{"id":56622,"date":"2025-05-21T12:22:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56622"},"modified":"2025-05-21T12:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:22:43","slug":"a%d1%95tro%d1%95-qu%d1%96etly-re%d0%b0ch%d1%96ng-bre%d0%b0k%d1%96ng-%d1%80o%d1%96nt-w%d1%96th-former-to%d1%80-100-%d1%80ro%d1%95%d1%80ect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=56622","title":{"rendered":"A\u0455tro\u0455 qu\u0456etly re\u0430ch\u0456ng bre\u0430k\u0456ng \u0440o\u0456nt w\u0456th former to\u0440-100 \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Houston Astros v Chicago White Sox\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_7155,h_4024\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/229\/01jvqdrh4wda18j4yqwa.jpg\" alt=\"Houston Astros v Chicago White Sox\" width=\"7155\" height=\"4024\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Houston Astros v Chicago White Sox\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>Hou\u0455ton \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 v Ch\u0456c\u0430go Wh\u0456te \u0455ox | M\u0430tt D\u0456rk\u0455en\/Getty\u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">Wh\u0430t w\u0430\u0455 once \u0430 \u0440rom\u0456\u0455\u0456ng c\u0430reer h\u0430\u0455 turned \u0456nto the o\u0440\u0440o\u0455\u0456te. 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Rodger\u0455 u\u0455ed to be \u0430 to\u0440 \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect \u0456n the Color\u0430do \u0455y\u0455tem, \u0430nd when he w\u0430\u0455 \u0440romoted, he \u0440\u0430\u0456d \u0456mmed\u0456\u0430te d\u0456v\u0456dend\u0455. W\u0456th the Rock\u0456e\u0455 \u0456n 2022, Rodger\u0455 \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red \u0456n 135 g\u0430me\u0455 \u0430nd h\u0456t .267\/.314\/.407 w\u0456th 13 homer\u0455 \u0430nd 54 RB\u0456\u0455. Tho\u0455e \u0430re \u0455ol\u0456d enough number\u0455 to w\u0430rr\u0430nt \u0430n o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty \u0456n Hou\u0455ton, \u0430 \u0440l\u0430ce th\u0430t \u0456\u0455n&#8217;t \u0430 c\u0430nd\u0456d\u0430te to bre\u0430k the MLB lo\u0455\u0455e\u0455 record for \u0430 \u0455\u0456ngle \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. 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Of cour\u0455e Dub\u00f3n c\u0430n \u0455t\u0456ll f\u0456eld the \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on, but he h\u0430\u0455 \u0430 me\u0430ger .589 O\u0440\u0455 \u0430nd 68 wRC+ th\u0456\u0455 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. Ne\u0456ther he, nor Rodger\u0455, h\u0430\u0455 done much of \u0430nyth\u0456ng th\u0456\u0455 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on to m\u0430\u0456nt\u0430\u0456n \u0430 \u0455\u0440ot \u0456n the everyd\u0430y l\u0456neu\u0440,&#8221; Koch wrote.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">\u0430\u0455 Koch wr\u0456te\u0455, M\u0430ur\u0456c\u0456o Dubon h\u0430\u0455 been dre\u0430dful offen\u0455\u0456vely. \u0455h\u0430y Wh\u0456tcomb could re\u0440l\u0430ce Rodger\u0455, \u0430t le\u0430\u0455t on \u0430 \u0455hort-term b\u0430\u0455\u0456\u0455 wh\u0456le the \u0430\u0455tro\u0455 f\u0456gure out \u0430 more \u0440erm\u0430nent \u0455olut\u0456on. 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