Who Should I Trade?

Brendon Little for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Brendon Little RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	# 702	# 544

Projections

Strikeouts	3	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	3.53
WHIP	1.36	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 304	# 415

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Brendon Little RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	24.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	7	3

Hits Allowed	42	26

Earned Runs	23	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	41	40

Walks	13	21

ERA	5.35	6.93

WHIP	1.42	1.91

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Brendon Little RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.7	3.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	3	3

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	3	4

Walks	1	2

ERA	4.29	3.53

WHIP	1.36	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Brendon Little RP - TOR
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Blue Jays activated LHP Brendon Little from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Blue Jays placed LHP Brendon Little on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Blue Jays recalled Brendon Little from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Jake Bird is being traded along with three other prospects to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Luis Garcia Jr. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd	Brendon Little was seen in the Blue Jays clubhouse on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Blue Jays optioned Brendon Little to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - WSH			Brendon Little RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#343
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#90	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#175
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#128	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#242	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#115
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#281	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#71	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#35	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#47	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#185	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#122
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#270
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#187
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#320	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#244
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#165	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#157	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#272
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#78
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#367	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#235	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#47
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#389	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#387	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#84
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#6
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#94	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#9	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#227
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#202	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#103
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#149
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255

Who Should I Trade?

Brendon Little for Jake Bird (2026)

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