Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Byron Buxton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 27	‐
VBR	# 407	‐

Projections

Runs	5	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	4	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.251	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 218

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 28	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 24	# 226

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	370	22

Runs	65	2

Hits	94	1

Singles	50	0

Doubles	18	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	0

RBI	46	2

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	5

Strikeouts	100	7

Batting Average	.254	.046

On Base Pct	.319	.214

Slugging Pct	.511	.091

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.305

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	28	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	7	‐

Singles	4	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.251	‐

On Base Pct	.317	‐

Slugging Pct	.497	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
News
	The Twins placed OF Byron Buxton on the 10-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	Addison Barger underwent elbow surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday’s game in the seventh inning. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger will undergo right elbow surgery. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Byron Buxton went 3-for-5 in a 9-6 win over the Athletics on Monday with a double, four runs scored, and a walk. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	The Blue Jays transferred Addison Barger to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Byron Buxton (hip) has been activated from the IL and will be in the Twins' starting lineup Thursday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th	Addison Barger still has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Byron Buxton took pre-game batting practice on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Addison Barger is rehabbing through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN			Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#416
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#196	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#314
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#264	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#314
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#335	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#26	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#317	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#178	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#303	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#312	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#323
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#265
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#315
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#144
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#152
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#117
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#130	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#58
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#44
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#229	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#172
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#303
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#182
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Byron Buxton (2026)

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