Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Mason Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	# 234
VBR	# 234	# 380

Projections

Strikeouts	2	0
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.10	2.74
WHIP	1.28	0.95

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 73	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 78	# 101

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	# 286

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	70	48

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	68.2	45.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	18	1

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	9	11

Hits Allowed	45	40

Earned Runs	22	14

Home Runs Allowed	6	9

Strikeouts	105	41

Walks	26	8

ERA	2.88	2.76

WHIP	1.03	1.05

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	1.5	0.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	0

Earned Runs	1	0

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	2	0

Walks	1	0

ERA	3.10	2.74

WHIP	1.28	0.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT	A.J. Minter RP - MIN
News
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Sunday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 28th	A.J. Minter allowed one earned run on one hit over one inning to take a blown save in Saturday's 6-5 loss to the Angels in 11 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Sep 20th
	Mason Montgomery blew a save chance on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 27th	A.J. Minter struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Guardians. Matthew Adam Sun, Sep 13th
	Mason Montgomery recorded the save on Thursday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Sep 25th	The Minnesota Twins are acquiring left-handed reliever A.J. Minter from the New York Mets. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Mason Montgomery earned the save on Sunday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 21st	A.J. Minter is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Mason Montgomery recorded a save on Saturday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 20th	A.J. Minter was reinstated from the 60-day injured list on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mason Montgomery SP,RP - PIT			A.J. Minter RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-5)	#241
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (1-1)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#271
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#116
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#206	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-4)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#140
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#192
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#252
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#129	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET	River Ryan (0-1)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-5)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-3)	#120
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Minter for Mason Montgomery (2026)

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