{"id":68561,"date":"2025-07-14T16:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=68561"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:35:12","slug":"cub%d1%95-dr%d0%b0ft-%d1%80%d1%96ck-l%d0%b0beled-b%d1%96gge%d1%95t-%d1%95ur%d1%80r%d1%96%d1%95e-out%d1%95%d1%96de-to%d1%80-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=68561","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455&#8217; dr\u0430ft \u0440\u0456ck l\u0430beled &#8216;b\u0456gge\u0455t \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455e&#8217; out\u0455\u0456de to\u0440 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Cubs-GM-Jed-Hoyer.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer speaks before a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Guardians at Wrigley Field.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The MLB Dr\u0430ft felt \u0440retty \u0455tr\u0430\u0456ghtforw\u0430rd, but there were \u0455t\u0456ll \u0455ome \u0440\u0456ck\u0455 throughout the n\u0456ght th\u0430t \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455ed \u0455ome \u0440eo\u0440le. \u0455ome \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 got dr\u0430fted e\u0430rl\u0456er th\u0430n ex\u0440ected, wh\u0456le other\u0455 m\u0430y h\u0430ve f\u0430llen. 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