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2024 CLASS="highlight"> Season: CLASS="highlight"> Uribe CLASS="highlight"> dealt CLASS="highlight"> with CLASS="highlight"> some CLASS="highlight"> more CLASS="highlight"> command CLASS="highlight"> problems CLASS="highlight"> this CLASS="highlight"> year, CLASS="highlight"> then CLASS="highlight"> started CLASS="highlight"> a CLASS="highlight"> fight CLASS="highlight"> with CLASS="highlight"> the CLASS="highlight"> Rays, CLASS="highlight"> was CLASS="highlight"> suspended CLASS="highlight"> and CLASS="highlight"> demoted CLASS="highlight"> to CLASS="highlight"> Triple-A, CLASS="highlight"> where CLASS="highlight"> he CLASS="highlight"> injured CLASS="highlight"> his CLASS="highlight"> knee CLASS="highlight"> and CLASS="highlight"> underwent CLASS="highlight"> season CLASS="highlight"> ending CLASS="highlight"> surgery. CLASS="highlight"> CLASS="highlight">
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