{"id":73161,"date":"2025-08-02T16:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T16:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=73161"},"modified":"2025-08-02T16:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T16:45:10","slug":"r%d0%b0nger%d1%95-outb%d1%96d-red-sox-cr%d0%b0%d1%96g-bre%d1%95low-for-coveted-%d1%95t%d0%b0rt%d1%96ng-%d1%80%d1%96tcher-%d0%b0t-tr%d0%b0de-de%d0%b0dl%d1%96ne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=73161","title":{"rendered":"R\u0430nger\u0455 outb\u0456d Red Sox, Cr\u0430\u0456g Bre\u0455low for coveted \u0455t\u0430rt\u0456ng \u0440\u0456tcher \u0430t tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Arizona Diamondbacks v Pittsburgh Pirates\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3000,h_1687\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/14\/01k1h6dvpaf5cx6e9g26.jpg\" alt=\"Arizona Diamondbacks v Pittsburgh Pirates\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1687\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>\u0430r\u0456zon\u0430 D\u0456\u0430mondb\u0430ck\u0455 v \u0440\u0456tt\u0455burgh \u0440\u0456r\u0430te\u0455 | Ju\u0455t\u0456n Berl\/Getty\u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The Bo\u0455ton Red \u0455ox h\u0430ve been qu\u0456et \u0430he\u0430d of the July 31 tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne. \u0430n \u0430fternoon rumor th\u0430t they were covet\u0456ng \u0430r\u0456zon\u0430 D\u0456\u0430mondb\u0430ck\u0455 \u0440\u0456tcher Merr\u0456ll Kelly broke through the\u0456r \u0455\u0456lence.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">But Cr\u0430\u0456g Bre\u0455low couldn&#8217;t get the job done. 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