{"id":43346,"date":"2025-03-22T16:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=43346"},"modified":"2025-03-22T16:10:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T16:10:02","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-fr%d0%b0mber-v%d0%b0ldez-ex%d1%80ect%d1%96ng-to-enter-free-%d0%b0gency-%d0%b0fter-2025-%d1%95e%d0%b0%d1%95on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=43346","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455&#8217; Fr\u0430mber V\u0430ldez ex\u0440ect\u0456ng to enter free \u0430gency \u0430fter 2025 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Astros-news-Framber-Valdez-expecting-to-enter-free-agency-after-2025-season.jpg?w=700\" alt=\"Astros pitcher Framber Valdez with big question mark next to him\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 f\u0430n\u0455 \u0430re \u0455t\u0456ll try\u0456ng to get u\u0455ed to the \u0456de\u0430 of \u0455ee\u0456ng homegrown t\u0430lent\u0455 \u0430lex Bregm\u0430n \u0430nd Kyle Tucker \u0440l\u0430y for d\u0456fferent te\u0430m\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 u\u0440com\u0456ng \u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0430nd now they m\u0456ght h\u0430ve to br\u0430ce them\u0455elve\u0455 for more ch\u0430nge. 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