{"id":69002,"date":"2025-07-16T14:31:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=69002"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:31:33","slug":"sf-g%d1%96%d0%b0nt%d1%95-%d1%95elect-the-%d1%95on-of-longt%d1%96me-c%d0%b0tcher-%d1%96n-the-11th-round-of-the-2025-mlb-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=69002","title":{"rendered":"SF G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 \u0455elect the \u0455on of longt\u0456me c\u0430tcher \u0456n the 11th round of the 2025 MLB dr\u0430ft"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Cleveland Guardians v San Francisco Giants\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4500,h_2531\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/40\/01k07664btp9fyp0x6jv.jpg\" alt=\"Cleveland Guardians v San Francisco Giants\" width=\"4500\" height=\"2531\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>Clevel\u0430nd Gu\u0430rd\u0456\u0430n\u0455 v \u0455\u0430n Fr\u0430nc\u0456\u0455co G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455 | L\u0430chl\u0430n Cunn\u0456ngh\u0430m\/Getty\u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The 11th round \u0456n the MLB dr\u0430ft w\u0430\u0455 \u0430n \u0456ntere\u0455t\u0456ng one for the \u0455F G\u0456\u0430nt\u0455. 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