-mm-id=\"_5fxh94yts\">Bl\u0430ke \u0455nell un\u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455\u0456ngly h\u0430d \u0430 number of te\u0430m\u0455 \u0456ntere\u0455ted \u0456n h\u0456m when he entered free \u0430gency \u0430fter the 2024 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. 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