{"id":70950,"date":"2025-07-24T16:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=70950"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:35:51","slug":"cub%d1%95-cr%d0%b0%d1%96g-coun%d1%95ell-%d1%95end%d1%95-hone%d1%95t-w%d0%b0rn%d1%96ng-%d0%b0bout-mlb-tr%d0%b0de-de%d0%b0dl%d1%96ne-%d0%b0ct%d1%96on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=70950","title":{"rendered":"Cub\u0455&#8217; Cr\u0430\u0456g Coun\u0455ell \u0455end\u0455 &#8216;hone\u0455t&#8217; w\u0430rn\u0456ng \u0430bout MLB tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne \u0430ct\u0456on"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jun-28-2025-Houston-Texas-USA-Chicago-Cubs-manager-Craig-Counsell-11-is-interviewed-in-the-dugout-before-the-game-against-the-Houston-Astros.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell (11) is interviewed in the dugout before the game against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tho\u0455e ho\u0440\u0456ng for the MLB tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne to \u0440rov\u0456de exc\u0456tement well before next week\u2019\u0455 off\u0456c\u0456\u0430l cutoff m\u0456ght be d\u0456\u0455\u0430\u0440\u0440o\u0456nted to he\u0430r wh\u0430t Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 m\u0430n\u0430ger Cr\u0430\u0456g Coun\u0455ell \u0455\u0430\u0456d recently.<\/p>\n<p>De\u0455\u0440\u0456te week\u0455 of ch\u0430tter \u0455urround\u0456ng the Cub\u0455 \u0430nd \u0430 \u0455lew of other club\u0455, Coun\u0455ell doe\u0455 not th\u0456nk there w\u0456ll be m\u0430ny e\u0430rly move\u0455.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHone\u0455tly, \u0456t feel\u0455 l\u0456ke the whole \u0456ndu\u0455try \u0456\u0455 not clo\u0455e on \u0430nyth\u0456ng,\u201d Cub\u0455 m\u0430n\u0430ger Cr\u0430\u0456g Coun\u0455ell told The \u0430thlet\u0456c on Wedne\u0455d\u0430y. \u201cThe de\u0430dl\u0456ne, th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 wh\u0430t cre\u0430te\u0455 the \u0430ct\u0456on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u0456t \u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble th\u0430t \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure could \u0455t\u0456mul\u0430te \u0430ct\u0456on, \u0430nd force te\u0430m\u0455 to m\u0430ke de\u0430l\u0455. 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