Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Carter Baumler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 910

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	3
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.35
WHIP	‐	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	5.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	3.18

WHIP	‐	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	3

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	4.35

WHIP	‐	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Carter Baumler was sent on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Puk RP - ARI			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#11	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#329	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#221	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#171	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	@ DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#159
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#290
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#224
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#211	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#402
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#209
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#398
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#402	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#276
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#282	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#252
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#346	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#116
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#241
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#308
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#217
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#227
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#256	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#210
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#130	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#237	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#42
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#153	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#92
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#238
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Fri, Apr 24th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119
Sun, Aug 30th				@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Carter Baumler (2026)

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