Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Jakob Junis (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Alex Vesia RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 165	# 157
VBR	# 579	# 432

Projections

Strikeouts	6	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.85	3.64
WHIP	1.27	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	# 153

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 109	# 137

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 217	# 287

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 262	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Alex Vesia RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	65

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	51.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	6	3

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	17	19

Hits Allowed	44	29

Earned Runs	15	17

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	35	65

Walks	12	31

ERA	2.74	2.98

WHIP	1.14	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Alex Vesia RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.9	6.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	7	5

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	8

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.85	3.64

WHIP	1.27	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX	Alex Vesia RP - LAD
News
	The Rangers activated RHP Jakob Junis from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Alex Vesia allowed no hits while walking two and striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Rays. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
	The Rangers placed RHP Jakob Junis on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Alex Vesia struck out three batters on 10 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Wed, Apr 15th
	The Rangers activated Jakob Junis from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Alex Vesia came in to face one batter to pick up the save in the win versus the Rangers. Chase Davis Sun, Apr 12th
	Rangers right-hander Jacob Junis (hip) has been placed on the 15-day injured list, but the expectation is a minimum stay. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Alex Vesia was preparing to face live hitters on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
	Jakob Junis was pulled from Monday's contest against the Cleveland Guardians due to heat exhaustion. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jakob Junis RP - TEX			Alex Vesia RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#146	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#227	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#291	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#285
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#260
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#164	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#176
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#275
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#140
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#153
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#319
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#274
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Vesia for Jakob Junis (2026)

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