Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Drew Pomeranz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	‐
VBR	# 330	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	2	‐
ERA	3.81	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 315

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	29.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	2	8

Hits Allowed	4	32

Earned Runs	3	18

Home Runs Allowed	0	7

Strikeouts	13	17

Walks	5	16

ERA	2.61	5.59

WHIP	0.87	1.66

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.5	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.81	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Cubs designated Drew Pomeranz for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Cubs are calling up Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Drew Pomeranz is making his way in Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Drew Pomeranz joined the Cubs on a minor-league contract. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Angels released Drew Pomeranz. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Drew Pomeranz SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#212
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#396
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#389
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#285
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#151
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#161	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Drew Pomeranz (2026)

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