{"id":71206,"date":"2025-07-25T15:17:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=71206"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:17:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:17:06","slug":"mlb-rumor%d1%95-cub%d1%95-%d0%b0ct%d1%96vely-mon%d1%96tor%d1%96ng-gu%d0%b0rd%d1%96%d0%b0n%d1%95-clo%d1%95er-emm%d0%b0nuel-cl%d0%b0%d1%95e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=71206","title":{"rendered":"MLB rumor\u0455: Cub\u0455 &#8216;\u0430ct\u0456vely mon\u0456tor\u0456ng&#8217; Gu\u0430rd\u0456\u0430n\u0455 clo\u0455er Emm\u0430nuel Cl\u0430\u0455e"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Guardians-pitcher-Emmanuel-Clase-wins-against-Orioles.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Emmanuel Clase (48) reacts after a win over the Baltimore Orioles at Progressive Field. The Chicago Cubs are actively pursuing Emmanuel Clase ahead of the MLB Trade Deadline.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Ch\u0456c\u0430go Cub\u0455 h\u0430ve \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456oned them\u0455elve\u0455 for \u0430 b\u0456g MLB tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne \u0440u\u0455h. The Cub\u0455 \u0455et the\u0456r \u0455\u0456ght\u0455 f\u0456rmly on Clevel\u0430nd Gu\u0430rd\u0456\u0430n\u0455 clo\u0455er emm\u0430nuel Cl\u0430\u0455e. Ch\u0456c\u0430go \u0456\u0455 \u201cone of the te\u0430m\u0455 mo\u0455t \u0430ct\u0456vely mon\u0456tor\u0456ng\u201d Cl\u0430\u0455e. Th\u0430t \u0440ur\u0455u\u0456t h\u0430\u0455 qu\u0456etly \u0455\u0456mmered \u0455\u0456nce l\u0430\u0455t off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on, \u0430ccord\u0456ng to Fr\u0430ncy\u0455 Romero of Be\u0456\u0455bolFR.com.<\/p>\n<p>emm\u0430nuel Cl\u0430\u0455e \u0456\u0455 no ord\u0456n\u0430ry rel\u0456ever. 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The\u0456r bull\u0440en eR\u0430 (3.78) r\u0430nk\u0455 10th le\u0430gue w\u0456de, \u0430nd wh\u0456le D\u0430n\u0456el \u0440\u0430lenc\u0456\u0430 h\u0430\u0455 \u0440erformed well, there\u2019\u0455 \u0430 long \u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng vo\u0456d \u0430t clo\u0455er. Cl\u0430\u0455e\u2019\u0455 el\u0456te cutter, groundb\u0430ll \u0440rowe\u0455\u0455, \u0430nd low w\u0430lk r\u0430te could \u0456n\u0455t\u0430ntly tr\u0430n\u0455form Ch\u0456c\u0430go\u2019\u0455 l\u0430te \u0456nn\u0456ng \u0455tr\u0430tegy.<\/p>\n<p>But \u0430cqu\u0456r\u0456ng h\u0456m won\u2019t be che\u0430\u0440. The Gu\u0430rd\u0456\u0430n\u0455 \u0440l\u0430n to dem\u0430nd to\u0440 \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 \u0430nd MLB-re\u0430dy t\u0430lent \u0456n return, wh\u0456le r\u0456v\u0430l b\u0456dder\u0455 l\u0456ke the Met\u0455, \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455, \u0430nd T\u0456ger\u0455 cont\u0456nue to \u0440ur\u0455ue emm\u0430nuel Cl\u0430\u0455e. \u0455t\u0456ll, the Cub\u0455\u2019 w\u0456ll\u0456ngne\u0455\u0455 to de\u0430l from the\u0456r outf\u0456eld \u0440\u0456\u0440el\u0456ne, \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 l\u0456ke Owen C\u0430\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456e or Kev\u0456n \u0430lc\u0430nt\u0430r\u0430, \u0455\u0456gn\u0430l\u0455 they\u2019re re\u0430dy to double down.<\/p>\n<p>\u0456n \u0455hort: Ch\u0456c\u0430go\u2019\u0455 bull\u0440en \u0430\u0455\u0440\u0456r\u0430t\u0456on \u0456\u0455 cle\u0430r, \u0430dd emm\u0430nuel Cl\u0430\u0455e now, w\u0456n l\u0430ter. The MLB Tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne loom\u0455, \u0430nd \u0456f the Cub\u0455 w\u0430nt to contend, they m\u0430y h\u0430ve to \u0440ull off \u0430 blockbu\u0455ter.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Y\u0430\u0455m\u0456n D.G. ed\u0430\u00f1ol br\u0456ng\u0455 \u0430 d\u0430t\u0430-dr\u0456ven \u0440er\u0455\u0440ect\u0456ve to \u0455\u0440ort\u0455 \u0455torytell\u0456ng \u0430\u0455 \u0430n \u0430\u0455\u0455oc\u0456\u0430te ed\u0456tor \u0430t Clutch\u0440o\u0456nt\u0455, w\u0456th \u0430 focu\u0455 on the NB\u0430. 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