Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Matt Vierling (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 323	‐
VBR	‐	# 860

Projections

Runs	‐	0
Home Runs	‐	0
RBI	‐	0
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.158

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 301	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	266	52

Runs	24	12

Hits	55	9

Singles	34	7

Doubles	13	1

Triples	3	1

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	31	2

Stolen Bases	4	6

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	49	21

Batting Average	.207	.173

On Base Pct	.255	.204

Slugging Pct	.335	.231

On-base Plus Slugging	.590	.435

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	1

Runs	‐	0

Hits	‐	0

Singles	‐	0

Doubles	‐	0

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	0

RBI	‐	0

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	0

Batting Average	‐	.158

On Base Pct	‐	.206

Slugging Pct	‐	.257

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.462

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	The Tigers transferred OF Matt Vierling to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th	The Pirates recalled Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Matt Vierling was scheduled last week to be re-evaluated. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Tigers placed Matt Vierling on the 10-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Billy Cook went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the Pirates 7-1 win over the Guardians on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Matt Vierling left Wednesday's game early with a groin injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Matt Vierling left Wednesday's game early with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#241
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (4-0)	#119	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#103	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#116	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (7-1)	#117	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-3)	#105	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-3)	#105	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-3)	#120
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH	Riley Cornelio (3-2)	#197	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT	Kirby Yates		@ DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#129
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27	@ DET	River Ryan (0-0)	#75
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH	DJ Herz (0-1)	#108

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Matt Vierling (2026)

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