Who Should I Trade?

Brayan Bello for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 159	# 295
VBR	# 321	# 469

Projections

Strikeouts	22	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.26
WHIP	1.38	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 137	# 201

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	# 470

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	22

Games Started	10	8

Innings Pitched	49.0	97.2

Wins	1	5

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	110

Earned Runs	27	55

Home Runs Allowed	7	11

Strikeouts	49	70

Walks	19	33

ERA	4.96	5.07

WHIP	1.47	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	7

Games Started	4	2

Innings Pitched	21.9	15.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	15

Earned Runs	10	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	22	12

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.30	4.26

WHIP	1.38	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
News
	Yusei Kikuchi allowed five hits and three walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Saturday's win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th	Brayan Bello allowed four hits and two walks while striking out seven over five scoreless innings in Monday's win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Mon, Sep 7th
	Yusei Kikuchi allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in a loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	The Red Sox are starting Brayan Bello against the Angels on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th
	Yusei Kikuchi allowed five earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in a loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Brayan Bello allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th
	Yusei Kikuchi’s next start will be in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Brayan Bello allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out three over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels will discuss if he needs another rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Brayan Bello is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#391	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#367
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#126
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#303
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#405
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#185
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#343
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#168	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41

Who Should I Trade?

Brayan Bello for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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